Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship

Outstanding clinical care training and exposure to a comprehensive experience are the hallmarks of the University of Maryland endocrinology fellowship.

Our program leverages access to multiple training sites, fantastic faculty and being a local and regional referral program to expose fellows to the breath of endocrinology.

Our program is fortunate to provide care in three distinct hospital and outpatient settings:

• University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC)
• UMMC Midtown – site of the University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology (UMCDE)
• Baltimore VA Medical Center (VAMC)

Fellows have the opportunity to see extensive diversity of classic pathology and disease presentation in endocrinology and diabetes. In addition to inpatient exposure, fellows have continuity clinics at both the Baltimore VAMC and the UMCDE, providing care to distinct patient populations. Our fellows are trained by highly experienced and gifted clinician educators.

Our fellows have extensive opportunities to participate in endocrine procedures, such as ultrasound-guided thyroid biopsies and interpretation of bone densitometry, as well as utilize our Endocrine Testing Unit to provide dynamic endocrine testing. Our robust diabetes technology program provides hands-on opportunities for insulin pump starts and management, continuous glucose monitor interpretation and placement of implantable continuous glucose monitors. 

In addition to rigorous clinical opportunities, our fellowship program prides itself on providing excellent education, as well as training excellent educators. Our program leadership is dedicated to innovation in education and exposes trainees to opportunities to teach medical students, residents and their peers. A robust formal didactic program is complemented by scheduled one-on-one teaching sessions with faculty and trainees.

Fellows interested in pursuing academic careers have ample opportunities to participate in clinical or basic science research. We encourage contributions to the medical literature, with an average of two publications per graduating fellow.

Integral to fellowship program is our commitment to our location, the city of Baltimore. As the only training program located in West Baltimore, we are committed to identifying socio-economic disparities and the impact they have on the lives of our patients. We have a dedicated curriculum training our fellows in the social determinants of health and health equity that is longitudinal over the two years of fellowship. Our service to our city creates a deeper meaning to our training program and fosters a sense of community in our fellows, faculty and staff.

Indeed, a unique feature of our fellowship is the sense of camaraderie within all members of our program. We view our fellows as future colleagues and we maintain connections with our graduates over the course of their careers.

I encourage you to review our website which provides an overview of our curriculum, the clinical learning environment and rotation schedules as you apply to our fellowship.

Hilary Whitlatch, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship