Comprehensive Clinical Endocrinology

Prof. Besser is a very highly respected clinician within the UK, where he ishead of both Medicine and Endocrinology at St Bart's. His department sees the highest number of endocrinology cases in Europe and his role as Chairman ofthe Save Bart's campaign made him very high-profile in the medical community.

Prof. Thorner trained with Besser and moved to the USA 15 years ago. He is a leading USA endocrinologist and heads up one of the most active clinical and research units in endocrinology in the USA.

I. Hypothalamus and Pituitary 1.Neuroendocrine Control of Pituitary Function 2.Control of Pituitary Hormone Secretion: Role of Pulsatility 3.Hypopituitarism - Pituitary Disease and Intrinsic Hypothalamic Disease including Mass Lesions 4.Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults 5.Acromegaly and Giantism 6.Hyperprolactinaemia 7.Posterior Pituitary 8.Pituitary Surgery 9.Pituitary Radiotherapy II. Thyroid 10.Thyroid Physiology 11.Hypothyroidism 12.Thyroid Nodular Disease and Carcinoma of the Thyroid 13.Hyperthyroidism and Graves' Diseases III. Adrenal 14.Adrenal Cortex Physiology 15.Cushing's Syndrome 16.Addison's Disease 17.Adrenal Cortex: Renin-Angiotensin System in Adrenocortical Hypertension 18.Adrenal Medulla, Physiology and Pathology IV. Control of Blood Glucose and its Disturbance 19.Physiologic Mechanisms in Homeostatic Control of Glucose 20.Hypoglycemia and Insulinomas 21.Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus 22.Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus V. Gonad 23.Normal and Abnormal Puberty 24.Testis 25.Prostate 26.Ovary VI. General Conditions - Basic 27.Hormones and Tumorogenesis 28.Hormone Assay Techniques 29.Molecular Biology and Cell Signaling in Endocrine Systems VII. General Conditions - Clinical 30.Lipids and Lipoproteins 31.Cardiovascular and Vascular Hormones 32.Calcium and Common Bone Disorders 33.Endocrinology of the Gastrointestinal Tract 34.Familial Endocrine Syndromes 35.Ectopic Humoral Syndromes 36.Obesity and Satiety 37.Psychiatric and Behavior Changes and Endocrine Function 38.Endocrinology of the Fetus, Pregnancy, and the Placenta 39.Breast VIII: Imaging 40.Neuroradiology and Endocrine Disease 41.General Radiology of Endocrine Disease 42.Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Disease IX. Patient Perspectives 43.Patient Perspectives on Endocrine Diseases - Representatives of Patient Support Groups for: 43.1 Pituitary Disease 43.2 Thyroid Disease 43.3 Thyroid Eye Disease 43.4 Cushing's Disease 43.5 Addison's Disease 43.6Disorders of Sexual Development in General, including Hyperplasia, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Klenfelter Syndrome, CAH 43.7 GHD in Children and Adults