Medical comments from Dr. Lewis Blevins MD. Director Center for Pituitary Disorders at University California San Francisco
From the desk of Lewis S. Blevins, Jr. M.D. PWN cofounder – Idiopathic isolated central adrenal insufficiency remains a mystery. I’ve seen several patients with this condition in my career. I first learned about it
A commentary from Lewis S. Blevins Jr. M.D. – Dr. Lewis Blevins reviews a recent article published by Mohyeldin and others from Stanford University in Scientific Reports.
A commentary from Lewis S. Blevins Jr. M.D., PWN Co-founder – In my opinion, those of us who “profess” to be academics and champions of, as Robert Graham the designer includes on his apparel, “knowledge wisdom
From Dr. Ezequiel (Eze) Goldschmidt and UCSF Health Medconnection a collection of minimally invasive skull base surgery cases. UCSF’s Ezequiel (Eze) Goldschmidt, MD, PhD, is a neurosurgeon specializing in minimally invasive techniques, including the endoscopic endonasal
From the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) MedConnection comes a fascinating article about a patient with a giant pituitary adenoma removed via endoscopic endonasal surgery.
In this podcast oriented to physicians, Dr. Lewis Blevins talks about a case of a patient with a pituitary lesion called a hemangiopericytoma invasive in the right cavernous sinus. Although the content is technical, patients and other interested parties may find the discussion interesting.
Here are links to Dr. Blevins’ discussion of five drugs to treat hypercortisolism.
We are pleased to announce a series of podcasts on the medical management of hypercortisolism.
Learn why pituitary tumors are not brain tumors—and why that distinction matters for diagnosis and treatment.
Two outstanding informational webinars were made available to Pituitary World News by Dr. Lewis Blevins, co-founder and medical director of the California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF Medical Center. These webinars are designed primarily
A presentation from Lewis Blevins, M.D. Pituitary World News cofounder and Medical Director of the California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF on the emerging clinical insights of hypercortisolism. Click here to view the presentation.
From our friends at UCSF: Read this great update with links to articles on telemedicine for patients with pituitary disorders, making surgery safer during the Covid-19 pandemic, common mistakes made when treating patients with central hypothyroidism,
Two cases where patients’ lack of follow-up leads to complications that likely could have been avoided.