Denise Gruccio, DNP, MSN, BSN, CRNP, PNP-BC
Areas of expertise: Disorders of growth and puberty in children, Endocrine disorders in pediatric cancer survivors, Turner syndrome
Locations: Main Building
About Denise Gruccio, DNP, MSN, BSN, CRNP, PNP-BC
Denise is a Nurse Practitioner in the Diagnostic and Research Growth Center and Turner Syndrome Program in the Division of Endocrinology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Denise’s area of clinical practice includes the care of children and adolescents with growth disorders with a particular focus on endocrine disorders in childhood cancer survivors and the care of patients with Turner syndrome. Denise has published extensively on growth disorders in pediatrics including journal articles, book chapters and manuscripts. She is an invited speaker on the topic of growth disorders on the regional and national level. Denise is the 2010 recipient of the Caroline Langstader Advanced Practice Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice.
Titles
Nurse Practitioner
Certifications
Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PPCNP-BC)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care (CPNP-PC)
Awards and Honors
2010, Caroline Langstader Advanced Practice Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners
Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society
Sigma Theta Tau- Mu Chi Chapter
Editorial and Academic Positions
Academic and Institutional Committees
2012-present, Safety/Quality Improvement Committee, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes
Research Interests
Growth disorders
Turner syndrome
Endocrine disorders in childhood cancer survivors
Education & training
Graduate Degree
DNP - Villanova University, Villanova, PA
MSN - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2017
Gruccio D, Bamba V. Turner syndrome: Care of the Patient form Birth to Late Adolescence. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2017 Jun;14(Suppl 2):454-461.
2013
Mostoufi-Moab S, Isaacoff EJ, Spiegel D, Gruccio D, Ginsberg JP, Hobbie W, Shults J, Leonard MB. Childhood cancer survivors exposed to total body irradiation are at significant risk for slipped capital femoral epiphysis during recombinant growth hormone therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Nov;60(11):1766-71. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24667. Epub 2013 Jul 2.
Stanescu, D, Gruccio, D. 50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: The XO Syndrome: A Study of the Different Phenotype in 25 Patients. Journal of Pediatrics 1044, 2013.
2011
Hobbie Wendy L, Moab Sogol Mostoufi-, Carlson Claire A, Gruccio Denise, Ginsberg Jill P. Prevalence of advanced bone age in a cohort of patients who received cis-retinoic acid for high-risk neuroblastoma.. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 56(3): 474-6, 2011.
2005
Lipman, T PhD, CRNP,FAAN, Gruccio, D MSN, CRNP. Pediatric Growth Monitoring. Advance For Nurses 25: 21-23, 2005.
2000
Gruccio, D MSN, CRNP, Steinkrauss, L MSN, CRNP.Challenges of Decision Making for Families of Children with Single or Multiple Chronic Conditions. Nurse Practitioner Forum 11: 15-19, 2000.
1997
Wang E, Drummond DS, Dormans JP, Moshang T, Gruccio D. Scoliosis in patients treated with growth hormone. J Ped Orthopedics 17: 708-711, 1997.
1996
Alter C, Thornton P, Willi S, Levitt-Katz L, Gruccio D, Moshang T Jr. Growth following bone marrow transplantation in acute myelogenous leukemia as compared to acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Ped Endo Metab 9:51-57, 1996.
Satin-Smith M, Levitt-Katz L, Thornton P, Gruccio D, Moshang T Jr. Arm span measurements evaluating response to growth hormone therapy in children with meningomyelocoel and growth hormone deficiency. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 81:1654-1656, 1996.
1993
Moshang T Jr., Gruccio D, Camargo A and Goldwein J. Long term growth response to growth hormone treatment (GH) in growth hormone deficient medulloblastoma (PNET) survivors Ped Res.33 (Supp): 50,1993.
Olshan JS, Willi, SM, Gruccio D and Moshang T Jr. Growth hormone function and treatment following bone marrow transplant for neuroblastoma. Bone Marrow Transplantation 12: 381-385, 1993.
1992
Thornton P, Alter C, Olshan J, Gruccio D and Moshang T Jr. Diagnosis of partial ACTH deficiency using IRMA ACTH in conjunction with the short metyrapone test. Pediatric Research; 31, 1992.
1991
Moshang T Jr., Gruccio D, Alter C, Thornton P. Non- classical 3 beta-hydroxysteriod dehydrogenase (HSD) deficiency in male child. Pediatric Research. 29: 82A, 1991.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2013
Gruccio, D. Late to Diagnosis: Turner Syndrome. Children’s Doctor: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Spring, 2013.
2009
Gruccio, D. The Child with Normal Variant Short Stature: When Treatment is not indicated. Evolving Paradigms in the Clinical Diagnosis and Treatments of Short Stature. August, 2009.
2008
Gruccio, D. Working with Families of Children with Short Stature. Evolving Paradigms in the Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Short Stature. August, 2008.
1996
Gruccio D. Endocrine Overview: Short stature, Delayed Puberty and Precocious Puberty. In Fox; Primary Care of Children. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby, 1996.