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Society Member David Allen on NBC’s Today
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Endocrine Insider Prompted by a news release written and distributed by the Society's media relations team announcing the publication of a Swedish study on growth hormone treatment for children, NBC Today producers sought out and contacted Society Member David Bruce Allen, M.D. to comment on the research. Dr. Allen is the Director of Endocrinology and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital and served on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) from 1997 through 2000. The Swedish study, "Dose-Dependent Effect on Growth Hormone on Final Height in Children with Short Stature without Growth Hormone Deficiency," led by Kestin Albertsson-Wikland, MD, PhD, professor at the Goteborg Pediatric Growth Research Center at the University of Gothenburg, appeared in the November 8 issue of JCEM. Society members co-authoring the study were Jan Gustaffson, MD, PhD, Sten Ivarsson, MD, PhD, and Karl Olof Nilsson, MD, PhD, The three-minute health segment featuring Dr. Allen and one of his patients aired on November 6. Since airing on NBC Today, the story has been run by a number of media outlets throughout the country. |
