The polycystic ovary syndrome: A position statement from the European Society of Endocrinology
http://www.eje-online.org/content/171/4/P1#aff-1
Paget’s Disease of Bone: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/jc.2014-2910
Acromegaly: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/jc.2014-2700
Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleID=1938935
Screening and Treatment of Thyroid Dysfunction: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Evidence Review
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleID=1919872
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William T. Cefalu, MD, Editor in Chief, Diabetes Care
K. Sreekumaran Nair, MD, PhD, Editor in Chief, Diabetes
Juleen Zierath, PhD, Editor in Chief, Diabetologia
Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD, Editor in Chief, Endocrine Practice
Leonard Wartofsky, MD, Editor in Chief, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Andrea C. Gore, PhD, Editor in Chief, Endocrinology
Margaret E. Wierman, MD, Acting Editor in Chief, Endocrine Reviews
Stephen R. Hammes, MD, PhD, Editor in Chief, Molecular Endocrinology
Carol A. Lange, PhD, Editor in Chief, Hormones and Cancer
R. Mack Harrell, MD, President, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
George Grunberger, MD, President Elect, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD, President, Medicine and Science, American Diabetes Association
Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD, President, European Association for the Study of Diabetes
Richard J. Santen, MD, President, Endocrine Society
http://press.endocrine.org/doi/full/10.1210/er.2014-1089
Jerome W. Conn (September 24, 1907 – June 11, 1994) was an American endocrinologist best known for his description of Conn syndrome or primary hyperaldosteronism. Conn was born in New York City and studied for three years at Rutgers University before he entered the University of Michigan Medical School at Ann Arbor in 1928. He graduated with honors in 1932 and started an internship in surgery before switching to internal medicine. Conn worked at the Division of Clinical Investigation with Louis H. Newburgh on the relationship between obesity and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Conn proved that normal carbohydrate tolerance could be reached in twenty of twenty-one subjects when they reached normal weight. He became fellow in 1935 and assistant professor in 1938. From 1943 Conn took on the Division of Endocrinology and started an investigation concerning acclimatization of military personnel to warm climates. He discovered that the excretion of sodium in sweat, urine and saliva was curtailed in these circumstances. At the Presidential address to the Society of Clinical Research, Conn presented a thirty-four-year-old patient complaining of episodic weakness of the lower legs, almost to paralysis, with periodic muscle spasms and cramps in her hands for a total period of seven years. After extensive research he found a condition he called primary hyperaldosteronism. There were elevated levels of aldosterone in her circulation, coming from a hormone producing adrenal adenoma. It was first published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 1956, and became called later Conn syndrome. Conn wrote a total of 284 articles and book chapters and was recognized as a tutor stimulating others in research. Conn was honored by being named L. H. Newburgh Distinguished University Professor in 1968. There were many other honors during his career; he was member of twelve national professional societies. His retirement was in 1974. He died in Naples, Florida.