Neville H. Golden M.D.

Clinical Focus

• Adolescent Medicine
• Eating Disorders
• Bone Health

Administrative Appointments

• Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital , (2007– present )

Honors and Awards

• The Marron and Mary Elizabeth Kendrick Professor in Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine (2007)

Professional Education

• Board Certification: Adolescent Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics (1994)
• Board Certification: General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1984)
• Brookdale University Hospital & Med Ctr (1983) NY
• Brookdale University Hospital & Med Ctr (1981) NY
• Kaplan Hospital (1980) Israel
• Groote Schuur Hospital (1976) S. Africa
• Cape Town Medical School (1974) South Africa
• Fellowship, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Adolescent Medicine (1983)
• Residency, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Pediatrics (1981)
• Residency, Kaplan Hospital, Israel Pediatrics (1980)
• Internship, Groote Schuur Hospital, S.Africa Internal Medicine & Surgery (1976)
• MBChB, University of Cape Town Medicine and Surgery (1974)

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Pediatrics

Research Interests

Over the past 25 years my research has focused on the medical complications of adolescents with eating disorders. My specific area of study has been the etiology and implications of amenorrhea in adolescents with eating disorders, in particular the management of reduced bone mass and osteoporosis in anorexia nervosa.

I have studied growth retardation and structural brain changes in anorexia nervosa; vital sign instability and nutritional rehabilitation in malnutrition secondary to eating disorders; the use of indirect calorimetry in the management of eating disorders; factors associated with resumption of menses in anorexia nervosa; and the use of both hormone replacement therapy and the bishosphonates to treat reduced bone mass in anorexia nervosa.

