Members of the Endocrine Society have elected five new Officers and Council members to lead the world’s oldest, largest and most active organization devoted to research on hormones and the clinical practice of endocrinology.
The new Officers and Council members are:
- Lynnette K. Nieman, MD: President-Elect
- Howard B. A. Baum, MD: Vice President, Physician-in-Practice
- Daniel J. Bernard, PhD: Council Member, Basic Scientist Seat
- Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD: Council Member, At-Large Seat
- Carol H. Wysham, MD: Council Member, At-Large Seat
The new Officers and Council members will assume their new positions at ENDO 2016 in Boston, Mass., April 1-4, 2016.
Nieman will serve as President-Elect in 2016-2017 and then as President in 2017-2018. She is senior clinical investigator in Bethesda, MD. An active Society volunteer for two decades, she has served as Vice President, Clinical Science, and on a number of Society committees, including the Research Affairs Core Committee and the Publications Core Committee. Nieman has been an editorial board member for The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. She also served three times on the Annual Meeting Steering Committee, twice as chair. Her awards and honors include the Society’s Distinguished Physician Award, the NIH Distinguished Clinical Teacher Award, and three NIH Director’s Awards.
Baum will serve a three-year term as Vice President, Physician-in-Practice (2016-2019). He is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. An active Society member for nearly 20 years, he served in the Physician in Practice designated seat on Council and on the Clinical Affairs Core Committee and Scientific and Educational Programs Core Committee. He also served as Council Liaison to the Advocacy and Public Outreach Core Committee and the Trainee and Career Development Core Committee. His honors include the NIH Clinical Associate Physician Award and the National Research Service Award from the Public Health Service. He was named “Texas Super Doctor” by Texas Monthly.
Bernard will serve a three-year term in the Basic Scientist-designated seat on Council (2016-2019). He is Director of the McGill Centre for the Study of Reproduction and a Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Physiology, and the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. An active Society member for 12 years, he served on the Research Affairs Core Committee and Scientific and Educational Programs Core Committee. Bernard has been an editorial board member for the Society’s journals Endocrinology and Molecular Endocrinology. His awards and honors include the NIMH Individual National Research Service Award, the John R. and Clara M. Fraser Memorial Award from the McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and two-time recipient of the Lalor Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Mammalian Reproductive Biology.
Umpierrez will serve a three-year term as an at-large member of Council (2016-2019). He is Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Research, Center for Diabetes and Metabolism at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. He is also Section Chief, Diabetes and Endocrinology Division at Grady Health Care System in Atlanta. A Society member for nearly 20 years, he serves on the Special Programs Committee and has also served on the Hormone Health Network Committee and the Clinical Guideline Subcommittee. Umpierrez has been an editorial board member for The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. His awards and honors include the ADA Outstanding Physician Clinician in Diabetes Award, Best Grand Rounds Lecture from Emory University, and the J. Willis Hurst Outstanding Bedside Teacher Award from the American College of Physicians.
Wysham will serve a three-year term as an at-large member of Council (2016-2019). She is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington and Section Head at the Rockwood Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology in Spokane, Wash. A Society member for two decades, she chaired the Annual Meeting Steering Committee and served on the Scientific and Educational Programs Core Committee. Her honors and awards include the O.C. Olsen Lectureship from Deaconess Hospital and the Certificate of Recognition for Quality Diabetes Care from ADA and NCQA.
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