Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes

Katharine Owen's work focuses on the genetic aetiology of diabetes in young adults, the characterisation of rare kinds of diabetes, and the development of diagnostic protocols for monogenic diabetes. She established the Young Diabetes in Oxford study, a resource of over 1200 individuals with young-onset diabetes in the Thames Valley. She is also a clinical consultant, leading the young adult and monogenic diabetes services, and is Diabetes Clinical Lead for the Oxford Academic Health Science Network.Helen Turner's main research interests are pathophysiology and management of pituitary tumours. She also runs the adult Turner's Syndrome clinic at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism as well as being the clinical lead for governance. She has an active interest in legal issues relevant to medical care.John Wass is the Professor of Endocrinology at Oxford University and was Head of the Department of Endocrinology at the Oxford Centre of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism until 2012.His research interests include all pituitary tumours, especially acromegaly, adrenal disease, angiogenesis in endocrinology, and the genetics of osteoporosis and thyroid disease. He has published extensively in both books and journals and has been president of the European Federation of Endocrine Societies and Chairman of the Society of Endocrinology. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Pituitary Society in 2017, and was awarded the Distinguished Physician of the Year Award by the American Endocrine Society in 2015.

I highly recommend this book, which is useful for subspecialty trainees to reference in day-to-day practice when they have certain clinical questions. Not only does the book do a great job of concisely organizing the extensive information related to endocrinologic disorders, but it also provides additional reading articles and guidelines for readers looking to comprehend and navigate the field of endocrinology.

• 1: Mark Vanderpump: Thyroid 2: Niki Karavitaki, Chris Thompson, and Iona Galloway: Pituitary 3: Jeremy Tomlinson: Adrenal 4: Waljit Dhilo, Melanie Davies, Channa Jayasena, and Leighton Seal: Reproductive endocrinology 5: Catherine Williamson and Rebecca Scott: Endocrinology in pregnancy 6: Neil Gittoes and Richard Eastell: Calcium and bone metabolism 7: Ken Ong and Emile Hendricks: Paediatric endocrinology 8: Helena Gleeson: Transition in endocrinology 9: Karin Bradley: Neuroendocrine disorders 10: Paul Newey: Inherited endocrine syndromes and MEN 11: Antonia Brooke and Andrew McGovern: Endocrinology and aging 12: Antonia Brooke, Kagabo Hirwa, Claire Higham, and Alex Lewis: Endocrinology aspects of other clinical or physiological situations 13: Marta Korbonits and Paul Newey: Genetics of endocrinology 14: Anne Marland and Mike Tadman: Practical and nursing aspects of endocrine conditions 15: Gaya Thanabalasingham, Alistair Lumb, Helen Murphy, Peter Scanlon, Jodie Buckingham, Solomon Tesfaye, Ana Pokrajac , Pratik Choudhary, Patrick Divilly, Ketan Dhatariya, Ramzi Ajjan, and Rachel Besser: Diabetes 16: Fredrik Karpe: Lipids and hyperlipidaemia 17: John Wilding: Obesity 18: Peter Trainer and Phillip Monaghan: Laboratory endocrinology