Berrin Ergun-Longmire, MD

Berrin Ergun-Longmire, MD
Berrin Ergun-Longmire, MD

Division Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology

Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Contact Information

Patient Care Related:
Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, 269.337.6430

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Berrin Ergun-Longmire, MD, is a board-certified pediatric endocrinologist with the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is also Division Chief for the Division of Endocrinology in the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

Dr. Ergun-Longmire is a graduate of Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical School in Istanbul, Turkey. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology in Turkey. She then completed a research fellowship at The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical Center of Cornell University, New York, New York. She completed an additional residency in pediatrics at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey, and a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College.

After completing her fellowship, Dr. Ergun-Longmire worked as an attending physician and faculty in numerous medical schools and children's hospitals. She has most recently been Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology, Founder of Division of Pediatric Endocrinology in the Studer Family Children's Hospital at Sacred Heart affiliated with the University of Florida in Pensacola, Florida.

Throughout her carrier, Dr. Ergun-Longmire has served as principal investigator on studies focusing type 1 and type 2 diabetes in pediatric patients and has given numerous professional presentations on topics ranging from growth, childhood obesity and the type 2 diabetes epidemic in children. Her clinical, teaching, and research interests include medical education, population health, and health delivery systems.

  • Board Certification
    • American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatric Endocrinology)
    • American Board of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)

  • Education and Training
    • Fellowship 2005, Pediatric Endocrinology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College
    • Residency 2001, Pediatrics, Monmouth Medical Center, Drexel University
    • Visiting Fellow 1998, Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Weill Cornell Medical College
    • MD 1989, Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University

  • Research
    • Pediatric Obesity
    • Inpatient Diabetes Care
    • Diabetes Mellitus

  • Publications

  • Presentations
    • The potential role of estrogen receptor in regulating carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1), a molecule implicated in the development of insulin resistance. Yagusevich P, Subrahmanyan T, Ergun-Longmire B, Bouma GJ, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
    • Hyperglycemia rather than Hypoglycemia: Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Pediatric with New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM). Ehsan L, Anz R, Asebes H, Ergun-Longmire B, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
    • Insulin-responsive Severe Hypertriglyceridemia in New-onset Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Ehsan L, Fung J, Senti M, Mathew N, Murthi N, Ergun-Longmire B, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022