The Endocrine Society urges the Senate to protect the insulin affordability provisions included in the Build Back Better Act and move quickly to pass this crucial legislation. We implore all Senators to ensure these provisions are not scaled back. The Build Back Better Act represents the best opportunity to address the price of insulin. Millions...
Diabetes experts urge Senate to pass bill and send for President’s signature. The Endocrine Society hailed the House of Representatives for including provisions to improve insulin affordability in its version of the Build Back Better Act. “This bill offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect access to this life-saving medication,” says Society President Carol H. Wysham,...
The Endocrine Society is launching the Excellence in Clinical Endocrinology Leadership (ExCEL) program, a multi-faceted training program offering comprehensive leadership training and mentorship to early career physicians of communities underrepresented in medicine and science. ExCEL is just one of the Society’s many efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the endocrinology field. The initiative is designed to train the next generation of physicians and clinicians to treat individuals with endocrine conditions....
Throughout 2021, the Endocrine Society has focused on insulin’s past and present. The Society’s Insulin 2121 event highlights insulin’s future. Robots, drones, and artificial intelligence are just a few of the innovative topics being discussed. While the event is pre-recorded, our speakers will be live and available to answer your questions in real time during the Q&A portion. More information on the...
Arnold M. Moses, MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, passed away on August 4, 2021. He grew up in Newburgh, New York and after high school, at the age of 17 he enlisted in the US Army. Following World War II, he...
As Ashley Grossman MD, FRCP, and Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, PhD, prepare to become the next editors-in-chief of Endocrine Reviews, and the Journal of the Endocrine Society, respectively, they spoke with Endocrine News about their goals for the future of these prestigious journals. Toward the beginning of summer, the Endocrine Society appointed two new editors-in-chief of its...
The Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) have awarded their inaugural joint honor — the Transatlantic Alliance Award — to Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP. Melmed is executive vice president of Academic Affairs, dean of the Medical Faculty, and distinguished professor of medicine at Cedars-Sinai, Calif. He is an international endocrine...
The Endocrine Society today announced it has chosen 13 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2022 Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field. Established in 1944, the Society’s Laureate Awards recognize the highest achievements in the endocrinology field, including groundbreaking research and innovations in clinical care. The Endocrine Society will present the awards to the...