The Endocrine Society last Wednesday hosted stakeholders representing each of the nation’s major primary care associations for a roundtable aimed at identifying the best ways to collaborate – sharing resources and supporting one another in order to improve patient care. Representatives from six medical associations – the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American...Sharing & Caring: Endocrine Society Hosts Primary Care Collaboration Roundtable
The Endocrine Society last Wednesday hosted stakeholders representing each of the nation’s major primary care associations for a roundtable aimed at identifying the best ways to collaborate – sharing resources and supporting one another in order to improve patient care. Representatives from six medical associations – the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American...
The endocrine community is mourning the loss of Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, who died on June 9 at her home in La Jolla, Calif., and who was known for her long-running study on aging, which led to a better understanding of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, menopause, and bone health. Barrett-Connor, the distinguished professor in the Department of...
Lewis Braverman, MD, will be dearly missed by countless number of former fellows, colleagues and friends. Braverman, most recently a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and chief of the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, was an internationally recognized leader in the field of thyroid research for his contributions that spanned...
On June 7, 2019, Buckingham Palace announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed V. Craig Jordan, OBE, as Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) for services to women’s health. The award recognizes Jordan’s discovery of Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) as the first multifunctional medicines for women...
[Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include the great work of Knock Out Rounds third place winner Loize Marechal, MSc, a PhD student at the University of Montreal, who presented her study on how a sub-optimal womb environment can affect metabolic health.] Scientists and clinicians descended upon the Crescent City in anticipation of being...
The 2019 Delbert A. Fisher Award recipient is Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, dean of The Graduate School and Chief of Reproductive Biology Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University in Chicago. Each year, the Delbert A. Fisher Research Scholar Award provides a $2,000 honorarium to a scholar demonstrating exceptional work in...
