ADRENAL PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES
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1 Adrenal Cortex, Development and Anatomy, Physiology
I. Vrezas, H.S. Willenberg, S.R. Bornstein
PREB/NICHD/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 10N244, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
2 Glucocorticoids (Synthesis, action, physiology)
George Chrousos, MD
George P. Chrousos, MD, MACP, MACE, FRCP (London)
Professor and Chairman
First Dept of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
University of Athens Medical School
Children's Hospital Aghia Sophia
Athens 115 27, Greece

Scientist Emeritus
NICHD, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda MD, 20892, USA

Tel +30-210-7794023
Fax +30-210-7759167
3 Adrenal Androgens (Synthesis, action, physiology)
Lucia Ghizzoni, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics, University Degli Studi di Parma Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy
3co George Mastorakos Evgenidion Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
Alessandra Vottero Department of Pediatrics, University Degli Studi di Parma Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy
4 CRH, VP, ACTH- Control and Secretion
Hyperlink to Besser

5 ACTH Action on the Adrenal
Andrew Margioris, MD, DSc
Professor
Dept. of Clinical Chemistry University of Crete Medical School GR-71110 Heraklion, GREECE
6 Glucocorticoid Receptors
Tomoshige Kino, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch
NICHD, National Institutes of Health
10 Center Drive, Building 10, Room 9D42
Bethesda, MD 20892-1583, USA
Phone: 301-496-6417
Fax: 301-480-2024
E-mail: kinot@mail.nih.gov
6co.  Evangelia Charmandari, M.D.
and George P. Chrousos, M.D.
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD, 20892-1583, USA.
7 Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
Emilio Petrone, Rachel Goldman, Karim Calis, George P. Chrousos, and Giovanni Cizza
NIMH/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 2D46, Bethesda, MD 20892-1584
8 Stress, Endocrine Physiology, and Pathophysiology
George Chrousos, MD
PREB/NICHD/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 9D42, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
9 Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and inflammation
George Mastorakos, MD ,Markella Nezi, and Charalampos Papadopoulos
Endocrine Unit, Evgenidion Hosp-Athens University, Papadiamantopoulou 20 GR-10674 Athens, Greece
10 CRH in the placenta
Katia Karalis, MD
Dept. of Endocrinology and Metab. Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave/416 Endrs Bldg, Boston, MA 02115
11 Cushing's Syndrome (hypercorticolism)
Lynette Nieman, MD
PREB/NICHD/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 9S261, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
12 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Hyperlink to New

13 Adrenal Insufficiency
Evangelia Charmandari, M.D.
National Institutes of Health Building 10, Room 9D42 10 Center Drive MSC 1583 Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
Tel: (301) 496-5800 
Fax: (301) 402-0884 
E-mail: charmane@mail.nih.gov
13co George Chrousos, MD PREB/NICHD/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 9D42, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
14 Adrenal Suppression
Maria A Magiakou, MD
Clinical Associate
Second Department of Pediatrics University of Athens Medical School, Children's Hospital Aglaia Kyriakou, Goudi, Athens, GREECE
15 Familial Adrenal Hypoplasia Syndromes
Constantine Tsigos, MD, PhD
Hellenic National Diabetes Center (HNDC)
3 Ploutarchou Street
106 75 Athens
Greece

Tel: +30-210-7295160
Fax: +30-210-7295 168
e-mail: ctsigos@hndc.gr

16 Glucocorticoid Resistance Syndromes and States
Georg Chrousos Friedman,MD
PREB/NICHD/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 10N240, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
16co Allesandro Vottero, MD Department of Pediatrics, University of Parma, Italy
17 Adrenoleucodystrophy/ adrenomyelodystrophy
Hugo Moser, MD
Professor of Neurology
Kennedy Krieger Institute, 707 North Broadway, Suite 500, Baltimore MD 21205
18 Pseudo-Cushing's States
Lucas Gourgiotis, MD
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, NIH
George P. Chrousos, MD Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, NIH
19 AIDS /HPA axis
Tomoshige Kino, MD
PREB/NICHD/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 10D15, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
20 Adrenal Incidentalomas
Martin Reincke, MD
ABT Innere Medizin II, Medixinische Klinik Al Lud Uni, Hugstetter Str 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
20co Marc Slawik
21 Carney Complex
Dimitris Papanicolaou, MD
Dept. Medicine/Endocrinology, Room 1307 West Wing WMRB Emory University, 1639 Pierce Drive,Atlanta, GA 30322
  Jason A. Berner, M.D.  
22 Adrenal Cancer- diagnosis, Treatment
George Chrousos, MD

23 Aldosterone Excess
Erik K. Alexander MD and Robert G. Dluhy MD

24 Aldostereone Deficiency and Resistance
Keiko Arai

25 Hormones of the Cardiovascular System
Christian Koch, MD,FACP, FACE
Christian A. Koch, MD,
Professor of Medicine and Director
Division of Endocrinology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 N State Street
Jackson, MS 39 216
 
26 Overview of Endocrine Hypertension
Christian A. Koch, M.D., FACP, FACE
Christian A. Koch, MD, FACP, FACE
Professor of Medicine and Director
Division of Endocrinology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 N State Street
Jackson, MS 39 216
 
26co Karel Pacak, M.D., Ph.D., DSc
27 HPA Axis, Circadian Rhythm, Stress
Gordon Williams, MD
Julio Licinio, MD
UCLA separtment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, 3357A Gonde Center, 695 Charles E Young Dr South, Box 951761, Los Angeles
28 Hormonal Effects on Immune System
Ilia Elenkov, MD
PREB/NICHD/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 10N240, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
29 Immune System Effects on the Endocrine System
Jason A. Berner, M.D., Dimitris A. Papanicolaou, M.D. 
Dept. Medicine/Endocrinology, Room 1307 West Wing WMRB Emory University, 1639 Pierce Drive,Atlanta, GA 30322
30 Multiple Autoimmune Endocrinopathy
Noel MacLaren, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Ave, Room LO623 New York, NY 10021
31 HPA Axis and Sleep
Alexander Vgontzas, M.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Penn St. Univ.College of Medicine 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033
31co  George P. Chrousos, M.D. Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH Bldg. 10, Rm. 9D42, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
32 HPA Axis and Aging
Mark Blackman, MD

33 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
David Torpy, MD
Senior Lecturer
Department of Medicine, Clinical Sciences Building, Greenslopes Hospital Campus, Univ.of Queensland, Newdegate St. Brisbane, Qld,4120, Australia
33B Fibromyalgia
Daniel Clauw, MD
Department of Medicine, Georgetown Univ Med Center, 3800 Reservoir rd, NW, Washington DC 20007
34 Pheochromocytomas
Karel Pacak, MD
NINDS/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 10N236, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583
35 Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome
Christian A. Koch, M.D., FACP, FACE
Christian A. Koch, MD, FACP, FACE
Professor of Medicine and Director
Division of Endocrinology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 N State Street
Jackson, MS 39 216
 
35co McClellan M. Walther, MD, and Marston Linehan, MD  
36 Sympathetic System Insufficiency and Dysautonomia, and Orthostatic Hypotension
David Goldstein, MD
CNCS/NINDS/NIH, 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 6N252, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583