Here’s a summary of the latest advocacy issues the Endocrine Society is working on. What’s Happening in Washington: There is a growing attention among policymakers to the issue of prescription drug prices: FDA has announced a “Biosimilar Action Plan” outlining how to improve efficiency and scientific and regulatory clarity for product development, increase communications to expand...
Endocrine Society member Ann Nardulli, PhD, passed away at home on June 27, 2018, at age 69, surrounded by family. The cause of death was cancer. She graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in education and taught elementary school in Addison, where she had a reputation as a devoted and innovative...ASAE Honors Endocrine Society, Partners with 2018 Summit Power of A Award
The Diabetes Emergency Relief Coalition, composed of the Endocrine Society and seven other leading diabetes care and research organizations, will receive the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) 2018 Summit Power of A Award for helping to provide critical diabetes supplies to regions impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the Coalition announced today. The...
Endocrinologists are gaining new resources to help them move up the career ladder with the launch of the Endocrine Society’s revamped online career center. The Society partnered with Health eCareers, the leading career resource for healthcare, to provide job listings targeted to endocrine scientists and clinicians. Endocrinology-specific jobs will be posted on the Society’s EndoCareers...Endocrine Society, Partners Receive ASAE’s Gold Power of A Award
The Diabetes Emergency Relief Coalition, composed of the Endocrine Society and seven other leading diabetes care and research organizations, received an American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) 2018 Gold Power of A Award for helping to provide critical diabetes supplies to regions impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Society announced today. The Power of...
BREAKING NEWS: CMS Announces Coverage Change to Allow Use of CGM Smart Phone Applications
In an important advocacy victory for our members and their patients, we are encouraged to see that Medicare beneficiaries will be able to use smart phone applications in conjunction with their continuous glucose monitors. Our members and staff have been calling for access to this important safety net, which can help protect patients who experience...
Q&A: Daniel Drucker, MD, New Editor-in-Chief, Endocrine Reviews
Endocrine News spoke with incoming Endocrine Reviews editor-in-chief, Daniel J. Drucker, MD, to find out what direction he plans to take the journal and what readers can expect under his leadership and why he believes “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Beginning July 1, Daniel J. Drucker, MD, will become the new editor-in-chief of the...
It is with great sadness that I share with the endocrine community news of the untimely passing of Dr. Norman Fleischer, professor emeritus in the Department of Medicine and former chief of endocrinology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center. Norm was brilliant. An accomplished researcher in the field of diabetes,...
