Thyroid Awareness Month: 1998
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Background Information
THYROID BLUES
Clinical Endocrinology and
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
The endocrine system is made up of glands throughout the body which regulate tissue and organ function, growth and development by secreting chemicals called hormones directly into the bloodstream. When endocrine disorders develop, too much or too little hormone is secreted by a specific gland because the gland stops functioning properly, either due to illness, surgical removal or natural causes. During menopause, for example, a woman's ovaries naturally cease producing estrogen. This lack of estrogen can lead to short-term discomfort such as hot flashes, decreased sense of well-being, vaginal dryness, decreased sex drive and frequent bladder infections. Additionally, the long-term comp-lications of osteoporosis can have a devastating effect on a woman if left untreated.
Clinical endocrinologists are physicians with special education, training and expertise in the complex disorders of the endocrine system. These physicians devote a significant part of their clinical practice to providing the highest standard of evaluation and care to patients with endocrine disease, including diabetes, thyroid illnesses, reproductive disorders, obesity, osteoporosis, hypertension, cholesterol and lipid abnormalities as well as pituitary, parathyroid and adrenal diseases.
Because of the complex nature and variability of many endocrine disorders, comprehensive evaluations and extended follow-up care are often necessary. This, plus the long-term nature of many endocrine illnesses, makes the patient-physician partnership essential to quality endocrine care.
In addition to providing patient care, and because of the impact of the endocrine system on the total health of the patient, endocrinologists are also at the forefront of medical research, playing an important role in many major health issues including diabetes, infertility, hypertension, cholesterol disorders, osteoporosis, birth control, growth and geriatric disorders.
About The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) is a professional medical organization consisting of 6000 practicing clinical endocrinologists devoted to furthering patient care in the field of clinical endocrinology. The mission of AACE is to improve the public's understanding of the function of a clinical endocrinologist, heighten awareness of underlying endocrine disease, demonstrate the added value of the clinical endocrinologist in the treatment of endocrine disease and make available to patients the choice of care by a specialist trained in the treatment of endocrine disorders. The goal of AACE is to improve the quality of care available to patients with endocrine disease.
All members of AACE are fully-licensed physicians. The majority are board certified in internal medicine and subspecialty certified in adult or pediatric endocrinology. Members of AACE are recognized clinicians and educators, most affiliated with medical schools and universities. Members of AACE contribute on a regular and continuing basis to the scientific literature on endocrine diseases and conduct medical education programs on this subject.
H. JACK BASKIN, M.D., F.A.C.E. : AACE President
H. Jack Baskin, M.D., F.A.C.E., of Orlando, Florida, is President of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). He is in private practice and serves as the Director of the Florida Thyroid and Endocrine Clinic in Orlando.
Dr. Baskin served on the AACE Steering Committee and is a founding member of the Association. He was chair of the CME Committee, has conducted workshops at AACE annual meetings, and was chair of the Clinical Symposia/Mini-Fellowships Committee. He was program co-chair of AACE's First Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress in 1992.
A past president of the Florida Endocrine Society, Dr. Baskin also served on the Medical Advisory Board of the Thyroid Foundation of America and is a member of the American Thyroid Association. He is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology.
A graduate of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Dr. Baskin completed his internship and residency at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. He served his fellowship at Emory University. He was Chief of Medical Service's for the United States Army from 1969-1972, serving in Wurzburg, Germany. Dr. Baskin is board certified in internal medicine and in endocrinology and metabolism.
STANLEY FELD, M.D., F.A.C.E. : Former AACE President
Stanley Feld, M.D., is a founding partner of Endocrine Associates of Dallas, P.A., chief of endocrinology at Presbyterian Hospital and clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Feld is the past president of the American College of Endocrinology. In addition, Dr. Feld served as co-chairman of the 1997 thyroid cancer guidelines committee task force and chairman of Thyroid Awarness Month for the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE).
Active in several professional organizations, Dr. Feld has served on numerous governing boards and committees since AACE's inception in 1990. He is also past president of the North Texas affiliate of the American Diabetes Association and a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology.
Dr. Feld received his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and completed a clinical and research endocrinology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Feld is board certified in internal medicine and in endocrinology and metabolism.
Previous Thyroid Awareness Month Campaigns
- Thyroid Awareness Month 2007 How's Your Thyroid - Who needs to know?
- Thyroid Awareness Month 2006 A Thyroid Imbalance? Target Your Numbers
- Thyroid Awareness Month 2005 A Healthy Thyroid: You Make The Difference
- Thyroid Awareness Month 2004 Take Control of Your Health: Keep Your Thyroid in Balance
- Thyroid Awareness Month 2003 Thyroid Undercover Hiding in Plain Sight
- Thyroid Awareness Month 2002 The Necks Generation
- Thyroid Awareness Month 2001 The Necks Time is Now Think Thyroid
- Thyroid Awareness Month 2000 Take Cholesterol by the Neck
- Thyroid Awareness Month 1999 Thyroid: The Missing T in HRT
- Thyroid Awareness Month 1998 When the Blues Hit
- Thyroid Awareness Month 1997 1995 Not available on AACE Online