Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award Richard J. Auchus, MD, PhD Rich Auchus is professor of medicine and pharmacology at the University of Michigan and the world’s foremost authority on steroid-related diseases. His pioneering science has transformed fundamental principles of steroid biosynthesis, and his clinical investigation has repeatedly changed clinical practice — for androgen synthesis, endocrine hypertension,... Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award Richard J. Auchus, MD, PhD Rich Auchus is professor of medicine and pharmacology at the University of Michigan and the world’s foremost authority on steroid-related diseases. His pioneering science has transformed fundamental principles of steroid biosynthesis, and his clinical investigation has repeatedly changed clinical practice — for androgen synthesis, endocrine hypertension,...
Last month, Joshua Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA, was awarded the 2021 Philanthropist of the Year Award by the Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service. The Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service is presented by Smart Business magazine to businesses that make outstanding contributions to their communities. Joseph was honored as Medical Mutual’s Philanthropist...
Endocrine Society president Gary D. Hammer, MD, PhD, discusses receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and why it’s imperative for endocrinologists to “stand behind the science.” Endocrine Society president Gary D. Hammer, MD, PhD, on December 22, 2020, received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and his second dose on January 12, 2021, joining a growing...
On December 14, Endocrine Society past-president E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, was one of the first physicians at the University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Abel, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine; director, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; and professor of medicine, biochemistry and biomedical engineering...
Endocrine Society members have elected Ursula B. Kaiser, MD, to serve as the organization’s President for the 2022-2023 term. Kaiser is chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension and George W. Thorn, MD Distinguished Chair in Endocrinology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and director of the Brigham Research...