Publications

• Metabolic assessment of menstruating and nonmenstruating normal weight adolescents. Sterling WM,  Golden NH, Jacobson MS, Ornstein RM, Hertz SM.  Int J Eat Disord.  2009; 42 (7): 658-63
• Treatment goal weight in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: use of BMI percentiles. Golden NH,  Jacobson MS, Sterling WM, Hertz S.  Int J Eat Disord.  2008; 41 (4): 301-6
• The pathophysiology of amenorrhea in the adolescent. Golden NH,  Carlson JL.  Ann N Y Acad Sci.  2008; 1135 163-78
• Variability in admission practices for teens hospitalized with anorexia nervosa: a call for evidence-based outcome studies. Golden NH,  J Adolesc Health.  2008; 43 (5): 417-8
• Eating disorders in adolescence: what is the role of hormone replacement therapy? Golden NH,  Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol.  2007; 19 (5): 434-9
• Alendronate for the treatment of osteopenia in anorexia nervosa: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Golden NH,  Iglesias EA, Jacobson MS, Carey D, Meyer W, Schebendach J, Hertz S, Shenker IR.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab.  2005; 90 (6): 3179-85
• Nutritional rehabilitation of anorexia nervosa. Goals and dangers. Golden NH,  Meyer W.  Int J Adolesc Med Health.  2004 Apr-Jun; 16 (2): 131-44
• Resolution of vital sign instability: an objective measure of medical stability in anorexia nervosa. Shamim T,  Golden NH, Arden M, Filiberto L, Shenker IR.  J Adolesc Health.  2003; 32 (1): 73-7
• Hypophosphatemia during nutritional rehabilitation in anorexia nervosa: implications for refeeding and monitoring. Ornstein RM,  Golden NH, Jacobson MS, Shenker IR.  J Adolesc Health.  2003; 32 (1): 83-8
• Osteopenia and osteoporosis in anorexia nervosa. Golden NH,  Adolesc Med.  2003; 14 (1): 97-108
• Eating disorders in adolescence and their sequelae. Golden NH,  Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol.  2003; 17 (1): 57-73
• Eating disorders in adolescents: position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Golden NH,  Katzman DK, Kreipe RE, Stevens SL, Sawyer SM, Rees J, Nicholls D, Rome ES.  J Adolesc Health.  2003; 33 (6): 496-503
• The Spectrum of Disordered Eating: Medical Management of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Obesity Fisher M,,  Golden NH, Jacobson MS..  Adolescent Medicine State of the Art Reviews.  2003;
• A review of the female athlete triad (amenorrhea, osteoporosis and disordered eating). Golden NH,  Int J Adolesc Med Health.  2002 Jan-Mar; 14 (1): 9-17
• Reversibility of growth stunting in early onset anorexia nervosa: a prospective study. Lantzouni E,  Frank GR, Golden NH, Shenker RI.  J Adolesc Health.  2002; 31 (2): 162-5
• The effect of estrogen-progestin treatment on bone mineral density in anorexia nervosa. Golden NH,  Lanzkowsky L, Schebendach J, Palestro CJ, Jacobson MS, Shenker IR.  J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol.  2002; 15 (3): 135-43
• Emergency contraception: pediatricians' knowledge, attitudes, and opinions. Golden NH,  Seigel WM, Fisher M, Schneider M, Quijano E, Suss A, Bergeson R, Seitz M, Saunders D.  Pediatrics.  2001; 107 (2): 287-92
• Eating disorders in children and adolescents: epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. Kohn M,  Golden NH.  Paediatr Drugs.  2001; 3 (2): 91-9
• Osteoporosis prevention: a pediatric challenge. Golden NH,  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.  2000; 154 (6): 542-3
• From prevention to prognosis: clinical research update on adolescent eating disorders. Katzman DK,  Golden NH, Neumark-Sztainer D, Yager J, Strober M.  Pediatr Res.  2000; 47 (6): 709-12
• Cardiac arrest and delirium: presentations of the refeeding syndrome in severely malnourished adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Kohn MR,  Golden NH, Shenker IR.  J Adolesc Health.  1998; 22 (3): 239-43
• Addison's disease mimicking anorexia nervosa. Blaustein SA,  Golden NH, Shenker IR.  Clin Pediatr (Phila).  1998; 37 (10): 631-2
• Is there a rational approach to the determination of treatment goal weight for adolescents with anorexia nervosa? Golden NH,  Eating Disorders:The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.  1997; 5 79-81
• Eating-related and co-morbid symptoms in premenarcheal anorexia nervosa:child vs parent report Gallelli KA,  Solanto MV,Hertz SH, Golden NH.  Eating Disorders:The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.  1997; 5 320-335
• Structural brain changes and malnutrition in anorexia nervosa. Kohn MR,  Ashtari M, Golden NH, Schebendach J, Patel M, Jacobson MS, Shenker IR.  Ann N Y Acad Sci.  1997; 817 398-9
• Secular trends in cholesterol for suburban high school students in Long Island, New York, 1987-1995. Kohn MR,  Jacobson MS, Arden MR, Golden NH, Weiselberg EC, Bontempo SA, Shenker IR.  Ann N Y Acad Sci.  1997; 817 396-7
