Dear PES members, It is an honor and privilege to start my term as PES President. I want to thank…
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Dr. Barry B. Bercu 1944-2023 Barry B. Bercu, M.D. died on Friday, November 24, 2023. Dr. Bercu, a pediatric endocrinologist long associated with the University of South Florida, was internationally…
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Dear PES members and friends, With the advancing fall, our recent elections led to an outstanding slate of new leaders for next year. Congratulations to Laurie Cohen, Andrew Dauber, and…
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Medication Shortage Alert – Pamidronate Disodium Injection: Anna Ryabets-Lienhard, DO, Drugs and Therapeutics Committee Update 10/25/23: As of August-September, there has been a national shortage of pamidronate IV injection. The…
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Novo Nordisk announced on 11/8/2023 that their long-acting insulin, Levemir®, will be phased out from United States markers completely discontinuing by December 2024. It cited manufacturing constraints, reduced patient access and…
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Jade Wyatt, MD I am currently a third-year pediatric endocrinology fellow at the University of North Carolina. I grew up in Texas, attended medical school at the University of Oklahoma,…
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The Somatomedin and Dual Effector Theories of Growth Hormone Action Submitted by Alan D. Rogol, M.D., Ph.D. The somatomedin hypothesis stated that the uptake of sulfate in, for example rat…
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New Drugs and Therapeutics Update – NGENLA By Dania Al-Hamad, MD, and Christine Yu, MD NGENLA (somatrogon-ghla), a once-weekly, human growth hormone analog, was approved by the FDA in…
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Dear PES members and friends, It has been an intense early fall, on several fronts. In early October we participated in the very successful international “Endo Bridge 2023” conference in…
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Historical Tidbit: Robert T. Morris (1857-1945) and Human Ovarian Transplantation Submitted by Alan D. Rogol, M.D., Ph.D. Robert Morris was an exceptional surgeon in New York City. He was among…
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Patricia Chu, MD I am a fourth-year Combined Adult and Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow at Penn Medicine/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and am currently in the Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE)…
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