Lisa Swartz Topor, MD, MMS, is the program director of pediatric endocrinology at Rhode Island and its Hasbro Children’s Hospital, and is an associate professor of pediatrics (Teaching Scholar) at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology and her clinical interests include adrenal disease, thyroid disorders and diabetes.
Dr. Topor received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston and completed her pediatrics residency at Boston Children’s Hospital. She completed pediatric endocrinology fellowship through Boston Children's Hospital and Joslin Diabetes Center. Dr. Topor pursued additional training in clinical investigation at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
| Warnick, Jennifer, Darling, Katherine E., Swartz Topor, Lisa, Jelalian, Elissa. "Formative Development of a Weight Management Intervention for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity." Pediatric Diabetes, vol. 2023, 2023, pp. 1-11. |
| Sasidharan Pillai, Sabitha, Has, Phinnara, Quintos, Jose Bernardo, Serrano Gonzalez, Monica, Kasper, Vania L., Topor, Lisa Swartz, Fredette, Meghan E. "Incidence, Severity, and Presentation of Type 2 Diabetes in Youth During the First and Second Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic." Diabetes Care, vol. 46, no. 5, 2023, pp. 953-958. |
| Donner, Julia R., Has, Phinnara, Topor, Lisa Swartz. "Increased Incidence and Severity of New Graves Disease Diagnoses in Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Endocrine Practice, vol. 29, no. 5, 2023, pp. 349-352. |
| Pillai, Sabitha Sasidharan, Fredette, Meghan E., Tanzer, Joshua Ray, Hoffman, Laurie, Topor, Lisa Swartz. "The Rising Incidence of Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia: Connection with Maternal Health." Endocrine Practice, 2023. |
| Tunkara H, Topor LS. "50 Years Ago in T J P." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 244, 2022, pp. e5. |
| Seetharaman, Sujatha Sri, Topor, Lisa Swartz. "50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Differentiating Focal Versus Diffuse Hyperinsulinism." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 244, 2022, pp. 85. |
| Osinubi, Adeiyewunmi (Ade), Lewis-de los Angeles, C. Paula, Poitevien, Patricia, Topor, Lisa Swartz. "Are Black Girls Exhibiting Puberty Earlier? Examining Implications of Race-Based Guidelines." Pediatrics, vol. 150, no. 2, 2022. |
| Pallant, Benjamin A., Moore, Claire E., Topor, Lisa Swartz. "Clinical Thyrotoxicosis Resulting from Liothyronine Augmentation of Antidepressant Therapy in an Adolescent." Case Reports in Psychiatry, vol. 2022, 2022, pp. 2270202. |
| Pillai SS, Cao C, Drees CJ, Chu TC, Mason K, Topor LS. "Delays in Presentation of New Onset Diabetes at the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 105, no. 5, 2022, pp. 46-50. |
| Cao, Can, Lorenz, Matthew L., Sojka, Phillip, Brindle, Allison W., Topor, Lisa Swartz. "Hypertensive Crisis in a Pediatric Patient Experiencing Clonidine Withdrawal." Case Reports in Pediatrics, vol. 2022, 2022, pp. 1-4. |
| Sasidharan Pillai, Sabitha, Boxerman, Jerrold L., Topor, Lisa Swartz. "Septopreoptic Holoprosencephaly in an Adolescent Presenting with Hypodipsia and Hypernatremia." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 240, 2022, pp. 307-308. |
| Ganta, Avani, Pillai, Sabitha S., Fredette, Meghan E., Topor, Lisa Swartz. "Severe Vitamin D Deficiency in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, vol. 43, no. 8, 2022, pp. 461-464. |
| Sasidharan Pillai, Sabitha, Topor, Lisa Swartz. "50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: 50 Years of Growth in the Assessment of Short Stature." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 232, 2021, pp. 94. |
| Ganta, Avani, Topor, Lisa Swartz. "50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Recognizing Familial Thyroid Dysgenesis." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 231, 2021, pp. 184. |
