Nadia Merchant, MD, is a paediatric endocrinologist and geneticist at Children’s National Hospital, USA. Dr Merchant’s clinical interests include bone health and the intersection of genetics and endocrinology. She is involved in multiple multidisciplinary clinics as the endocrinologist, including The Bone Health Program with Orthopaedics; the Muscular Dystrophy Clinic; the White Matter Clinic specifically for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy; and the 22q clinic. She is passionate about maximising a patient’s potential.