Welcome to the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management

Clinical Activities

The Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management Clinic is located in the newly renovated space on Preston 2. The Section has a state-of-the-art, 4,500-square-foot clinic permitting “one-stop shopping”: spacious exam rooms; a thyroid ultrasound and biopsy room; bone densitometry; a patient education and conference room; phlebotomy room; and rooms for dietary and diabetes-teaching dietitians and nurses.

Research Activities

The Boston University Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Weight Management includes several large, well-funded research groups and a broad clinical practice. Section faculty have excelled in obtaining extramural research grant support. As well, faculty are noteworthy in publishing original research studies, chapters, and reviews. If you are interested in learning about studies you may be eligible for, please consider enrolling in the ENDO (Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition Opportunities) Registry. 

Education

The Section’s fellowship program is very successful and has attracted outstanding fellows who have been active in clinical and research activities. The Section has received a five-year outstanding approval of its fellowship program with no citations.

The Section has continued to receive excellent reviews for its participation in the second-year medical school “Biology of Disease” course. In addition, the Section continues to attract fourth-year medical students and Medicine and Family Practice residents for a one-month clinical elective in Endocrinology. Many faculty members have presented endocrine conferences to colleagues in Primary Care, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Internal Medicine. Section faculty attend on the general medical wards and on the endocrine consult service, as well as participate in morning report for the medical residents.

Weekly Endocrine grand rounds — including outstanding national leaders presenting seminars and discussing cases, research seminars by faculty, and fellows’ case reports — have been extremely well attended. The Section has weekly fellow conferences with faculty participation and a journal club, as well as a weekly fellow board review luncheon conference. Section fellows participate in a Friday afternoon continuity clinic supervised by a faculty member.