Carolina Silva

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MD

Investigator and Staff Pediatric Endocrinologist, BC Children's Hospital

My academic work focuses on type 1 diabetes in children and youth, and specifically, education in this area. My current projects aim to leverage technology to improve delivery of care, and the experience and health outcomes of children and youth living with diabetes and their families.

I am evaluating the implementation LearnDiabetes, a novel multimedia platform that provides easy-to-understand education and training for families living with diabetes throughout their journey. This is intended to complement traditional diabetes teaching. We are looking at the impact of this platform in both clinical and patient-reported outcomes, as well as families and educators’ perspectives and experience using it.

I am working on the development and evaluation of a virtual community of practice for providers caring for children and youth with T1D across British Columbia, using the ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) model. Additionally, I will be assessing the educational needs of pediatric residents and community healthcare providers in our province around Type 1 diabetes, as well as ways to support them in meeting their learning goals.

I also have a clinical interest in the care of transgender youth. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we assessed the usability of virtual visits for gender-affirming care.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation; Diabetes

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1

Training gaps in trans and nonbinary health: Perspectives of resident physicians in Argentina

PLOS Global Public Health

Carolina Silva and Farzana Kapadia and Paula Nalda and Valeria Mulli and Alfredo Eymann

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005863

02 / 2026

Association between grade point average, exam and interview for residency admission,Nivel de asociacin entre promedio de carrera, examen y entrevista para seleccin de residentes

Investigacion En Educacion Medica

Eymann, A. and Silva, C. and Durante, E.

DOI: 10.22201/fm.20075057e.2025.54.23594

Intranasal Corticosteroids and Adrenal Suppression: A Case Report

Clinical Pediatrics

Kishore, S.B. and Silva, C.

DOI: 10.1177/00099228251375270

Case: New-onset hyperthyroidism in an adolescent girl. Is it Graves disease?

Paediatrics and Child Health Canada

Scantlebury, G. and Stewart, L. and Silva, C.

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaf016

Virtual exam with remote proctoring: psychology residency candidates perspectives,Experiencia de un examen virtual con monitoreo remoto: Perspectivas de los aspirantes a una residencia de psicologa

Investigacion En Educacion Medica

Soto Perez, A.R. and Silva, C. and Ladenheim, R. and Durante, E. and Eymann, A.

DOI: 10.22201/fm.20075057e.2025.53.23591

Telemedicine for the Provision of Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

Telemedicine for Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care: A Case-based Guide

Silva, C. and Mukherjee, S. and Hursh, B.E.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55760-6_11

Autonomy in entrustable professional activities after the COVID-19 pandemic: The perspectives of residents and teachers

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

DOI: 10.5546/aap.2023-02996

10 / 2023

Canalization of growth between 2 and 5 years of age in apparently healthy children with short stature at age 2 years

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Eymann, A. and Silva, C. and Carozza Colombini, M.N. and Kuspiel, M.F. and Puga, M.C. and Guglielmino, M. and Alonso, G.

DOI: 10.5546/aap.2022-02567.eng

Vitamin D Toxicity from an Unusual and Unexpected Source: A Report of 2 Cases

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Silva, C. and Fung, A.W.S. and Masson, V. and Assen, K. and Ward, V. and McKenzie, J. and Blydt-Hansen, T.D. and Cosme, J. and Van Der Gugten, G. and Barakauskas, V.E. and Fox, D.A.

DOI: 10.1159/000526755

The use of CGM to identify hypoglycemia and glycemic patterns in congenital hyperinsulinism

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Gariepy, M. and Yoosefi, N. and Silva, C. and Chanoine, J.-P. and Abdulhussein, F.S.

DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2023-0289

Erratum: Diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in children: A survey among pediatric endocrinologists in North America (Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2022-0444)

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Silva, C. and Patel, T. and Lam, C.

DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2023-0205

Diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in children: A survey among pediatric endocrinologists in North America

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Silva, C. and Patel, T.J. and Lam, C.

DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2022-0444

Anthropometric Measurements and Laboratory Investigations in Children and Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Silva, C. and Zhang, Q. and Bone, J.N. and Amed, S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.04.003

Usability of virtual visits for the routine clinical care of trans youth during the covid-19 pandemic: Youth and caregiver perspectives

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Silva, C. and Fung, A. and Irvine, M.A. and Ziabakhsh, S. and Hursh, B.E.

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111321

Educational program on continuous quality improvement for pediatric residents.

Archivos argentinos de pediatria

DOI: 10.5546/aap.2020.eng.286 PubMed: 32677800

08 / 2020

Recording of overweight and obesity as a health problem by primary care pediatricians in an electronic medical record.

Archivos argentinos de pediatria

DOI: 10.5546/aap.2020.eng.132 PubMed: 32199050

04 / 2020

On the need for supervision of the entrants to medical residences,Consideraciones sobre la necesidad de supervisin a los ingresantes a las residencias mdicas

Medicina (Argentina)

Silva, C. and Colombini, M.N.C. and Passarela, M.L. and Eymann, A. and Llera, J.

Specific Nutritional Supplement (Supportan) in the Supportive Care of the Radio-Chemotherapy Treatment of Head and Neck Cancers: Biochemical Parameters. Preliminary Study

Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets

Octavio Casbarien and Pablo Cresta and Carolina Silva and Maria Feliu and Alejandra Badia and Norberto Delgado and Alfredo Navigante and Nora Slobodianik

DOI: 10.2174/1871530313666131122151325

02 / 2014

Effects of high-fat diets from different sources on serum and thymus lipid profile: study in an experimental model.

Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets

DOI: 10.2174/1871530314666140519160607 PubMed: 24846308

01 / 2014

Diets with different lipid sources: Their effect on fatty acid serum profile of the rat,Dietas con diferentes fuentes lipdicas: Su efecto en el perfil de cidos grasos sricos de la rata

Revista Chilena de Nutricion

Perris, P.D. and Silva, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, I. and Mambrin, M.C. and Slobodianik, N.H. and Feliu, M.S.

DOI: 10.4067/S0717-75182014000300010

Evaluating the use of a multimedia education platform for families living with Type 1 diabetes

Education is a cornerstone of diabetes care, throughout each patient and family’s journey. LearnDiabetes is a novel multimedia platform that provides easy-to-understand education and training for families living with diabetes, designed to complement traditional teaching. We aim to describe the implementation of LearnDiabetes, assess the experience of families and healthcare providers, and its impact on workflow efficiency, clinical and family-reported outcomes.

Increasing capacity and support for pediatric diabetes providers across British Columbia

We know that receiving diabetes care close to home has several important benefits. In order to be able to provide high-quality care, pediatricians, pediatric endocrinologists and diabetes educators in the community need support. ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a technology-enabled knowledge-sharing network, in which academic and community-based providers share their experiences, advice and clinical mentoring with an “all teach, all learn” approach. We will work on developing this community of practice for pediatric diabetes and will collaborate with providers across the province to do this, ensuring that this project is informed by their needs and continues to adapt to meet these.

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