Academic Address:
UCI Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
Floyd L. Culler, M.D.
- Faculty Profile
Position:
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology Division
EDUCATION
Medical School Education:
University of Tennessee
Internship & Residency:
University of Louisville-Pediatrics
HONORS & AWARDS
Resident's Top Clinical Award, University of California, San Diego, 1985
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1992
Outstanding Full Time Faculty Award, University of California, Irvine, 1993
Outstanding Full Time Faculty Award, University of California, Irvine, 1997
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
Professional Societies:
Society for Pediatric Research
American Academy of Pediatrics
Western Society of Pediatric Research
Association of Pediatric Program Directors
American Diabetes Society
Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
Endocrine Society
RESEARCH
Research Interests:
Metabolic consequences of obesity
Growth hormone and exercise
Exercise effects on body composition in health and disease
Islet cell transplantation for type I diabetes
Treatments for childhood obesity
Atypical rickets
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Culler FL, McKean LP, Buchanan CN, Caplan DB, Meacham LR. Glipizide treatment of patients with cystic
fibrosis and impaired glucose tolerance. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Apr 18(3): 375-8, 1994.
2. Culler FL, Meacham LR. Effect of hypersomatonstatinemia on growth hormone secretion in cystic fibrosis
patients with diabetes. Neuroendocrinology, Oct, 58(4): 473-7, 1993.
3. Meacham LR, Caplan DB, McKean LP, Buchanan CN, Parks JS, Culler FL. Preservation of somatostatin secretion
in cystic fibrosis patients with diabetes. Archives of Disease in Childhood, Jan, 68(1): 123-5, 1993.
4. Meacham LR, Delcher HK, Gebhart SS, Culler FL. Screening for prediabetes at diabetes camp [letter].
Diabetes Care, Oct, 15(10): 1439-40, 1992.
5. Meacham LR, Winn KJ, Culler FL, Parks JS, Double vagina, cardiac, pulmonary, and other genital
malformations with 46,XY karyotype (see comments). American Journal of Medical Genetics, 1991 Dec 15, 41(4):
478-81, 1991.
