Breaking News: Endocrine Society Launches Reinvigorated Patient Outreach Program
Karel Pacak, MD, PhD, DSc Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award Karel Pacak, MD, Phd, DSc, is chief of the Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology and head of the Developmental Endocrinology, Metabolism, Genetics and Endocrine Oncology Affinity Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the Intramural NIH Research Program in Bethesda, Md. His...
Kathryn A. Martin, MD Outstanding Educator Award Kathryn A. Martin, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and has been a faculty member and practicing clinician in the Reproductive Endocrine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., since 1989. In addition to her clinical practice, Martin has an active teaching...
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...
Endocrine leaders say it is time for endocrinologists to step up to the challenges of a warming and polluted planet, according to a recent editorial in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. But what are the challenges in changing the behaviors of patients as well as clinicians? Endocrinologists need to broaden their work for...
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...Members in the News: Laurie E. Cohen, MD, Takes on New Role at CHAM
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...Endocrine Itinerary: Endocrinology Meetings Around the World
