Contributors

Our Editors continuously review the thyroid literature, select important new material and add that to THYROID DISEASE MANAGER. Each brings to our site great experience and expertise in their field. To them we are very indebted.

Editor/Author

Title of Chapter / or Section

Nobuyuki Amino, M.D.
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita,
Osaka 565, JAPAN
TEL: 011-81-6-879-3230
FAX: 011-81-6-879-3239
namino@labo.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Hashimoto's Disease
Takashi Akamizu, MD, PhD
Translational Research Center
Kyoto University Hospital
Kyoto University School of Medicine
54 Shogoin Kawaharacho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, JAPAN
Fax: +81-75-751-4731
Phone: +81-75-751-4723
<akamizu@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Hashimoto's Disease
Juan Bernal, MD, PhD
Professor of Research
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, CSIC-UAM
Center for Biomedical Research On Rare Diseases (CIBERER)
Arturo Duperier 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
jbernal@iib.uam.es
Thyroid Hormones in Brain Development and Function
Luigi Bartalena, MD
Professor of Endocrinology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Director, Post-Graduate School of Endocrinology,
University of Insubria at Varese,
Head, Endocrinology Unit, Ospedale di Circolo, Viale Borri, 57, 21100 Varese,Italy
Office Phone: +39-0332-278561/393173

Complications of Hyperthyroidism-Ophthalmopathy, Pretibial Myxedema, Cardiac Problems
Paolo Beck-Peccoz, M.D.
Professor of Endocrinology
Institute of Endocrine Sciences
Padiglione Granelli
Via Francesco Sforza 35
20122-Milano
(Italy)
Tel.: +39-02-55033331 or 02-50320607
Fax: +39-02-50320605
email: paolo.beckpeccoz@unimi.it
Pituitary TSH -secreting Adenomas
Manfred Blum, M.D.
Professor of Medicine & Radiology
Director Thyroid Unit
NYU School of Medicine
530 First Ave
NY, NY 10016
TEL: 1-212-263-7444
FAX: 1-212-263-7519
E-Mail: manfred.blum@med.nyu.ed
Thyroid Ultrasound
Rosiland S. Brown, M.D.
University of Massachusetts
Medical Center Department of Pediatrics
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
TEL: 1-508-856-4280
FAX: 1-508-856-4287
Thyroid Disease in the Fetus, Infants, and Children:
Neonatal Hypo-thyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Screening

Leslie J. DeGroot, M.D.
University or Rhode Island/Providence Campus
30 Washington St, Room 302
Providence, RI 02903
TEL: 1-401-277-5224
Cell-508-995-5104

Graves' Disease and Thyrotoxicosis, Including Transient Thyrotoxicosis
Graves' Disease -- Diagnosis and Treatment
Neoplasms of the Thyroid
Creswell J Eastman, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
Medical Foundation Building (K25) Level 6
92-94 Parramatta Rd,Camperdown 2042
Consultant Endocrinologist Westmead Private Hospital; Medicine University of Sydney;
ICCIDD Regional Coordinator Asia Pacific Region and Vice Chairman of ICCIDD.
PO Box 478 St Leonards, Sydney NSW 2065 Australia
Endemic Goiter and Cretinism
Jan J. M. De Vijlder, M.D.
Academic Medical Center
Meibergdreef 9
NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
TEL: 011-31-20-566-2028
FAX: 011-31-20-691-7735
Genetic Defects in Thyroid Hormone Supply
Jacques Dumont, M.D.
IRIBHN
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Campus Hopital Erasme/Bldg C
808 Route de Lennik
B-1070 Bruxelles, BELGIUM
TEL: 011-32-2-555-4134
FAX: 011-32-2-555-4655
Ontogeny, Anatomy, Metabolism and Physiology
Hossein Gharib, M.D.
Endocrinology and Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
200 1st St. SW
Rochester, MN 55905-0001
Tel: 507-284-9576
Fax: 507-284-5745
Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Thyroid Galnd
Daniel Glinoer, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine
Hopital Universitair St. Pierre
Rue Haute, 322
B-1000 Bruxelles, BELGIUM
TEL: 011-32-2-535-4516
FAX: 011-32-2-535-4211
Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy: Postpartum Thyrotoxicosis
Basil Hetzel, M.D.
Chairman, ICCIDD
Health Development Foundation,Samuel Way Bld
Adelaide Medical Center for Women and Children
12 King William Road
North Adelaide 5006, Australia
Endemic Goiter and Cretinism
Edwin Kaplan, M.D.
Department of Surgery/MC 5031
The University of Chicago
5841 South Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637-1470
TEL: 1-773-702-6155
FAX: 1-773-702-0564
Thyroid Surgery
John H. Lazarus, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Endocrinology
Cardiff School of Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Centre for Endocrine & Diabetes Sciences, Cardiff University School of Medicine
University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff   CF14 4XN, UK
Tel & Fax:  +44 2920 744326

