Director, The Center for Child Health & Policy at Rainbow
Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
William T. Dahms Professor of Pediatrics
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Case Western Reserve University
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Research Interests:
Childhood growth disorders, Diabetes, Obesity, Health Policy, Treatments and therapeutics, Health care financing, Comparative effectiveness

Committees/Memberships:
Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship, 2005-2009
Steering Committee, Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth, NIDDK
Drug Safety and Monitoring Committee, NIH/NICHD
Oversight Committee and Subcommittee on delivery systems, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (Medicaid), NASHP and VCHIP grants
Committee to develop quality measures for end stage renal disease, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology and American Medical Association
Director, The Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (U.S.)
Public Policy Committee, The Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society

Publications:
Uli N, Sundararajan S, Cuttler L. Treatment of childhood obesity. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obesity 2008. 15: 37-47.

Cuttler, L, Silvers, JB. Too much of a bad thing: Kids overeat, watch TV and forget about exercise. Op Ed., The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, May 16, 2008

Cuttler L, Kenney GM. State Children's Health Insurance Program and Pediatrics: background, policy challenges, and role in child health care delivery. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2007 Jul; 161(7):630-3.

Songer T, Glazner J, Coombs L, Cuttler L, Daniel M, Estrada S, Klingensmith G, Kriska A, Laffel L, Zhang P. 2006 Examining the economic costs related to lifestyle and pharmacologic interventions in youth with type 2 diabetes. Exp Rev Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Res 6:315-324

Cuttler L, Silvers JB, Singh J, Tsai A, Radcliffe D 2005 Physician decisions to discontinue long-term medications using a two stage framework: the case of growth hormone therapy. Medical Care 43 (12):1185-93 (*Drs. Cuttler and Silvers received Health Policy Researcher of the Year award, Ohio 2006 for this work)

Cuttler L 2005 Editorial: Safety and efficacy of growth hormone treatment for idiopathic short stature. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:5502-4

Cuttler L, Whittaker J, Kodish E 2005 The overweight adolescent: clinical and ethical issues in intensive treatments for pediatric obesity J Pediatr 146:559-64

Cuttler L, Silvers JB Growth hormone treatment for idiopathic short stature 2004 Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:108-110

Cuttler L, Whittaker JL, Kodish ED. Pediatric obesity policy: the danger of skepticism. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 2003 Aug;157(8):722-4.

Presentations:
“Controversies in the Management of Childhood Short Stature: Evidence, Practice, and Policy.” The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November 2008; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Baltimore, MD, June 2008; Cornell University School of Medicine, Pediatric Grand Rounds, New York, NY, May, 2008

"Policies for Children with Chronic Illness and Disabilities." Tools for Today and Tomorrow Conference for Professionals… Making a Difference…One Pro to Another, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, April 4, 2008.