Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, CDE Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, a renowned expert in the management of diabetes mellitus in the hospital setting, epitomizes the attributes of a physician scholar through his research, teaching, and lifelong learning. Driven by his keen intellect, curiosity, and... Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, CDE Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, a renowned expert in the management of diabetes mellitus in the hospital setting, epitomizes the attributes of a physician scholar through his research, teaching, and lifelong learning. Driven by his keen intellect, curiosity, and...
Outstanding Leadership in Endocrinology Award Helena Teede, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, FAAHMS In Australia and internationally, Helena Teede brings longstanding passionate commitment and visionary leadership to endocrinology. Her current roles span endocrinology practice, research, healthcare, education, government, and not-for-profit sectors. Under her leadership, Monash Health Diabetes Unit is one of four Australian National Diabetes...
Outstanding Innovation Award Richard J.M. Ross, MBBS, MD, FRCP Richard J. Ross is an exceptional clinical scientist in the tradition of clinical scientists addressing the unmet needs of patients and translating these from bed to bench and back as innovative drugs. His research on optimizing endocrine replacement therapy has focused on replacement of cortisol...
Outstanding Public Service Award Anne L. Peters, MD Anne Peters is nominated for decades-long service to the care of under privileged populations, through both her professional activities as a physician, her writings, educational activities, and as a volunteer. Anne has consistently sought to raise up all those around her, irrespective of their socioeconomic status....
International Excellence in Endocrinology Award Ambrish Mithal, MD, DM Ambrish Mithal, MD, DM, is an Indian endocrinologist, who serves as the head of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Division of Medanta, the Medicity, in Delhi. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Mithal has made pioneering contributions to the growth of endocrinology, establishing and running endocrine...
Richard E. Weitzman Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Alexander S. Kauffman, PhD Alexander (Sasha) Kauffman, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in researching the regulation of the neuroendocrine reproductive axis in development and adulthood, as well as the hormonal and neural mechanisms underlying sex differences in puberty and reproductive physiology. Kauffman has demonstrated a...
Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award* Ursula B. Kaiser, MD Ursula Kaiser, MD, has been involved in service to the Endocrine Society continuously since 1997. She has served as member or chair on the Student Affairs Committee, Publications Committee, Laureate Awards Committee, Annual Meeting Steering Committee, Research Affairs Committee, and Committee on Governance Affairs. She...
Roy O. Greep Award for Outstanding Research Takashi Kadowaki, MD, PhD Adiponectin is an adipocyte hormone that is most abundantly expressed in white adipose tissue. Dr. Kadowaki discovered that adiponectin enhances insulin sensitivity and possesses anti-diabetic actions. He identified and cloned the receptors of adiponectin (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2), both of which are seven-transmembrane receptors....
