On August 14, the Endocrine Society announced the 14 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2024 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field. These professionals have achieved breakthroughs in scientific discoveries and clinical care benefiting people with hundreds of conditions, including diabetes, thyroid disorders, obesity, hormone-related cancers, growth problems, osteoporosis, and infertility. Established...
The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Endocrine Society member Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH, chair of its Department of Pediatrics and who will serve as physician-in-chief for UVA Health Children’s. Misra comes to UVA from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, where she serves as chief of the Division of...
It is with great sadness that we say farewell to Richard D. Gordon, an Australian pioneer of endocrinology and hypertension research, who recently passed away after a brief illness, aged 89. Born in Brisbane, Gordon’s training as an endocrinologist included research fellowships in Melbourne (Bryan Hudson, The Alfred and Prince Henry’s Hospitals, Monash University), Nashville,...GAEM Changer: A Brief History of the Georgian Association of Endocrinology and Metabolism
When Georgian endocrinologist Natia Vashakmadze, MD, saw the need for an endocrine organization in her home country, she created one. In an exclusive for Endocrine News, she details the history of the Georgian Association of Endocrinology and Metabolism (GAEM), the importance of partnering with the Endocrine Society to share its Clinical Practice Guidelines, and GAEM’s...
Edwin B. Astwood Award for Outstanding Research in Basic Science Holly A. Ingraham, PhD Ingraham is the Herzstein Endowed Professor in Molecular Physiology at University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco, Calif. As a world leader in hormone signaling, Ingraham has illuminated basic molecular processes controlling endocrine development and physiology, with recent emphasis on...Meet the 2023 Endocrine Society Laureates: Mihail Zilbermint, MD, MBA
Vigersky Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award Zilbermint is an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the chief and director of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. He is an outstanding clinician, well recognized for his excellent clinical care and... The Endocrine Society selected Dalal S. Ali, MD, as the recipient of its 2023 C. Wayne Bardin, MD, International Travel Award for her outstanding ENDO abstract and research contributions related to bone disease, calcium, and endocrine disorders in pregnancy. Ali is a clinical fellow in metabolic bone disease at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,...
Endocrine Society Congratulates 2023 Early Investigator Award Winners
The Endocrine Society has selected five recipients for its 2023 Early Investigator Awards. The Early Investigators Awards were established to assist in the development of early career investigators and to recognize their accomplishments in endocrine-related research. The Endocrine Society’s 2023 Early Investigator Award winners are: Kotaro Sasaki, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa....
