New transition in care endowed chair named

Lisal J. Folsom, M.D., M.S., endocrinologist and director, Transition in Care programs for the Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, a part of Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s, has been named the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation Philip Sandlin Transition in Care Endowed Chair. With expertise in treating both children and adult endocrinology patients, Dr. Folsom has been central to the development of the Transition to Adult Diabetes (TAD) program. An associate professor of Pediatrics at the UofL School of Medicine, she also serves as medical director, Adult Diabetes – Endocrinology, Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute.

Dr. Folsom is board-certified in both pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology by the American Board of Pediatrics, as well as in both internal medicine and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Her clinical and research interests include transition from pediatric to adult diabetes, and endocrinology care and nutrition.

The Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation Philip Sandlin Transition in Care Endowed Chair is made possible thanks to the generosity of Philip Sandlin and the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation.