MedPage Today — Concern Over EDCs Continues to Grow Endocrinology editor-in-chief Andrea Gore, PhD, shared her hopes for endocrine-disrupting chemical policy improvements in 2017. The medical trade publication examined the endocrine-disrupting chemicals landscape, including recent publications from Society member Leonardo Trasande, MD, and Gore. L’Obs — “Inacceptable!” Ça chauffe entre la France et Bruxelles au sujet des perturbateurs...
Outstanding Educator Award Laurence Katznelson, MD Professor Laurence Katznelson, MD, has had a very productive career as a clinical investigator in neuroendocrinology, making important contributions to our understanding of acromegaly, Cushing disease, and hypopituitarism. Moreover, he is clearly one of the elite endocrinology and internal medicine educators in the U.S. As the director of...
Roy O. Greep Award for Outstanding Research Klaus H. Kaestner, PhD I am delighted to nominate Klaus H. Kaestner, PhD, for an Endocrine Society Roy O. Greep Award for Outstanding Research. Dr. Kaestner’s work has combined innovative mouse genetics with state-of-the-art functional genomics to understand the molecular basis of the development and function of...
Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award Janet Hall, MD Since her first service to the Endocrine Society as an abstract reviewer in 1990, Dr. Hall has served continuously on journal boards, Society committees, and/or in Society leadership positions. She has been a strong advocate of clinical and translational research both within and outside the Society;...
Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award Joel Finkelstein, MD Joel S. Finkelstein, professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, is the recipient of the Endocrine Society’s 2017 Clinical Investigator Award. Dr. Finkelstein’s work has generated new concepts in endocrine physiology while providing new information that has directly changed patient care. His early work... The Endocrine Society unveiled the first issue of its Open Access scholarly publication the Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES) today, marking the first time the Society has introduced a new journal under its ownership in nearly 30 years. The online-only format is specifically intended to rapidly publish emerging science on a variety of endocrinology...
Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD Dr. Eva Feldman, MD, PhD, is an exceptional clinician-scientist who has devoted her career towards understanding diabetic neuropathy (DN), improving treatment options for her patients, and educating healthcare professionals on DN diagnosis and treatment. With over 25 years of continuous NIH funding,...
Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award Daniel Einhorn, MD, FACE, FACP Daniel Einhorn, MD, FACE, FACP, is a graduate of Yale University (Summa Cum Laude) and of Tufts Medical School (Alpha Omega Alpha). He did his post-graduate training in psychiatry and then medicine at the Beth Israel Hospital (BIH) and his endocrinology fellowship at the Thorndike Laboratories...
