Shilpa Gurnurkar, MD

Endocrinology

Primary Office

Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida 6535 Nemours Parkway Orlando, FL 32827 Appointment: (407) 650-7715

Other Offices

Get to Know Me

I come from a family of doctors who strongly believe in giving back to the community. They taught me very early on how rewarding it is to be a physician. I always aspired to become a pediatrician. Treating children is such an exciting and challenging field.

Why I Treat Children

Endocrine conditions are chronic and many are lifelong. It gives me immense satisfaction to take care of children, see them get better and watch them grow up to be healthy adults.

What I'm Passionate About

I am passionate about providing the best care to my patients. They are my priority, and so are their families. The family-centered approach at Nemours means that I can take time to really listen to parents’ concerns and explain their child’s medical condition carefully. It makes a difference to them, and is more satisfying for me as well.

How I Try to Make A Difference

I try to make a difference by keeping myself current on the latest research and treatment options for endocrine conditions. In this way, I live up to my responsibility to provide the best care to my patients.

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Endocrinology - Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2013

Residency

  • Pediatrics - Brookdale University Hospital, 2010

Medical/Dental School

  • MBBS - Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, 2006

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Endocrinology
  • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
  • Aetna HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
  • AmeriHealth Caritas Florida (FKA Prestige Health Choice)
  • AvMed
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
  • Cigna & Great West HMO/POS Open Access
  • Cigna & Great West PPO/EPO
  • Community Care Plan Medicaid
  • Employers Health Network PPO
  • Evolutions Healthcare
  • First Health Aetna PPO/EPO
  • Florida Community Care
  • Florida Medicaid
  • Florida Medicare
  • Health First Health Plans
  • HealthSmart Health Plans PPO
  • HUMANA HEALTHY HORIZONS (FKA HUMANA MEDICAID)
  • Humana HMO/POS
  • Humana PPO/EPO
  • Molina Healthcare Medicaid
  • Multiplan PPO
  • Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO ORL
  • Prime Health Services PPO Specialty Florida
  • Seminole Tribe of Florida
  • Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
  • Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
  • Star Healthcare Network
  • Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
  • Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
  • Three Rivers Provider Network
  • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
  • United Healthcare Commercial Products
  • United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid
  • Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO

  • Adrenal Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Pituitary Disease
  • Puberty Disorders
  • Short Stature
  • Thyroid Disease
  • Thyroid Nodules and Cancer

Research Activities

  • Precocious puberty (early onset of puberty in girls and boys)
  • Thyroid disorders

  • Physical activity and sleep of children with autism spectrum disorder during school versus summer months: lessons learned from a pilot study; International Journal of Developmental Disabilities; (2024).

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  • Amitriptyline-Induced Hyperprolactinemia in a Pediatric Patient.; Cureus; (2024).

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  • Hypocalcaemia owing to severe vitamin D deficiency in two children with autism spectrum disorder and food allergy.; Paediatrics and international child health; (2024).

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  • Deep Vein Thrombosis as the Presenting Sign in an Adolescent With New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes.; JCEM case reports; (2024).

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  • Recent Rates of Substance Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes in the USA.; Current diabetes reports; (2023).

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  • Thyrotoxicosis and Impending Thyroid Storm: A Rare Paraneoplastic Syndrome in an Infant With Hepatoblastoma.; JCEM case reports; (2023).

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  • Comparing weight-related behaviors of young children with autism spectrum disorder during summer versus school months: Preliminary evidence; Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders; (2023).

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  • Free Summer Day Camp to Address Childhood Obesity: Is There Demand?; Childhood obesity (Print); (2022).

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  • Two Unusual Cases of Pituitary Tumors Presenting with Pediatric Acromegaly.; Cureus; (2022).

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  • Erratum: Feasibility of Implementing a Pediatric Diabetes Clinic via Telehealth. Diabetes Spectrum 2021;34:190-197 (https://doi.org/10.2337/ds20-0060).; Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association; (2021).

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  • A case of familial male-limited precocious puberty with a novel mutation; JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology; (2021).

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  • Evaluation of Hemoglobin A1c before and after initiation of continuous glucose monitoring in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.; Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM; (2021).

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  • Feasibility of Implementing a Pediatric Diabetes Clinic via Telehealth.; Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association; (2021).

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  • Transdisciplinary Care for Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: Development of a Provider Cross-Discipline Training Curriculum.; Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association; (2021).

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  • Diabetes-Specific Risk-Taking in Young Adulthood: A Closer Look.; Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association; (2021).

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  • Comparing Disease Severity: Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Local and Tourist Children With New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus; Journal of the Endocrine Society; (2021).

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  • Unusual Etiology of Hypercalcemia in an Adolescent With Acute Gastroenteritis.; Cureus; (2021).

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  • Successful Use of Intragastric Dextrose in a Unique Presentation of Congenital Hyperinsulinism; Journal of the Endocrine Society; (2021).

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  • SUN-LB15 A Case of Familial Male-Limited Precocious Puberty With a Novel Mutation; Journal of the Endocrine Society; (2020).

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  • MON-625 Utility of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Is HbA1c Enough?; Journal of the Endocrine Society; (2020).

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  • Severe Hypercalcemia in an Adolescent with New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Ketoacidosis.; Cureus; (2020).

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  • Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Among Infants in Northern India: A Hospital Based Prospective Study.; Cureus; (2020).

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  • Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.; Cureus; (2020).

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  • SAT-LB086 Hungry Bone Syndrome Post Thyroidectomy in a Patient with Uncontrolled Grave Disease; Journal of the Endocrine Society; (2019).

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  • SUN-LB047 Two Unusual Cases of Pituitary Tumors Presenting with Acromegaly; Journal of the Endocrine Society; (2019).

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  • Successful Use of Fludrocortisone in a Child with Refractory Cerebral Salt Wasting Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Literature.; Cureus; (2018).

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  • Prolonged ileus in an infant presenting with primary congenital hypothyroidism.; Case reports in pediatrics; (2015).

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  • Skeletal maturation and predicted adult height in children with premature adrenarche.; Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM; (2014).

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  • Obesity is significantly associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors in 2- to 9-year-olds.; Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.); (2014).

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