| Sasidharan Pillai S, Quintos JB, Topor LS. "Acute Hepatitis due to Hepatic Glycogenosis After Insulin Overdose and Oral Glucose Administration in an Adolescent." Journal of the Endocrine Society, vol. 5, no. 11, 2021, pp. bvab142. |
| Hodax, Juanita K, Topor, Lisa Swartz, Bialo, Shara R, Quintos, Jose Bernardo. "Anastrozole Improves Final Adult Height in Severe Hypothyroidism With Rapid Pubertal Progression." Journal of the Endocrine Society, vol. 5, no. 5, 2021. |
| Moore RL, Lorenz ML, Fredette ME, Topor LS. "Bacteremia in a Newborn with Hypocalcemic Seizures and Vitamin D Deficiency." Case Reports in Endocrinology, vol. 2021, 2021, pp. 9925707. |
| Bassell JL, Swenson DW, Serrano-Gonzalez M, Topor LS. "Cerebral oedema and dural sinus thrombosis in an adolescent with diabetic ketoacidosis." BMJ Case Reports, vol. 14, no. 4, 2021, pp. e241690. |
| Shen BH, Vakharia J, Topor LS, Robbins B, Diamond-Falk K, Brown S, Mason K, Barron C, Simmons DL, McKown KM, McLaughlin S. "Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Fellowships: A Guide for Fellowship Directors and Residents." Cureus, vol. 13, no. 6, 2021, pp. e15688. |
| Dessert S, Ganta A, Topor LS, Rozenfeld RA. "New-onset Adrenal Insufficiency Presenting with Adrenal Shock in a Pediatric Patient." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 104, no. 8, 2021, pp. 15-18. |
| Chin A, Zonfrillo MR, Heinly A, Ford SR, Quintos JB, Topor LS. "Screening and counseling for nicotine use in youth with diabetes." Pediatric Diabetes, vol. 23, no. 1, 2021, pp. 157-164. |
| Fredette, Meghan E., Zonfrillo, Mark R., Park, Sangshin, Quintos, Jose Bernardo, Gruppuso, Philip A., Topor, Lisa Swartz. "Self‐reported insulin pump prescribing practices in pediatric type 1 diabetes." Pediatric Diabetes, vol. 22, no. 5, 2021, pp. 758-765. |
| Agrawal S, Uysal S, Fredette M, Topor LS, Bialo SR, Herzlinger M, Shapiro J, Snelling LK, Boney CM, Quintos JB. "The Incidence of Erosive Esophagitis as a Complication of Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis." Case Reports in Endocrinology, vol. 2021, 2021, pp. 1-4. |
| Vakharia JD, Agrawal S, Molino J, Topor LS. "FAMILY HISTORY OF DIABETES IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF RECURRENT DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS." Endocrine Practice, vol. 26, no. 3, 2020, pp. 305-311. |
| Eswarakumar AS, Ma NS, Ward LM, Backeljauw P, Wasserman H, Weber DR, DiMeglio LA, Imel EA, Gagne J, Cody D, Zimakas P, Topor LS, Agrawal S, Calabria A, Tebben P, Faircloth RS, Gordon R, Casey L, Carpenter TO. "Long-Term Follow-up of Hypophosphatemic Bone Disease Associated With Elemental Formula Use: Sustained Correction of Bone Disease After Formula Change or Phosphate Supplementation." Clinical Pediatrics, vol. 59, no. 12, 2020, pp. 1080-1085. |
| Uysal S, Quintos JB, DerMarderosian D, Chapman HA, Reinert SE, Hirway, Topor LS. "PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION: AN INTERVENTION FOR YOUTH WITH POORLY CONTROLLED DIABETES MELLITUS." Endocrine Practice, 2019. |
| Majzoub JA, Topor LS. "A New Model for Adrenarche: Inhibition of 3β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 by Intra-Adrenal Cortisol." Hormone research in paediatrics, vol. 89, no. 5, 2018, pp. 311-319. |
| Fredette ME, Topor LS. "Case 3: Emesis and Oral Hyperpigmentation in a 17-year-old Girl." Pediatrics in Review, vol. 39, no. 8, 2018, pp. 421-423. |
| Topor LS, Bowerman K, Machan JT, Gilbert CL, Kangarloo T, Shaw ND. "Central precocious puberty in Boston boys: A 10-year single center experience." PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 6, 2018, pp. e0199019. |
| Vakharia JD, Matlock K, Taylor HO, Backeljauw PF, Topor LS. "Craniosynostosis as the Presenting Feature of X-linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets." Pediatrics, vol. 141, no. Suppl 5, 2018, pp. S515-S519. |
| Mendrick DL, Diehl AM, Topor LS, Dietert RR, Will Y, La Merrill MA, Bouret S, Varma V, Hastings KL, Schug TT, Emeigh Hart SG, Burleson FG. "Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Diseases: From the Bench to the Clinic." Toxicological Sciences, vol. 162, no. 1, 2018, pp. 36-42. |
