Meet the 2018 Laureates: Leonard Wartofsky, MD, MACP

Sidney H. Ingbar Award for Distinguished Service

Leonard Wartofsky, MD, MACP

Leonard “Len” Wartofsky, MD, MACP, has been a member of the Endocrine Society since 1973, and his record of service to this organization is truly impressive. He has been a member of numerous committees including the Committee on Education (1977–1981), Program Committee (1980–1982), Congressional Relations Committee (2005), Nominating Committee (2010), Pfizer Awards Jury Committee (2008–11), and the Centennial Task Force (2013–2016). He was the chair of the Advocacy and Public Outreach Committee (2008), the Committee on Governance Affairs (2008), and the program chair of the Annual Meeting Steering Committee (2010–2021). He was the founder and director of Clinical Endocrinology Update (1997–2002). He served on the Endocrine Society Executive Council (2001–2002) and the board of directors of the Hormone Foundation (2001–2004), and then was president of The Endocrine Society (2006–2007).

He was the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2010–2015) and is the current editor-in-chief of Endocrine Reviews (2015–present).

Dr. Wartofsky delivered the first Sidney H. Ingbar Memorial Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in Seattle, Washington, in 1989, and the Clark T. Sawin Memorial Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in Houston, Texas, in 2012. He has previously been honored by the Endocrine Society with the Distinguished Educator Award (2001), the Robert H. Williams Leadership Award (2012), and the Delbert A. Fisher Research Scholars Award (2012).

Dr. Leonard Wartofsky has served the Endocrine Society with distinction for many years and is highly deserving of this award.

During his career, Wartofsky has published over 230 peer-reviewed articles and over 170 book chapters and non-peer reviewed articles on endocrinology and thyroidology in medical literature. He has also been a valued mentor to numerous research and clinical fellows and to his many colleagues. Dr. Leonard Wartofsky has served the Endocrine Society with distinction for many years and is highly deserving of this award.