Endocrinology

Endocrinology is the branch of medicine focused on hormones and the glands that produce them.

More than 50 hormones in the human body regulate an extensive range of functions, including metabolism, breathing, growth, reproduction, sensory perception, blood sugar, sleep and more.

At the University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology at the Midtown Campus, our specialists see patients with diabetes as well as many other endocrine disorders. Some of the conditions they treat are:

• Adrenal disorders, such as Addison's disease and Cushing's syndrome
• Bone, calcium and other metabolic bone disorders
• Tumors on endocrine glands
• Hypogonadism (low sex hormones)
• Thyroid diseases, such Graves' disease and Hashimoto's
• Pituitary disorders
• Obesity
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
• Unwanted, male-pattern hair growth in women
• Enlarged male breast tissue

Our services also include a pediatric endocrinology practice.

Endocrine Practices at University of Maryland

Thyroid Practice

Specializes in treating all thyroid disorders including hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules and cancer. Our practice has a dedicated ultrasound machine for diagnostic imaging and fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies can be done in the practice.

Pituitary Practice

Diagnoses, evaluates and treats tumors and other disorders of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. We take a multi-disciplinary approach with our colleagues in neurosurgery, neurology, radiology and radiation oncology.

Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease Practices

Sees adults at UMMC and UMMC Midtown Campus with osteoporosis, Paget disease of bone, parathyroid disorders, kidney stones, vitamin D disorders, brittle bone disease, hereditary form of rickets and others.

Women's Health Practice

Specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of menstrual irregularities, unwanted male-pattern hair growth (hirsutism), PCOS, primary ovarian insufficiency and hypothalamic amenorrhea, to name a few.

Weight Management Practice

Provides care for overweight and obese individuals — with or without diabetes — through medical, dietary and behavioral management. Close relations with the nutrition educators and the bariatric surgery program at UMMC allow multi-disciplinary care of the patient.