| Agrawal S, Baird GL, Quintos JB, Reinert SE, Gopalakrishnan G, Boney CM, Topor LS. "Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis With Hyperosmolarity: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes." Endocrine Practice, vol. 24, no. 8, 2018, pp. 726-732. |
| Vakharia JD, Goldsweig B, Rogg JM, Topor LS. "Extrapontine Myelinolysis in a Child with Salt Intoxication." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 186, 2017, pp. 207-207.e1. |
| Agrawal S, Kremsdorf R, Uysal S, E Fredette M, Topor LS. "Nephrolithiasis: A complication of pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis." Pediatric Diabetes, vol. 19, no. 2, 2017, pp. 329-332. |
| Ferrara CT, Boodhansingh KE, Paradies E, Giuseppe F, Steinkrauss LJ, Topor LS, Quintos JB, Ganguly A, De Leon DD, Palmieri F, Stanley CA. "Novel Hypoglycemia Phenotype in Congenital Hyperinsulinism Due to Dominant Mutations of Uncoupling Protein 2." The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, vol. 102, no. 3, 2017, pp. 942-949. |
| Yeh T, Soto AG, Quintos JB, Topor LS. "Turner syndrome and pituitary adenomas: a case report and review of literature." Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. 231-235. |
| Gonzalez Ballesteros LF, Ma NS, Gordon RJ, Ward L, Backeljauw P, Wasserman H, Weber DR, DiMeglio LA, Gagne J, Stein R, Cody D, Simmons K, Zimakas P, Topor LS, Agrawal S, Calabria A, Tebben P, Faircloth R, Imel EA, Casey L, Carpenter TO. "Unexpected widespread hypophosphatemia and bone disease associated with elemental formula use in infants and children." Bone, vol. 97, 2017, pp. 287-292. |
| Topor LS, Borus JS, Aspinwall S, Gilbert CL, Gordon CM, Huh SY. "Fractures Among Inpatients in a Pediatric Hospital." Hospital Pediatrics, vol. 6, no. 3, 2016, pp. 143-50. |
| Agrawal S, Topor LS. "Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in a Newborn with Infantile Fibrosarcoma." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 99, no. 5, 2016, pp. 32-3. |
| Topor LS, Gordon CM. "50 years ago in the Journal of Pediatrics: congenital adrenal hyperplasia with defect in electrolyte metabolism: observations before the onset of symptoms." The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 162, no. 1, 2013, pp. 165. |
| Topor LS, Melvin P, Giancaterino C, Gordon CM. "Factors associated with low bone density in patients referred for assessment of bone health." International journal of pediatric endocrinology, vol. 2013, no. 1, 2013, pp. 4. |
| Topor LS, Asai M, Dunn J, Majzoub JA. "Cortisol stimulates secretion of dehydroepiandrosterone in human adrenocortical cells through inhibition of 3betaHSD2." The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, vol. 96, no. 1, 2011, pp. E31-9. |
| Topor LS, Feldman HA, Bauchner H, Cohen LE. "Variation in methods of predicting adult height for children with idiopathic short stature." Pediatrics, vol. 126, no. 5, 2010, pp. 938-44. |
| Swartz LM, Laffel LM. "A teenage girl with cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, and cerebral edema." Pediatric Diabetes, vol. 9, no. 4 Pt 2, 2008, pp. 426-30. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | MD | Harvard University |
| 1999 | BA | University of Pennsylvania |
June 2018 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award
June 2019 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award
June 2020 Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Competency Award for Ability VII (Lifelong Learning)
June 2020 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award
June 2021 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award
June 2022 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award
June 2023 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Fredette, Meghan | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator |
| Quintos, Jose | Aqua Clinical Professor of Pediatric Medicine |
| Warnick, Jennifer | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
