Table of Contents

Section I: Hormones and Hormone Action 1. Principles of Endocrinology 2. Clinical Endocrinology: A Personal View 3. Principles of Hormone Action 4. Genetics of Endocrinology 5. Health Care Reform, Population Health, and the Endocrinologist 6. Laboratory Techniques for Recognition of Endocrine Disorders Section II: Hypothalamus and Pituitary 7. Neuroendocrinology 8. Pituitary Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation 9. Pituitary Masses and Tumors 10. Posterior Pituitary Section III: Thyroid 11. Thyroid Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients with Thyroid Disorders 12. Hyperthyroid Disorders 13. Hypothyroidism and Thyroiditis 14. Nontoxic Diffuse Goiter, Nodular Thyroid Disorders, and Thyroid Malignancies Section IV: Adrenal Cortex and Endocrine Hypertension 15. The Adrenal Cortex 16. Endocrine Hypertension Section V: Reproduction 17. Physiology and Pathology of the Female Reproductive Axis 18. Hormonal Contraception 19. Testicular Disorders 20. Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women Section VI: Endocrinology and the Life Span Section VI A: Maternal-Fetal 21. Endocrine Changes in Pregnancy 22. Endocrinology of Fetal Development Section VI B: Childhood 23. Pediatric Disorders of Sex Development 24. Normal and Aberrant Growth in Children 25. Physiology and Disorders of Puberty Section VI C: Adult 26. Hormones and Athletic Performance 27. Endocrinology and Aging Section VII: Mineral Metabolism 28. Hormones and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism 29. Osteoporosis and Bone Biology 30. Kidney Stones Section VIII: Carbohydrates and Fat Metabolism 31. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 32. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 33. Complications of Diabetes Mellitus 34. Hypoglycemia 35. Neuroendocrine Control of Energy Stores 36. Obesity 37. Disorders of Lipid Metabolism 38. Gastrointestinal Hormones and Gut Endocrine Tumors Section IX: Polyendocrine and Neoplastic Disorders 39. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 40. The Immunoendocrinopathy Syndromes 41. Endocrinology of HIV/AIDS 42. The Long -Term Endocrine Sequelae of Multimodality Cancer Therapy 43. Neuroendocrine Gastrointestinal and Lung Tumors (Carcinoid Tumors) and the Carcinoid Syndrome, and Related Disorders

About the Author

Dr. Melmed co-edits Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles, is the Neuroendocrine Section Editor for DeGroot and Jameson's Textbook of Endocrinology, and Williams Textbook of Endocrinology; and is pituitary section author for Harrison's Textbook of Medicine. In addition to being the Editor-in-Chief of Pituitary, he is on the editorial board of Journal of Clinical Investigation and past Editor-in-Chief of Endocrinology.

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2016 BMA Awards: Highly Commended, Internal Medicine