Endocrine Insider
August 1, 2007

On Thursday, July 26, The Endocrine Society co-hosted the fifth annual Sister Society Forum with the American Thyroid Association (ATA). Endocrine Society President, Peggy Shupnik, PhD, co-chaired the meeting with ATA President David Cooper, MD. The Society’s president-elect Robert Carey, MD, and immediate past president Leonard Wartofsky, MD, were also present to represent the Society. In addition, leaders from the following organizations were in attendance:

• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
• American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
• American Diabetes Association
• American Society for Bone & Mineral Research
• American Society of Andrology
• American Society of Endocrine Physician Assistants
• Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
• Endocrine Nurses Society
• Lawson-Wilkins Pediatric Endocrinology Society
• Society for Gynecologic Investigation

The Sister Society Forum was created to provide an opportunity for endocrine-related organizations to meet and discuss issues of mutual concern and to foster collaboration. This year’s forum was organized around advocacy and policy issues, trainee and fellow issues, and global and international partnerships. Many sister society organizations raised issues or proposed initiatives that provided opportunity for collaboration, such as the Society’s clinical practice guidelines and its white paper on increasing minority involvement in clinical research.

A list of current sister societies can be found on the Society’s Web site at: http://www.endo-society.org/about/other/fellow.cfm.