Cate Pihoker, MD

Dr. Pihoker has been providing expert care to our daughter since she began throwing seizures at only 3 months of age! Where other doctors had struggled, Dr. P. made a quick and correct diagnosis of a very rare but treatable condition, hypoparathyroidism. My kid is now a healthy teenager and living a normal life, thanks in no small part to Dr. Pihoker and the CHMC team. The gratitude I feel for not only the knowledge and experience, but the unfailing kindness and patience with parental questions and concerns, can barely be put into words. Dr. Pihoker is the best!

I can recommend Dr. Pihoker without reservation for any patient who needs to see an endocrine or diabetes specialist. She works with families and children in a supportive way which allows the child to gradually take on appropriate self-care, and encourages families to learn about their child's condition to help make decisions about long term treatment plans (or tweeks of plans as new needs come up). Although Dr. Pihoker doesn't waste appointment time on chit-chat, we feel she shows genuine concern and interest in our son as her patient, and has become a partner in his care. Our son has been her patient for about 12 of his 14 years of diabetes care at Children's and we are truly thankful for her guidance over the years.