Origin Organized in the United States as the Association for the Study of Internal Secretions in 1916 to 1917, renamed the Endocrine Society in 1952.
The medical specialty concerned with the endocrine glands and the hormones they secrete, and with diseases of hormonal regulation such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, and adrenal and pituitary disease. Its conceptual foundations were laid in the second half of the nineteenth century by Claude Bernard's theory of internal secretions and Thomas Addison's 1855 clinical description of adrenal insufficiency. The discovery and clinical use of insulin in 1921 and 1922 is the field's most famous single achievement.
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Origin YearYear the Endocrine Society was first organized by physicians interested in endocrinology, used as the specialty's organizational origin; conceptual foundations are earlier (nineteenth century). Origin PeriodOrganized in the United States as the Association for the Study of Internal Secretions in 1916 to 1917, renamed the Endocrine Society in 1952. 2 Classification
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Associated With
Source Our History (Endocrine Society)
Pharmacogenomics and hormone-related heritable conditions connect the two fields in current clinical practice.
Source Our History (Endocrine Society)
Source Our History (Endocrine Society)
PCOS is a hormonal/endocrine disorder of the ovaries; standard specialty is endocrinology (also managed by obstetrics-and-gynecology, endocrinology chosen as the primary systemic classification).
Long-Form Articles
Notable Specialists
Source Achim Peters (source article)
Source Andrew Schally (Wikipedia)
Source Sir Byrom Bramwell (Munk's Roll)
Source Our History (Endocrine Society)
Source Our History (Endocrine Society)
Source Fuller Albright (source article)
Hans Selye, an endocrinologist, defined the physiological concept of stress.
Source James Mourilyan Tanner (Wikipedia)
Source Joycelyn Elders (Wikipedia)
Source Michael Ristow (source article)
Source Morris Simmonds (Wikipedia)
Source Pol Bouin (Wikipedia)
Source Rodrigo Fierro (source article)
Source Thomas Addison (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. Our History (Endocrine Society)
Endocrine Societyendocrine.org Our History page, opening paragraph
It began in 1916 when a group of physicians interested in the expanding field of endocrinology gathered at the American Medical Association meeting in Detroit to discuss the formation of a professional society dedicated to the study of internal secretions.
Our History page, opening paragraph
It began in 1916 when a group of physicians interested in the expanding field of endocrinology gathered at the American
- Associated With: Insulin Therapy
- Associated With: Diabetes Mellitus
- Notable Specialists: Frederick Banting
- Notable Specialists: Charles Best
- Associated With: Isolation of Insulin
View the Source Andrew Schally (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Andrew Schally, Lead paragraph, occupationQuote, Notable Specialists: Andrew Schally, Lead paragraph, occupation
was a Polish-American endocrinologist
Michael Ristow (source article)
Notable Specialists: Michael Ristow, Lead and career paragraphQuote, Notable Specialists: Michael Ristow, Lead and career paragraph
full professor in Experimental Endocrinology and Diabetology at Charité Berlin in 2023
Morris Simmonds (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Morris Simmonds, Lead, interestsQuote, Notable Specialists: Morris Simmonds, Lead, interests
His special field of interest was the endocrine glands.
Achim Peters (source article)
Notable Specialists: Achim Peters, Article text [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Achim Peters, Article text [specialist-in]
Peters specialized in endocrinology and diabetology within internal medicine.
Sir Byrom Bramwell (Munk's Roll)
Notable Specialists: Byrom Bramwell, Munk's Roll biography, career paragraphs [specialist-in 2]Quote, Notable Specialists: Byrom Bramwell, Munk's Roll biography, career paragraphs [specialist-in 2]
he made his scientific reputation chiefly in the fields of neurology, diseases of the heart and blood, and disorders of the endocrine organs
Fuller Albright (source article)
Notable Specialists: Fuller Albright, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: Fuller Albright, Lead
was an American endocrinologist who made numerous contributions to his field
Pol Bouin (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Pol Bouin, Lead [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Pol Bouin, Lead [specialist-in]
was a French histologist and reproductive endocrinologist
Rodrigo Fierro (source article)
Notable Specialists: Rodrigo Fierro, BibliographyQuote, Notable Specialists: Rodrigo Fierro, Bibliography
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 30
James Mourilyan Tanner (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: James Mourilyan Tanner, LeadQuote, Notable Specialists: James Mourilyan Tanner, Lead
was a British paediatric endocrinologist who was best known for his development of the Tanner scale
Thomas Addison (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Thomas Addison, ResearchQuote, Notable Specialists: Thomas Addison, Research
What is now called Addison's disease, sometimes called bronze skin disease, is the progressive destruction of the glands, resulting in adrenocortical hormone deficiency.
Joycelyn Elders (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Joycelyn Elders, Surgeon General sectionQuote, Notable Specialists: Joycelyn Elders, Surgeon General section
she received board certification as a pediatric endocrinologist in 1978
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Two Discoveries, Not One Gland, Define Endocrinology
Endocrinology, the field this essay reframes through two discoveries
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