Remembering Endocrine Society Past-President, Delbert A. Fisher, MD
Delbert A. Fisher, past-president of the Endocrine Society and former editor of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, passed away March 4, 2026, at the age of 97. Fisher was a pediatric endocrinologist best known for his work in delineating fetal and newborn thyroid physiology, which led to the launch of newborn screening for...
Anna Pilatone and Gabriella Milan won the Endocrine Society’s 2026 Endocrine Images Art Competition for their microscopy image of a pre-adipocyte cell (left). Pilatone and Milan are research biologists in the Endocrine and Metabolic Lab at the Department of Medicine, University of Padova, and at the Center for the Study and Integrated Treatment of Obesity,...
There’s something fun about “firsts” with such a well-established publication like Endocrine News. This month, I’m pleased to say, is another first: an issue devoted to the adrenal glands, those endocrine glands that “get our juices flowing” so to speak. Senior Editor Derek Bagley has rounded up some of the Endocrine Society’s “Adrenal All Stars”...
As my presidential term winds down, I look back with pride and admiration at the sheer amount of exemplary programming that the Society provides for its members each year. I’d like to recount some highlights from the past 12 months as we prepare to change leadership at ENDO 2026, June 13-16, in Chicago, Ill. One...