PRIOR CROSS TOWN ENDOCRINE CLUB MEETINGS AND SEMINARS The following is a summary listing of events and seminars held by the club since 1991.  Over the years, numerous prominent endocrinologists have presented scientific papers and discussions before the society. February,  2010 - Sam Refetoff, M.D. Frederick H. Rawson Professor in Medicine Professor of Pediatrics Director of the Endocrinology Laboratory University of Chicago School of Medicine Chicago, IL 26th Boris Catz, MD Lectureship Hypothyroidism that Cannot be Corrected with Thyroid Hormone December,  2009 - James R. Sowers, M.D. Thomas W. & Joan F. Burns Missouri Chair in Diabetology Director of the Center for Diabetes & Cardiovascular Health Professor of Medicine, Physiology & Pharmacology University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine Columbia, MO Diabetes & Hypertension: Update     Download Slides October,  2009 - Alex S. Stagnaro-Green, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Touro University College of Medicine Hackensack, NJ An Overview, Thyroid Dysfunction/Autoimmunity & Pregnancy Loss     Download Slides May,  2009 - Francesco Rubino, M.D. Chief, GI Metabolic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY Surgical Treatment of type 2 Diabetes: Clinical & Pathophysiological Implications March,  2009 - Leslie J. DeGroot, M.D. Research Professor, Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Biology University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 25th Boris Catz, M.D. Lecturship Causes & Cures of Graves' Disease February,  2009 - Silva Arslanian, M.D. Richard L. Day Professor of Pediatrics Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles Visiting Endocrine Professor Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: What Have We Learned? November,  2008 - Bryan R. Haugen, M.D. Head, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes University of Colorado & Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 2008 USC Keck School of Medicine Visiting Endocrine Professor Imaging, Blood Tests & Clinical Exam in the Follow-up of Low Risk Thyroid Cancer Patients February,  2008 - Ian Hay, MB, ChB, PhD Richard F. Emslander Professor of Endocrinology & Nutrition Research Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester, MN 24th Boris Catz, M.D. Lecturship A Perspective on Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the 21st Century October,  2007 - Daniel Glinoer, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Endocrine Division, University Hospital Saint Pierre Professor of Internal Medicine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium Management of Hypothyroidism During Pregnancy: Resolved & Unresolved Issues April,  2007 - B. Lawrence Riggs, M.D. Purves & Roberta Professor of Medical Research Emeritus Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester, Minnesota The Role of the RANK/RANK-Ligand/OPG Pathway in Bone Loss & Associated Diseases March,  2007 - Glen D. Braunstein, M.D. James R. Klineberg, MD Chair in Medicine Cedars Sinai Medical Center Professor of Medicine & Vice Chairman, Dept. of Medicine Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 23rd Boris Catz, M.D. Lecturship Thyroid Incidentalomas & Low Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer:       Surprises, Dilemmas, and Morton's Fork November,  2006 - Thomas S. Scanlan, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology & Pharmacology Director, Program in Chemical Biology Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon New Thyroid Hormone Experimental Therapeutics:  Bench to Bedside February,  2006 - Richard J. Robbins, M.D. Charles & Anne Duncan Distinguished Professor Weill Medical College, Cornell University Chairman, Dept. of Medicine The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 22nd Boris Catz, M.D. Lecturship My PET Theories about Thyroid Cancer February,  2005 - Gregory A. Brent, M.D. Professor of Medicine & Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Chief, Endocrinology & Diabetes Division VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 21st Boris Catz, M.D. Lecturship Optimizing Thyroid Status in Pregnancy for Mother and Fetus:    Mechanisms, Clinical Management and Public Policy February,  2005 - Lewis E. Braverman, M.D. Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Professor of Medicine Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA 2005 USC School of Medicine Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Iodine and the Thyroid: 1960 to 2005 January,  2005 - Paul Ladensen, M.D. John Eager Howard Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland President, The American Thyroid Association Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer November,  2004 - Sharmila Majumdar, Ph.D. Professor in Residence, Dept of Radiology Adjunct Professor of Orthopedics University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California How Good Are The Bones?   Emerging Techniques Beyond Bone Density February,  2004 - Marvin Gershengorn, M.D. Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20th Boris Catz, M.D. Lecturship TRH Receptor Subtypes: Similarities and Differences November,  2003 - John D. Baxter, M.D. Professor of Medicine University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California Selective Modulation of The Thyroid Hormone Receptor as An Approach to Obesity & Atherosclerosis October,  2003 - CLINICAL MEETING Martin H. Weiss, M.D.     Professor & Chairman     Department of Neurological Surgery     USC Keck School of Medicine Daniel F. Kelly, M.D.     Associate Professor, Division of Neurosurgery     Director, Pituitary & Neuroendocrine Program     Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California Shlomo Melmed, M.D.   Moderator Endocrine Outcome of Sellar Surgery February,  2003 - Jerome M. Hershman, M.D. Associate Chief, Endocrine Division, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center Professor of Medicine Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 19th Boris Catz, M.D. Lecturship Molecular and Clinical Advances in Thyroid Cancer December,  2002 - Morey W. Haymond, M.D. Washington University School of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics, Chief Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism Baylor Collete of Medicine, Houston, Texas 2002 USC Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Controlling the Sugar Bowl - The Small & The Large of It December,  2001 - Philip E. Cryer, M.D. Irene E. & Michael M. Karl Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism in Medicine Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri 2001 USC Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Is Hypoglycemia an Issue in Type2 Diabetes? October,  2001 - Ernest L. Mazzaferri, M.D., M.A.C.P. Professor of Medicine, University of Florida Emeritus Professor & Chairman of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Current Issues in the Management of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Clinical Case Presentation by Pejman Cohan, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine UCLA March, 2001 - J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D. Chairman, Department of Medicine Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois 2001 UCLA Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Gene Therapy for Pituitary Tumors: Prospects and Problems November, 2000 - Richard J. Robbins, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Cornell University Attending Physician and Chief, Endocrinology Service Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York New (and Non-Indrustry Sponsored) Research on the Practical Clinical Value of Recombinant Human TSH for Thyroid Cancer Patients March, 2000 - Roger H. Unger, M.D. 2000 USC Pfizer Visiting Professor of Endocrinology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas How Obesity Causes Diabetes:  Dysregulation of Intracellular Homeostasis of Fatty Acids January, 2000 - Carl Grunfeld, M.D. 2000 UCLA Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Professor of Medicine, University of California Medical School at San Francisco Changing Spectrum of Metabolic Complications in HIV Infection September, 1999 - Christopher Viereck, Ph.D. Director of Medical Therapeutics Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. Clinical Studies on Insulin Glyargine - A New Long-Acting Insulin Analog with Uniform Blood Levels June, 1999 - Masato Kasuga, M.D. 1999 City of Hope Rachmiel Levine Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Professor & Chairman, Dept. of Medicine Kobe University School of Medicine - Kobe, Japan Insulin Signaling and Insulin Resistence April, 1999 - E. Chester Ridgeway, M.D. 1999 USC Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Head, Division of Endocrinology University of Colorado Heath Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado Use of Recombinant TSH in the Management of Thyroid Cancer February, 1999 - John W. Funder, M.D., Ph.D. 1999 UCLA Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Director, Baker Medical Research Institute Victoria, Australia A Tale of Three Cities  April, 1998 - Alex Rabinovitch, M.D. 1998 Rachmiel Levine City of Hope Visiting Professor Professor of Medicine & Immunology, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Co-Director, Muttart Diabetes Research & Training Centre What kills the Beta Cell in Type I Diabetes? March, 1998 - Michael C. Sheppard, M.B., Ph.D., F.R.C.P. 1998 UCLA Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Head, Depart of Medicine University of Birmingham (England) The Management of Acromegaly with Long-Acting Depot Somatostatin Analogs May, 1997 - Jerrold M. Olefsky, M.D. 1997 Rachmiel Levine City of Hope Visiting Professor Chief of Staff for Endocrinology & Metabolism, VA Medical Center Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism University of California School of Medicine at San Diego Pathogenesis and New Treatments of NIDDM and Other Insulin Resistent States March, 1997 - Maria I. New, M.D., Ph.D. 1997 UCLA Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology> New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center Prenatal Diagnosis & Treatment of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia November, 1996 - Samuel Cushman, M.D. 1996 Rachmiel Levine City of Hope Visiting Professor Chief, Experimental Diabetes Metabolism and Nutrition Diabetes Branch, NIH Cell Biology of Insulin Action on Glucose Transport May, 1996 - CLINICAL MEETING Dilemmas in the Management of Hyperthyroidism Panel:     Jerome M. Hershman, M.D. - UCLA School of Medicine     John T. Nicoloff, M.D.         - USC School of Medicine     Inder J. Chopra, M.D.          - UCLA School of Medicine Moderator: David L. Geffner, M.D. Cases Presented by Jon LoPresti, M.D. March, 1996 - Arthur E. Broadus, M.D., Ph.D. 1996 UCLA Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Ensign Professor of Medicine Chief, Section of Endocrinology - Yale University The Two Faces of Parathyropid Hormone - Related Peptide: Hypercalcemia of Malignancy and Regulation of Normal Development. November, 1995 - John A. Colwell, M.D., Ph.D. 1995 UCLA-VA Pfizer Visiting Professor of Diabetes Management Professor of Medicine, Director of the Diabetes Center Medical Center of South Carolina Intensive Glycemic Control in Type II Diabetes (NIDDM): A Different Story? May, 1995 - Daniel Porte, M.D. 1994 Rachmiel Levine City of Hope Visiting Professor Professor of Medicine, Director Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center University of Washington B-cell Failure in Type 2 Diabetes. Why? March 8, 1995 - Simeon Taylor, M.D., Ph.D. 1995 UCLA Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Chief of Diabetes Section, NIDDK at NIH Approaches to the Genetic Studies of Diabetes Mellitus January, 1995 - Kenneth S. Polonsky, M.D. USC Visiting Professor of Endocrinology Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago School of Medicine Receipient of the ADA Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award When in the Natural History of NIDDM does B-cell Function Become Abnormal? April, 1994 - Neil B. Ruderman, M.D. 1994 Rachmiel Levine City of Hope Visiting Professor Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Boston University Medical School Director of the Diabetes Unit, Boston University Medical Center Metabolically Obese Normal Weight Individuals: A New Target for Therapy. March, 1994 - David Clemmons, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Univ. of No. Carolina Chief of Endocrinology IGF and other Growth Factors in Health and Disease January, 1994 - John D. Baxter, M.D. Professor of Medicine, U.C. San Francisco Molecular Mechanism of Thyroid Hormone Action: Basic and Clinical Perspectives December, 1993 - Ernest L. Mazzaferri, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Ohio State University Chairman, Department of Medicine Current Trends in the Management of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma November, 1993 - CLINICAL MEETING CASE 1 - A 17 year old diabetic boy who has not entered puberty and has a height age of 12.     Discussants:     Thomas Roe, M.D. - L.A. Children's Hospital     Mitchell E. Geffner, M.D. - UCLA     S. Douglas Frasier, M.D. - Olive View Medical Center CASE 2 - Impotence Problem - The workup and proper management of erectile dysfunction     Discussant:     Stanley Korenman, M.D. - UCLA May, 1993 - Simeon Taylor, M.D., Ph.D. 1993 Rachmiel Levine City of Hope Visiting Professor Chief of Diabetes Section, NIDDK at NIH Recent advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of Non insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus. March, 1993 - William D. Odell, M.D., Ph.D. 1993 UCLA Visiting Professor of Endocrinology University of Utah, Professor of Medicine and Chairman, Department of Medicine Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology Of Isosexual Precocious Puberty November, 1992 - Leslie J. DeGroot, M.D. 1992 USC School of Medicine Visiting Professor University of Chicago Medical Center, Thyroid Study Unit Dangerous Dogmas In Thyroidology September, 1992 - CLINICAL MEETING CASE 1: Pseudohypoparathyroidism - A Disorder of Calcium Regulation     Presenter: Bethel Steindel, M.D. L.A. Children's Hospital     Discussant: Cornelis VanDop, M.D. - U.C.L.A. CASE 2: Hyperthyroidism Due to Pituitary Resistence to Thyroid Hormone     Presenter: Tony Dulgaroff, M.D. Wadsworth V.A. Hospital     Discussant: John T. Nicoloff, M.D. - U.S.C. March, 1992 - C. Ronald Kahn, M.D. 1992 Rachmiel Levine City of Hope Visiting Professor Harvard University - Iacocca Professor of Medicine, Chief, Brigham and Women's Hospital - Division of Diabetes and Metabolism Diabetogenes And Insulin Resistance In The Pathogenesis Of Type Ii Diabetes December, 1991 - Robert A. Kreisberg, M.D. 1991 UCLA Visiting Professor University of Alabama, Professor of Medicine Hypertriglyceridemia and Coronary Artery Disease November, 1991 - Lawrence Raisz, M.D. 1991 USC Visiting Professor University of Connecticut, Professor and Chief, Endocrinology and Metabolism Interaction of Local And Systemic Factors in the Regulation of Bone Metabolism August, 1991 - CLINICAL MEETING CASE 1:    Acromegaly     Presented by F. Kandeel, M.D. - City of Hope Medical Center CASE 2:    Thyroid Carcinoma An interesting case of thyroid carcinoma of mixed medullary, papillary and follicular elements. Management of this unusual case will be discussed. Presented by I. Ipp, M.D. - Harbor Medical Center