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Society Successfully Leads Effort to Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Care at AMA Annual Meeting 

The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates unanimously passed a resolution sponsored by the Endocrine Society to protect access to evidence-based gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse individuals. The Endocrine Society partnered with the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and the Medical Student Section of the...
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Meet New Endocrine Society President, Stephen Hammes, MD, PhD

Hammes-ENDO 2022RESIZED The Endocrine Society is pleased to welcome its president for 2023 – 2024, Stephen Hammes, MD, PhD, who took office during ENDO 2023 in Chicago. Hammes is the Louis S. Wolk Distinguished Professor of Medicine, chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and executive vice-chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of...
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Nevertheless, She Persisted

Tasnim Ahsan, MRCP, FRCP, knows how to shatter more than a few glass ceilings. Tasnim Ahsan, MRCP, FRCP, recipient of the Endocrine Society’s 2023 International Excellence in Endocrinology Laureate Award, is also the founder of the Pakistan Endocrine Society. She talks to Endocrine News about treating transgender patients in a challenging environment, launching a nationwide...
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Beyond the Bench: Q&A with William Rainey, PhD

Physiology, Sarah Lawson Honored with the Endocrine Society’s 2023 Outstanding Mentor Laureate Award, William Rainey, PhD, talks to Endocrine News about his mentoring philosophy, how he’s expanding adrenal research throughout academia, and how his own experiences as a mentee have informed his role as a mentor. It starts with his belief that mentorship extends beyond the laboratory doors....
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A Second Opinion

A novel approach to treating hypothyroidism shifts the focus from TSH levels. Rudolf Hoermann, MD, PhD, a consulting endocrinologist based in Australia, talks to Endocrine News about a new approach to treating patients with hypothyroidism. Hoermann counters that regulating the HPT axis from a T-3-inclusive perspective as well as considering other factors aside from TSH...
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Self-Esteem of Children with Short Stature Tied to Social Supports, Not Height

In otherwise healthy short children, quality of life and self-esteem are associated with coping skills and how supported they feel, not the degree of their short stature, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Pediatrics. Researchers led by Adda Grimberg, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist and Scientific Director of the Growth Center at Children’s...
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Journal of the Endocrine Society Earns First Impact Factor

trends_JES cover The Endocrine Society’s Journal of the Endocrine Society (JES) received its first Impact Factor score in 2022, while the Society’s other journals maintained high rankings on the prestigious measure of scholarly publishing. The 2022 Impact Factors were released June 28 by Journal Citation Reports, an annual publication of Clarivate Analytics. JES, which launched in 2017,...
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Reliving ENDO 2023 Highlights

Mark Headshot The Endocrine Society’s first all in-person annual conference since we were in New Orleans for ENDO 2019 has come and gone (as of this posting!) as thousands of endocrine professionals from around the world descended on the Windy City for four days of cutting-edge science as well as the opportunity to network and reconnect with...
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