Moira Curley Pfeifer, MD

Dr. Pfeifer is a pediatric endocrinologist at Dayton Children's and a retired member of the United States Air Force. She attended University of Virginia for her undergraduate degree before attending medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She completed her internship and residency at Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, and her endocrinology fellowship at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Pfeifer is a long-standing member of the endocrinology team, having joined in 1993. Dr. Pfeifer enjoys caring for and teaching patients with chronic conditions, so that she can give them the tools to succeed.

awards and honors:
2001 Teaching Award, Wright-Patterson AFB, Medical Center
2003 Teaching Award, Wright-Patterson AFB, Medical Center

organizations:
American Academy of Pediatrics

publications and presentations:
Gartner, L, Pfeifer, M, Albini, C, Francis, G:  Soluble Interleukin 2 Receptor Levels in Children in Type I Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science, Vol 25:44-51, 1995
Curley, M, Nickels, DA, Poth, M, Betz, J:  The Effects of Sex Steroids on Lipid Peroxidation in the Diabetic Rat Model.  Uniformed Services Pediatric Seminar, 1991, page 194.
Nickels, DA, Curley, M, Betz, J, Poth, M:  Effect of Growth Hormone on Diabetic Nephropathy:   Preliminary Studies and Establishment of a Rat Model.  Uniformed Services Pediatric Seminar, 1992, page 201
Curley, M, Francis, G, Maline, J:  Soluble Interleukin 2 receptor Levels in Patients with Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus.  Uniformed Services Pediatric Seminar, 1993
Curley, M, Betz, J, Nickels, D, Poth, M:  Free Radical Production in a Diabetic Rat Model as Measured by Urinary 8 Isoprostane:  Correlation with Hyperglycemia.  American Diabetes Association, 1993
Curley, M, Payne, J, Betz, J, Poth, M:  Lipid Peroxidation in the Diabetic Rat Model-A Comparison of Two Methods.  Lawson Wilkens Pediatric Endocrinology Meeting, 1993
Burns, Cassandra, Pfeifer, M: Phytoestrogens as an exogenous etiology of premature thelarche.  ESPE/LWPES 7th Joint Meeting Paediatric Endocrinology, September 2005