Endocrinology and Metabolism Grand Rounds (12:00–1:00 pm, every Tuesday September through June): State-of-the-art lectures by internal and external speakers on clinical and scientific topics. Each fellow also presents a clinical and/or research topic once a year.

Endocrinology Clinical Case Conference (1:00–2:00 pm, every Tuesday [mid-August to June]): Fellows present 2-3 clinical cases to the clinical faculty. This is a teaching conference where pathophysiology, diagnostic considerations (e.g., technical aspects of hormone assays), approaches to management, and relevant literature are routinely discussed.

Fellows’ Didactic (Clinical Lecture) Series (2:00–3:00 pm, each Tuesday excepting Journal Club days [also from 12:00-1:00 pm during July and August]): Faculty give didactic lectures on a wide variety of topics. As the number of important topics is to large to cover in one year, the lecture schedule is designed to cover all important topics at least once every two years. Before the lecture is to be given, faculty are asked to provide reading material (review, seminal paper, practice guideline, chapter, etc.) corresponding to the lecture. (These one to two key references may be something that summarizes what will be discussed, or they can be supplementary reading dealing with an important related issue that will not be specifically discussed.) These references (along with the slides used in the lecture) are made available to fellows via a password-protected repository called ACTOR, which is managed by the Dept. of Medicine.

Journal Club (2:00–3:00 pm, Tuesday once a month): Fellows and a faculty member review a recent scientific publication, focusing on methods (e.g., study design, statistical analysis) and clinical relevance.

Thyroid Cancer Case Conference (4:00–5:00 pm, last Tuesday of the month): Faculty and fellows from Endocrinology, Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, and Surgery/Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery discuss complicated thyroid cancer cases. The primary goal is clinical decision-making in a multidisciplinary setting.

Pituitary Case Conference (7:45–8:45 am, fourth Friday of the month): Details regarding 6-8 pituitary cases are discussed by faculty/fellows from Endocrinology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, and Neuropathology.