Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS Outstanding Public Service Award Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS, is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md, where she’s an active clinician and sees patients regularly in the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Diabetes Center. Kalyani... Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS Outstanding Public Service Award Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS, is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md, where she’s an active clinician and sees patients regularly in the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Diabetes Center. Kalyani...
Shingo Kajimura, PhD Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award As an investigator at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston Mass., Shingo Kajimura, PhD, has made pioneering contributions to the field of endocrinology and metabolism by identifying the key determinants of adipose tissue development and function. Kajimura’s work transformed our fundamental understandings of how brown/beige fat controls energy homeostasis...
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) has recruited Laurie E. Cohen, MD, as the new chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. Cohen specializes in endocrine issues experienced by childhood cancer survivors, such as growth hormone deficiency and infertility. She is also an expert in growth disorders and short stature in children. Throughout her career, Cohen...
Lourdes Ibáñez, MD, PhD International Excellence in Endocrinology Award Lourdes Ibáñez, MD, PhD, is a pediatric endocrinologist at Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Hospital and chairman of Pediatrics, chair of Clinical Research in Endocrinology at the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. A worldwide leader in the field of polycystic ovary syndrome, Ibáñez pioneered the use of combined, low-dose insulin sensitization for the treatment of the disease — a novel therapeutic approach directed...
Ken K.Y. Ho, MD, FRACP, FRCP, FAHMS Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award Ken K.Y. Ho, MD, FRACP, FRCP, FAHMS, is emeritus professor at the Garvan Institute, University of New South Wales, and honorary consultant endocrinologist, St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, Australia. As a globally recognized pituitary medicine expert and a leader in academic clinical endocrinology, he’s developed therapeutic guidelines and...
David W. Harris, MD Vigersky Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award David W. Harris, MD, is a full-time practicing endocrinologist at the Warren Clinic Diabetes Center in Tulsa, Okla., where he’s provided exemplary care for over 30 years. A tireless advocate for equal access to care and affordable diabetes medications, Harris led the glycemic management committee at Saint Francis Hospital to ensure consistent treatment protocols for hospitalized patients. Harris has been instrumental in providing scholarships for medical and high school students in need and is a member of the Endocrine Society’s Hormone Health Network...
Terry J. Smith, MD Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research Terry J. Smith, MD, is the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Mich. He’s studied Graves’ disease, its ocular manifestations, and related autoimmune diseases for over 35 years, and his laboratory...
Henry M. Kronenberg, MD Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award Henry M. Kronenberg, MD, has been chief of the Endocrine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., for over 32 years and is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. His research group studies the actions of parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone-related protein, with a particular emphasis on bone development, bone...
