- Acromegaly
- Addison's disease
- Adrenal adenoma
- Adrenal gland tumor
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Androgen insensitivity syndromes
- Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Cushing's syndrome
- Diabetes insipidus
- Gigantism
- Glucocorticoid deficiency
- Hypopituitarism
- Mineralocorticoid deficiency
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN I)
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN II)
- Pituitary adenomas
- Pituitary tumor
- Prolactinoma
Julia Kharlip, MD
She/Her
Endocrinology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 15 and up
Penn Pituitary Center
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Medical Director, Penn Pituitary Center
- Professor of Clinical Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism)
I treat patients with pituitary and adrenal conditions. My particular interest is in Cushing's disease/syndrome. I also see young adults with childhood conditions of adrenal and pituitary glands transitioning to adult care. Additionally, I treat patients with endocrine complications of cancer therapies.
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Michigan
- Residency: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Русский
Russian
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- The Endocrine Society, National
- The Pituitary Society, National
- Penn Neuroendocrine Tumor Program
- Penn Pituitary Tumor Center
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2020 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Javier Javier Ocampo Mascaro,Caitlin A White and Julia Kharlip Cushing Syndrome, Evaluation , Elsevier’s Clinical Overviews: 2024
Douglas JE, Salmon MK, Kshirsagar RS, Eide JG, White C, Kharlip J, Jackson C, Lee JYK, Yoshor D, Kohanski MA, Palmer JN, Adappa ND Pituitary apoplexy is associated with concurrent or subsequent diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus. , World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Jul 16;11(3):349-352.: 2024
Nankee K Kumar 1, Ana Rivadeneira 2, Shubhasree Banerjee 3, Maria Gubbiotti 4, Daniel Yoshor 1, Christina Jackson 1, Julia Kharlip 5, Caitlin A White 5 Hypophysitis Secondary to Small Vessel ANCA Vasculitis Treated With Rituximab , AACE Clin Case Rep , 10: 2024,55-59
Barrette LX, Douglas J, Chorath KT, Shah M, Lu J, Newman JG, Adappa N, Kohanski M, Palmer J, Yoshor D, Lee J, White CA, Kharlip J, Rajasekaran K. Optimizing Perioperative Care in Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: Considerations for Enhanced Recovery After Surgery. , J Craniofac Surg.: 2022
Ramya Sethuram, Daniel S. Guilfoil, Renee Amori, Julia Kharlip, and Karen M. Berkowitz Sheehan Syndrome: An Unusual Presentation Without Inciting Factors , Women's Health Reports, 1(1): 2020,287–292
Cho SS, Zeh R, Pierce JT, Jeon J, Nasrallah M, Adappa ND, Palmer JN, Newman, JG, White C, Kharlip J, Snyder P, Low P, Singhal S, Grady MS, Lee JYK. Folate Receptor Near-Infrared Optical Imaging Provides Sensitive and Specific Intraoperative Visualization of Nonfunctional Pituitary Adenomas , Oper Neurosurg , 16(1): 2019,59-70
Lee JYK, Cho SS, Zeh R, Pierce JT, Martinez-Lage M, Adappa ND, Palmer JN, Newman JG, Learned KO, White C, Kharlip J, Snyder P, Low PS, Singhal S, Grady MS. Folate receptor overexpression can be visualized in real time during pituitary adenoma endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery with near-infrared imaging. , J Neurosurg. , 129(2): 2018,390-403
Sheldon CA, Kharlip J, Tamhankar MA. Inflammatory Orbitophathy Associated with Ipilimumab. , Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg, 33((3S Suppl 1)): 2017,S155-S158
Guttenberg KB, Mayson SE, Sawan C, Kharlip J, Lee JY, Martinez-Lage M, Loevner LA, Ewanichak J, Grady MS, Snyder PJ. Prevalence of clinically silent corticotroph macroadenomas. , Clin Endocrinol , 85(6): 2016,874-880
Wilson MA, Guld K, Galetta S, Walsh RD, Kharlip J, Tamhankar M, McGettigan S, Schuchter LM, Fecher LA Acute visual loss after ipilimumab treatment for metastatic melanoma. , J Immunother Cancer, 18(4): 2016