Endocrine leaders say it is time for endocrinologists to step up to the challenges of a warming and polluted planet, according to a recent editorial in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. But what are the challenges in changing the behaviors of patients as well as clinicians? Endocrinologists need to broaden their work for... Endocrine leaders say it is time for endocrinologists to step up to the challenges of a warming and polluted planet, according to a recent editorial in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. But what are the challenges in changing the behaviors of patients as well as clinicians? Endocrinologists need to broaden their work for...
David W. Harris, MD Vigersky Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award David W. Harris, MD, is a full-time practicing endocrinologist at the Warren Clinic Diabetes Center in Tulsa, Okla., where he’s provided exemplary care for over 30 years. A tireless advocate for equal access to care and affordable diabetes medications, Harris led the glycemic management committee at Saint Francis Hospital to ensure consistent treatment protocols for hospitalized patients. Harris has been instrumental in providing scholarships for medical and high school students in need and is a member of the Endocrine Society’s Hormone Health Network...
Terry J. Smith, MD Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research Terry J. Smith, MD, is the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Mich. He’s studied Graves’ disease, its ocular manifestations, and related autoimmune diseases for over 35 years, and his laboratory...
Henry M. Kronenberg, MD Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award Henry M. Kronenberg, MD, has been chief of the Endocrine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass., for over 32 years and is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. His research group studies the actions of parathyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone-related protein, with a particular emphasis on bone development, bone...
