Our members are devoted to advancing hormone research and improving public health. They leverage cutting-edge discoveries to achieve excellent care for people with hundreds of debilitating hormone-related conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, thyroid disorders, infertility, growth disorders, sleep conditions, and endocrine cancers.
We celebrate our members’ achievements with our Laureate Awards, the top honors in the field, and by featuring their work in our member spotlights. Our members are at the forefront of scientific innovation and have been awarded 10 Nobel Prizes in Physiology, Medicine, and Chemistry. The Sawin Library and Resource Center is a valuable collection of our members’ work and includes books, videos, and awards.
“As usual, the meeting provided excellent opportunities for learning, collaboration and networking in a welcoming environment. Our annual meeting has now become one of the highlights of the year in the hormone world.” - Bulent Yildiz, MD.
Carolyn Smith, PhD, professor of molecular and cellular biology and chair of the Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting Steering Committee (AMSC), was named dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
We share our members commitment to improving science and public health and are welcome the opportunity to celebrate their achievements.
Like our membership, our leaders represent the endocrinology field’s diverse scope. Our Board of Directors and member committees and workgroups include basic and clinical researchers as well as clinicians from around the globe. They are committed to providing the highest quality care for individuals with endocrine conditions and to supporting research that will produce the cures of tomorrow. To grow the field, our officers and volunteers support the career development of every professional working in endocrinology.
Together, we work to promote optimal health by embracing advances in endocrine science, education, and care.
These awards recognize endocrinologists for seminal research, meritorious service, leadership and mentorship, innovation, international contributions, public service, translation of science to practice, and lifetime achievement.
From bench to bedside all of our members have tales and tips to share, informed by their own successes and hardships in their respective fields.
Through a generous donation by Dr. Clark T. Sawin’s widow, Mrs. Leslie Sawin, the Clark T. Sawin Memorial Library and Resource Center was established at The Endocrine Society’s national office in 2006.
"My love for endocrinology only becomes stronger; I start each endocrine course that I teach by telling the students that whether they realize it, they will have an endocrine response to my lectures (love, hate, boredom, nausea)."
We know you've heard of wearing your heart on your sleeve, but what about wearing your glands on your feet? Your serotonin levels are sure to rise once you slip your feet into these new gland socks designed exclusively by the Endocrine Society.
