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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 5, 2004 |
For more information, please contact the ATA at thyroid@thyroid.org. |
Paul Ladenson, MD, Takes Office as President
of the American Thyroid Association
(FALLS CHURCH, VA)—Paul W. Ladenson, MD, of Baltimore, Md., is the new president of the American Thyroid Association (ATA), the leading professional society of physicians and researchers who specialize in diseases of the thyroid gland. Dr. Ladenson took office on Sept. 30, during the Annual Business Meeting at the ATA 76th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He will serve a one-year term.
“I’m honored to serve as the ATA’s president during a year in which our association will focus public and professional attention on thyroid cancer, which is rising in incidence faster than any other malignancy in U.S. women,” said Dr. Ladenson.
Dr. Ladenson is Director of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, where he is the John Eager Howard Professor of Endocrinology and Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Oncology, and International Health. Dr. Ladenson was raised in Missouri and educated at Dartmouth College, Oxford University, and Harvard Medical School before training in Internal Medicine and in endocrinology and metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
An active member of the ATA, Dr. Ladenson recently completed a five-year term as the organization’s secretary. In addition, he has served the ATA on the Education Committee, Development Committee, Ad Hoc Standards of Care Committee, and on the Awards Committee as a member and chair. His other professional leadership experience includes president of the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology and Metabolism, president of the Association of Subspecialty Professors, and president of the Maryland Endocrine and Metabolism Society. Dr. Ladenson also serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. He is a past recipient of the Robert Graves’ Award of the Thyroid Society and the Distinction in Clinical Endocrinology Award of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
The American Thyroid Association, www.thyroid.org, is the North
American professional society for physicians and researchers specializing
in diseases of the thyroid gland. The ATA promotes excellence and innovation
in clinical care, research, education, and public advocacy.
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