Dear Colleagues, Welcome to my PES monthly President’s Newsletters! I want to begin by expressing my heartfelt gratitude to Dr.…
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New Drugs and Therapeutics Update: INVOKANA® (canagliflozin) Prepared by Preneet Cheema Brar, MD, MS and Daniel Mak, MD. INVOKANA® (canagliflozin) In December 2024, the FDA approved INVOKANA® (canagliflozin) for…
New Drugs and Therapeutics Update: VYKAT™ XR (diazoxide choline) Prepared on behalf of PES Drugs and Therapeutics Committee by Dania Al-Hamad, MD, and Neha Patel, DO. On March 26, 2025,…
Dear PES Members, As a dual US and Canadian citizen, I admit that I find these times particularly sad and sincerely hope that in time we all find our way…
Tristan Marvin Zapanta Uy I am Tristan Marvin Zapanta Uy (they/them), and I am currently a second-year clinical fellow in pediatric endocrinology at the Yale School of Medicine. It’s been…
Carlo Broschi (aka Farinelli, 1705-1782) and the Castrati Submitted by Alan Rogol Castrations were performed on prepubertal boys to preserve the unbroken male voice through adulthood. The young castrate (musico)…
Dear PES Members, Having just sent a couple messages earlier in the month, I will keep this note brief. As you know, registration for our Annual Meeting has opened. Please…
Angelo DiGeorge (April 15, 1921-October 11, 2009) Submitted by Alan Rogol Angelo DiGeorge, a founding member of (Lawson Wilkins) Pediatric Endocrine Society), described a form of an autosomal dominant immunodeficiency…
Sarah Sparks, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C Sarah Sparks is a board-certified nurse practitioner in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Children’s of Alabama, where she has worked since 2018.…
Ryan Canter, MD I am a current second year combined adult/pediatric endocrinology fellow at the University of Utah. Originally from the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, I attended St. Mary’s…
The Biological Reality of Sex and Intersex: A Response to the Executive Order, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” What is the…