President’s Viewpoint

It has been a remarkable year for the Endocrine Society! As the year draws to a close it’s timely to reflect on what we achieved over the past 12 months. Over this year we launched two new meetings, merged with an endocrine program directors’ association, entered partnerships to enhance our educational offerings, and created a...

In the U.S., November is designated as American Diabetes Month. The World Health Organization sets aside November 14th as Diabetes Day. And here in the U.K., we blocked out June 10 – 16, 2024, as Diabetes Week. Globally, many other countries have similar diabetes mellitus recognition events in their calendars. Regardless of the dates on...

The seasons are a-changing, with fall coming to those of us in the northern hemisphere and springtime to our members and friends in the southern hemisphere. It’s a wonderful time of year, as students in the north return to class, and students in the south start to look forward to summer vacation. For many colleagues,...

While ENDO is always the major in-person event that brings the whole endocrine community together, with this being epitomized at ENDO 2024, the Society is hard at work preparing an impressive slate of meetings this fall. In September, members can look forward to our ever-popular Endocrine Board Review (EBR) and Clinical Endocrinology Update (CEU), both...

Many of us are now fully back at our day job having returned from last month’s ENDO in Boston. The meeting was a fabulous success. There was such a buzz around the conference center, where friends and colleagues, old and new, met to discuss the very best in science and clinical practice. Congratulations and a...

A year seems to go by quickly in today’s fast-paced world, but the Endocrine Society always manages to accomplish a huge amount in that trip around the sun! Even the recent total eclipse of said sun did not slow us down! As I reflect on my soon-to-conclude presidential tenure, I’m amazed at the sheer number...

I am honored to work with a Society that prioritizes access to care for all people who need it, including those living with diabetes and women with infertility, and one that advocates for legislation such as the Global Plastics Treaty to lower our everyday exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs). One of the most amazing things...