Fresh off of a successful ENDO 2024 in Boston in June, the Endocrine Society announced it is merging with the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (APDEM). The APDEM represents the academic leaders of more than 135 training programs that prepare fellows for clinical and research careers in endocrinology and metabolism. “The Endocrine...
Mind the Gap: How the Endocrine Society Is Taking Steps to Ensure the Future of Endocrinology
As endocrinology fellowships go unfilled, leaders in the field are growing more concerned about the ability for endocrinology to meet the needs of future patients grappling with diabetes, obesity, and other endocrine disorders. To mitigate this potential gap, the Endocrine Society launched the Medical School Engagement Program (MSEP) to boost the interest of medical students...
Meet New Endocrine Society President, John Newell-Price, MD, PhD
The Endocrine Society is pleased to welcome its president for 2024 – 2025, John Newell-Price, MD, PhD, FRCP, who took office during ENDO 2024 in Boston. Newell-Price is Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He is also head of the Endocrinology Service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and of... Reproductive endocrinologists play key role in fertility treatment The Endocrine Society endorses the Right to IVF Act, which was introduced by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), and urges the Senate to pass the Right to...
On June 3, during ENDO 2024 in Boston, “Vitamin D for the Prevention of Disease: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline” was officially released. While this new guideline suggests supplements might benefit specific populations and questions the need for testing, it also suggests that more research is needed to determine optimal levels for specific health...
Guideline recommends vitamin D higher than the recommended daily allowance for children, pregnant people, adults over 75 and adults with prediabetes Healthy adults under the age of 75 are unlikely to benefit from taking more than the daily intake of vitamin D recommended by the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) and do not require testing for...
Winners Announced for the Endocrine Society’s 2024 Endocrine Images Art Competition
The Endocrine Society is delighted to announce that Lily Ng, PhD, and Douglas Forrest, PhD, have won the Society’s 2024 Endocrine Images Art Competition for their image of the astrocyte cell that expresses type 2 deiodinase. Now in its third year, the Art Competition celebrates the beauty of endocrine science as seen through the lens...
Endocrine Society, ESE Publish Joint Guideline on Glucocorticoid-Induced Adrenal Insufficiency
To kick off a new guideline-writing partnership between the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), a new guideline on glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency has just been released. The joint guideline, which was published in the Societies’ respective journals, is designed to help clinicians manage patients who have, or are at risk of developing,...
