A Martin Gerdes completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1978 and was recently recognized as the 2013 Distinguished Alumnus of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Throughout his career, work has focused on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of maladaptive ventricular remodeling in heart failure and potential treatments. He has published over 100 peer reviewed journal articles and has been the PI on ~$30M in NIH funding during his career. He has identified key cellular mechanisms involved in dilated heart failure, including a maladaptive change in myocyte shape.

Ventricular remodelling in cardiac hypertrophy and failure; pre-clinical and translational research, thyroid hormones and heart failure, angiogenesis.

Dr. Raymond Douglas is an experienced and board certified oculoplastic surgeon. He has a private practice in Beverly Hills, California, and serves as the director of the Thyroid Eye Disease Center at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. His expertise in treating thyroid-associated eye diseases and cosmetic and reconstruction surgeries has made him a highly respected and sought after physician. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and textbook chapters and his special interest in thyroid eye disease has led him to lecture on the topic on a national and international basis. He has also just completed a definitive textbook on the many facets of care for thyroid eye disease.

Orbital surgery, especially minimally invasive surgery, and decompressions for thyroid-associated eye disease

Dr. Kepal Patel is a surgeon in New York, New York and is affiliated with NYU Lang one Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and has been in practice for 19 years. Dr. Patel accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 49 doctors at NYU Langone Medical Center who specialize in Surgery.

Our laboratory has been interested in studying the molecular pathogenesis of thyroid carcinoma, specifically trying to identify molecular factors which can help predict thyroid tumor progression and potentially serve as therapeutic targets.

Stack trained in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida and completed a Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstruction at the University of Washington. While in Seattle, also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular biology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and served as an Instructor. His professional career started as an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Saint Louis University. He then moved to Pennsylvania State University College, Hershey, PA where he served from 1999-2005 as Associate Professor and Director of Head and Neck Oncology and the Director of Research in the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Since 2005, Stack has serves as Professor and was Vice Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where he directed the division of head and neck oncology and the McGill Family division of clinical research and was medical director of the head and neck oncology clinic of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

Endocrine surgery of the Head and Neck

Robin Maskey, Associate Profesoor, has completed his MBBS at the age of 25 years from Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara , Nepal and MD Internal Medicine from B.P.Koirala Insttiute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal and Fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, INDIA. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an associate professor in academic insttiution in eastern part of NEPAL

Internal Medicine and Diabetology

Jallo, an Associate Professor of Medicine & Senior Consultant Endocrinologist. He granted his MB, ChB from Mosul University College of Medicine in IRAQ 1981, his postgraduate Arab Board Certification in Internal Medicine CABM in1992, Fellowship of The American College of Endocrinology FACE in 2015 and certified with Diploma in Dyslipidemia from Boston University School of Medicine, USA in 2014. He is the Coordinator for MBBS Endocrinology Module in GMU, Editorial Board for many international journals and active Principle Investigator in many national & international clinical studies, Member of AACE, EASD, ESE, ISPAD and many professional societies. To his credit many awards of honor & publications in medical periodicals and conference abstracts.

Nutrition,Thyroid diseases,Diabetes complications,Osteoporosis,Metabolic diseases

President and Co-Founder of ThyroidChange is a registered nonprofit patient organization, 501(c)(3), dedicated to improving the diagnostic methods and treatment options available for thyroid hormone replacement therapy through a patient-doctor cooperative approach. Dedicated Co-Founder of ThyroidChange,and motivated to innovate the diagnostic methods and treatment options available to all thyroid patients. Worked for Montclair State university as Adjunct Professor for 8 years, also works in William Paterson University as Professor.

Thyroid Disorders, Thyroid Treatment

Berrin Ergun Longmire is a pediatric endocrinologist in Baltimore, Maryland and is affiliated with Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. She received her medical degree from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice for 26 years. Dr.Longmire accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 7 doctors at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore who specialize in Pediatric Endocrinology. She also speaks multiple languages, including Turkish.

General Pediatric Endocrinology