Tamara Hannon, MD, Q9: How Do Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Patients Transition to Adult Care Practitioners?

Dr. Tamara Hannon explains how her type 2 patients make the transition to adult-care physicians. Because type 2 is far more common in adults, endocrinologists and physicians who treat adults are actually more used to treating the disease than pediatricians who rarely see type 2 patients. 

Dr. Tamara Hannon is a pediatric endocrinologist in Indianapolis, Indiana and is affiliated with Indiana University Health North Hospital. She received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and has been in practice for 18 years. She is one of 11 doctors at Indiana University Health North Hospital who specialize in Pediatric Endocrinology.