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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 14, 2006 |
For more information, please contact the ATA at thyroid@thyroid.org. |
Michael T. McDermott, MD, Elected to Board of Directors of the
American Thyroid Association
(PHOENIX)—Michael McDermott, MD, of Denver, has been elected as a director on the Board of Directors of the American Thyroid Association (ATA). He will serve a four-year term of office (2006–2010).
Dr. McDermott is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He is the Director of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Practice and the Metabolic Bone Clinic at the University of Colorado Hospital. He graduated from Georgia Tech in 1974 and Tulane Medical School in 1977. He is board certified in internal medicine as well as in endocrinology, metabolism, and diabetes.
A member of the ATA since 1992, he has served on the Program Committee (1997–2000), the Publications Committee (2000–2004), and the Website Committee (2004–present). He also has been a co-director of the Fellows Track at the ATA Annual Meeting, now in its second year of providing targeted education and skill enhancement for endocrine fellows.
“As a member of the Board of Directors, I want to encourage the ATA to continue to expand its support of practicing clinicians by regularly updating and expanding published clinical practice guidelines and by increasing advocacy regarding current clinical coding and reimbursement issues,” said Dr. McDermott. “The ATA’s outstanding public education efforts should continue to be advanced as should efforts to encourage basic, translational, and clinical thyroid research in thyroid disease.”
The American Thyroid Association is a nonprofit professional medical society composed of physicians and scientists dedicated to enhancing the understanding of thyroid physiology and pathophysiology, improving diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases, and promoting the education of physicians, patients, and the public about thyroid disorders. The ATA’s web site, www.thyroid.org, provides professional and patient resources, such as treatment guidelines, thyroid health brochures in English and Spanish, and access to Friends of the ATA, a patient-oriented service providing access to the latest in thyroid health information.
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