Williams Textbook of Endocrinology

Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP, is Executive VP and Dean of the Medical Faculty at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He leads Cedars-Sinai's research and education programs, recruiting nationally recognized faculty leadership, establishing new educational programs and maintaining the highest academic standards. Dr. Melmed holds the Helene A. and Philip E. Hixon Distinguished Chair in Investigative Medicine. An international authority on pituitary medicine, he has pioneered the discovery and application of novel treatments for endocrine tumors and has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed articles.Dr. Melmed has been a faculty leader at Cedars-Sinai for nearly 40 years and has been the health system's chief academic officer since 1998. Dr. Melmed's laboratory consistently has received competitive grant awards from the National Institutes of Health since 1980, and he has trained over 80 physicians, scientists and graduate students who occupy leading positions in academic endocrinology worldwide. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and is also an Associate Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine.

"This is the 15th edition of the book with this title. Since this is a pivotal textbook in the study of endocrinology, it is important for the book to appeal to a changing learning landscape in medicine." ©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Baani Singh, MD (Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital), Doody’s Score: 94 - 4 Stars!

• Section I. Hormones and Hormone Action1. Principles of Endocrinology2. Principles of Hormone Action3. Genetics of Endocrinology4. Laboratory Techniques for Recognition of Endocrine DisordersSection II. Hypothalamus and Pituitary5. Neuroendocrinology6. Pituitary Physiology and Diagnostic Evaluation7. Pituitary Adenomas and Masses8. Posterior PituitarySection III. Thyroid9. Thyroid Pathophysiology and Diagnostic Evaluation10. Hyperthyroid Disorders11. Hypothyroidism and Thyroiditis12. Nontoxic Diffuse Goiter, Nodular Thyroid Disorders, and Thyroid MalignanciesSection IV. Adrenal Cortex and Endocrine Hypertension13. The Adrenal Cortex14. Endocrine HypertensionSection V. Sexual Development and Function15. Physiology and Pathology of the Female Reproductive Axis16. Hormonal Contraception17. Testicular Disorders18. Sexual Function and DysfunctionSection VI. Endocrinology and the LifespanA. Maternal-Fetal19. Endocrine Changes in Pregnancy20. Endocrinology of Fetal DevelopmentB. Childhood21. Differences of Sex Development22. Normal and Aberrant Growth in Children23. Physiology and Disorders of Puberty24. Transgender EndocrinologyC. Adulthood25. Hormones and Athletic Performance26. Endocrine Function and AgingSection VII. Mineral Metabolism27. Hormones and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism28. Endocrine Functions of Bone29. Osteoporosis: Basic and Clinical Aspects30. Rickets and Osteomalacia31. Kidney StonesSection VIII. Disorders of Carbohydrate and Fat Metabolism32. Physiology of Insulin Secretion33. Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus34. Therapeutics of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus35. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus36. Digitized Approaches to Diabetes Diagnostics and Therapeutics37. Monogenic Diabetes38. Complications of Diabetes Mellitus39. Hypoglycemia40. Obesity and Neuroendocrine Control of Energy Stores41. Disorders of Lipoprotein MetabolismSection IX. Polyendocrine and Neoplastic Disorders42. Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes43. Neuroendocrine Tumors and Disorders44. The Immunoendocrinopathy Syndromes45. Endocrinology of Cancer Management and Survivorship46. Endocrinology of HIV/AIDS47. Acute and Chronic COVID-19 and the Endocrine System48. Endocrine Disorders of Critical Illness