Jane L Lynch, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief
Fellowship Director
Greehey Foundation Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology
I am a board-certified Pediatric Endocrinologist and Professor at UT Health San Antonio. I serve as the Greehey Family Foundation Chair and Pediatric Endocrinology Division Chief. My clinics and clinical research take place the UHS Texas Diabetes Institute with my scholarly research focused on diabetes. I was the local Principal Investigator on the NIH sponsored TODAY studies with a multitude of ancillary and related sub studies as well as for the bionic pancreas pediatric studies that are ongoing. I have been the fellowship director for Pediatric Endocrinology since 2006 when I began the fellowship training program. I was elected as the national chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee on Endocrinology in 2014 and for six years. I remain involved with several national research advocacy initiatives. I completed my Pediatric residency at UT Southwestern in Dallas and my fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with academic appointments and private practice experience prior to joining UT Health in 2005.
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Professional Background
Education
- 1984 - MD - Medicine - Wright State University School of Medicine
- 1980 - BS - Microbiology (Honors Division) - Indiana University
Training
- 1990 - Clinical Fellowship - Pedi-Endocrine/Child Psychiatry Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
- 1989 - Clinical Fellowship - Genetics, Endocrinology and Metabolism - Oklahoma Health Sciences Center-Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City OK
- 1987 - Residency - Pediatrics - University of Texas-Southwest-Children`s Medical Center, Dallas TX
- 1985 - Internship - Pediatric Internship - Washington University- St. Louis Children`s Hospital, St. Louis MO
Highlights
5/2022 - Women in Medicine - San Antonio Magazine
5/2022 - Best Doctors
Appointments
- 09/2021 - Division Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology - UT Health San Antonio
- 9/2016 - Interim Division Chief of Endocrinology - UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio TX
- 3/2014 - Consultant - Methodist Children's Hospital San Antonio, San Antonio TX
- 9/2012 - Co-Director - Children`s Clinic, Texas Diabetes Institute, University Hospital, San Antonio TX
- 9/2012 - Professor - UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio TX
- 1/2005 - Medical Staff Member - University Health System San Antonio, San Antonio TX
- 1/2005 - Pediatric Endocrine Fellowship Director - UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio TX
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- Instruction & Training
- Research & Grants
- Clinical
- Publications
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