• The metabolic responses to starvation and refeeding in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Schebendach JE,  Golden NH, Jacobson MS, Hertz S, Shenker IR.  Ann N Y Acad Sci.  1997; 817 110-9
• The adolescent: vulnerable to develop an eating disorder and at high risk for long-term sequelae. Golden NH,  Ann N Y Acad Sci.  1997; 817 94-7
• Resumption of menses in anorexia nervosa. Golden NH,  Jacobson MS, Schebendach J, Solanto MV, Hertz SM, Shenker IR.  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.  1997; 151 (1): 16-21
• Adolescent Nutritional Disorders. Prevention and Treatment Jacobson MS,  Rees JM, Golden NH, Irwin CE.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, New York.  1997;
• Update on adolescent health care in pediatric practice. Fisher M,  Golden NH, Bergeson R, Bernstein A, Saunders D, Schneider M, Seitz M, Seigel W.  J Adolesc Health.  1996; 19 (6): 394-400
• Reversibility of cerebral ventricular enlargement in anorexia nervosa, demonstrated by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. Golden NH,  Ashtari M, Kohn MR, Patel M, Jacobson MS, Fletcher A, Shenker IR.  J Pediatr.  1996; 128 (2): 296-301
• Effectiveness of breast self-examination prompts on oral contraceptive packaging. Ferris DG,  Golden NH, Petry LJ, Litaker MS, Nackenson M, Woodward LD.  J Fam Pract.  1996; 42 (1): 43-8
• Eating disorders in adolescents: a background paper. Fisher M,  Golden NH, Katzman DK, Kreipe RE, Rees J, Schebendach J, Sigman G, Ammerman S, Hoberman HM.  J Adolesc Health.  1995; 16 (6): 420-37
• Hyperendemic penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae genital infections in an inner city population. Seigel WM,  Golden NH, Weinberg S, Sacker IM.  J Adolesc Health.  1995; 16 (1): 41-4
• Indirect calorimetry in the nutritional management of eating disorders. Schebendach J,  Golden NH, Jacobson MS, Arden M, Pettei M, Hardoff D, Bauman N, Reichert P, Copperman N, Hertz S.  Int J Eat Disord.  1995; 17 (1): 59-66
• Medical complications in male adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Siegel JH,  Hardoff D, Golden NH, Shenker IR.  J Adolesc Health.  1995; 16 (6): 448-53
• Eating disorders in adolescents. A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Kreipe RE,  Golden NH, Katzman DK, Fisher M, Rees J, Tonkin RS, Silber TJ, Sigman G, Schebendach J, Ammerman SD.  J Adolesc Health.  1995; 16 (6): 476-9
• Disturbances in growth hormone secretion and action in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Golden NH,  Kreitzer P, Jacobson MS, Chasalow FI, Schebendach J, Freedman SM, Shenker IR.  J Pediatr.  1994; 125 (4): 655-60
• Amenorrhea in anorexia nervosa. Neuroendocrine control of hypothalamic dysfunction. Golden NH,  Shenker IR.  Int J Eat Disord.  1994; 16 (1): 53-60
• Rate of weight gain of inpatients with anorexia nervosa under two behavioral contracts. Solanto MV,  Jacobson MS, Heller L, Golden NH, Hertz S.  Pediatrics.  1994; 93 (6 Pt 1): 989-91
• Single dose of azithromycin for the treatment of genital chlamydial infections in adolescents. Hammerschlag MR,  Golden NH, Oh MK, Gelling M, Sturdevant M, Brown PR, Aras Z, Neuhoff S, Dumornay W, Roblin PM.  J Pediatr.  1993; 122 (6): 961-5
• Amenorrhrea in Anorexia Nervosa: Etiology and Implications. Golden NH,  Shenker IR.  Adolesc Med.  1992; 3 (3): 503-518
• The effects of a dopamine antagonist on luteinizing hormone and prolactin release in women with anorexia nervosa and in normal controls. Golden NH,  Pepper GM, Sacker I, Avruskin TW.  J Adolesc Health.  1992; 13 (2): 155-60
• Depression, self-esteem, and life events in adolescents with chronic diseases. Seigel WM,  Golden NH, Gough JW, Lashley MS, Sacker IM.  J Adolesc Health Care.  1990; 11 (6): 501-4
• Pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescents. Golden N,  Neuhoff S, Cohen H.  J Pediatr.  1989; 114 (1): 138-43
• The use of pelvic ultrasonography in the evaluation of adolescents with pelvic inflammatory disease. Golden N,  Cohen H, Gennari G, Neuhoff S.  Am J Dis Child.  1987; 141 (11): 1235-8
• Seizures in adolescence. A review of patients admitted in an adolescent service. Golden NH,  Bennett HS, Pollack MA, Schoenberg SK.  J Adolesc Health Care.  1985; 6 (1): 25-7
• Thoracic actinomycosis in childhood. Golden N,  Cohen H, Weissbrot J, Silverman S.  Clin Pediatr (Phila).  1985; 24 (11): 646-50
• Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis cervical infection in female adolescents. Golden N,  Hammerschlag M, Neuhoff S, Gleyzer A.  Am J Dis Child.  1984; 138 (6): 562-4
• An overview of the etiology, diagnosis, and management of anorexia nervosa. Golden N,  Sacker IM.  Clin Pediatr (Phila).  1984; 23 (4): 209-14