Acute and Subacute Thyroiditis
Stefano Mariotti, M.D.
Department of Endocrinology
Institute of Internal Medicine
University of Cagliari
Policlinico Universitario
S.S. 554, Bivio per Sestu
I-09042 Monserrato CA, ITALY
TEL: 011-39-70-602-86430
FAX: 011-39-70-602-86429
mariotti@pacs.unica.it
Physiology of Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Thyroid System
and Relation to Neural and Endocrine Systems
Geraldo Medeiros-Neto, MD
Senior Professor of Endocrinology
Department of Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Artur Ramos, 96 - 5A,  01454-903 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Phone: (55 11)3812-5711,  Fax:    (55 11)3031-5194

Case of the Month
Furio Pacini, M.D.
Istituto Di Endocrinologia
Metodologia Clinica E Medicina Del Lavoro
Universita Degli Studi Di Pisa
Via Paradisa 2, 56018
Pisa, ITALY
TEL: 011-39-50-540748
FAX: 011-39-50-578772
Neoplasms of the Thyroid
Luca Persani, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Endocrinology
Institute of Endocrine Sciences
Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS
Via Ariosto 13
20122-Milano
(Italy)
Tel.: +39-02-58211432
Fax: +39-02-50320605
email: persani@auxologico.it
Samuel Refetoff,M.D.
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago
5841 South Maryland Ave.
Chicago, Il 60637
Tel:773-702-6939
Fax:773-702-6940
Thyroid Hormone Transport
Thyroid Hormone Resistance Syndromes
Abnormalities of Hormone Transport

Françoise Miot, PhD
IRIBHM, ULB
Campus Erasme, BatC
808,route de Lennik
1070 Bruxelles
Tél:00.32.2.555.41.52
fmiot@ulb.ac.be

Professor Bernard Rousset
Directeur de l'UMR 369 INSERM/UCBL
Faculte de Medicine Lyon-RTH Laennec
69372 LYON Cedex 08-France
Tel 04 78 77 87 45
u369@sante.univ-lyon1.fr

Thyroid Hormone Biosynthesis
David Sarne, M.D.
Director, Endocrine Clinic
Department of Medicine
Section of Endocrinology (M-C 640)
University of Illinois College of Medicine
1819 West Polk Street
Chicago, IL 60612-7333
TEL: 1-312-996-6060
FAX: 1-312-413-0437
E-Mail: DHSARNE@uic.edu
Effect of Drugs, Disease, and Other Agents on the Thyroid

Carole A. Spencer, PhD
Carole Spencer, MT., Ph.D, FACB
Professor of Medicine
University of Southern California
Edmondson Building, Room 111
1840 North Soto Street
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Tel: 323 224 7132

Thyroid Function Tests
Jim Stockigt MD, FRACP, FRCPA
Monash University and Alfred and Epworth Hospitals
Melbourne, Australia
TEL: +613-9592 4568
FAX: +613-9530 5016
E-MAIL: jrs@netspace.net.au

Clinical Strategies in Testing Thyroid Function
Gilbert Vassart, M.D.
IRIBHN
Campus Hopital Erasme
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Campus Hopital Erasme/Bldg. C
808 Route de Lennik
B-1070 Bruxelles, BELGIUM
Diseases Caused by Defects in TSH Receptors
Theo J. Visser, Ph.D.
Department of Internal Medicine III
Erasmus University Medical School
Molewater Plein 50 Dr.
3015 GE, Rotterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
TEL: 011-31-10-463-5463
FAX: 011-31-10-463-5430
Hormone Transport: Metabolism
Anthony Weetman, M.D.
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
The Medical School
University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2RX, ENGLAND
TEL: 011-44-114-2712570
FAX: 011-44-114-2713960

 

Thyroid Autoimmunity
Wilmar M. Wiersinga, M.D.
Department of Endocrinology
F5-171
Academic Medical Center
Meibergdreef 9
NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam,
THE NETHERLANDS
TEL: 011-31-20-566-6071
FAX: 011-31-20-566-4440
Hypothyroidism
Paul Yen, MD
Molecular Regulation and Neuroendocrinology Section
Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIDDK
National Institutes of Health
Bdg 10 Rm 8D12
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Tel-301-594-6797
Thyroid Hormone Action
Michael Zimmermann, MD
Editor, IDD Newsletter International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD)
Laboratory for Human Nutrition
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich
ETH Zentrum, Building LFV, Room E19
Schmelzbergstrasse 7, CH - 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Tel. 0041-44-632-8657 / Fax. 0041-44-632-1470
email: michael.zimmermann@ilw.agrl.ethz.ch
Iodine Deficiency Diseases