In what he calls his passion in an ever-evolving field, world renowned neurosurgeon, Dr. Sandeep Kunwar presents a rational approach for the management of Craniopharyngiomas. He focuses on all aspects of this procedure.
For Professionals
This section offers content specifically designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals wishing to learn and share experiences with pituitary disease.
Pituitary Grand Rounds, episode 4: Pituitary surgery in the cavernous sinus – what you need to know!
This video episode in our Grand Rounds series is a thirteen-minute excerpt from our hour-long presentation on pituitary surgery. It focuses on the current practice by some surgeons that consider surgery for pituitary tumors in the cavernous sinus and discusses the procedure’s issues, benefits, pitfalls, and risks.
My Golden Rules: a pituitary radiologist advice to his colleagues
An excerpt from Professeur Jean-François Bonneville, Departments of Medical Imaging and Endocrinology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Liège, Belgium: Unless you are practicing in a Pituitary Center, you, my dear colleagues radiologists, you did not
Don’t miss this state-of-the-art review and information exchange
For more details and registration click here Overview This course provides endocrinologists, neurosurgeons, and other providers who care for patients with pituitary disorders with a review and update of the more controversial encountered problems in
Pituitary Grand Rounds, episode three: disorders of cortisol secretion related to adrenal conditions
Ana’s work to push forward to get a diagnosis and understand what was going on with her, led to a diagnosis that might have been otherwise considerably delayed.
Good News for Cushing’s in the drug development front
The latest news from Corcept Therapeutics on their Phase 3 GRACE clinical trial clinical trial is excellent. The drug relacorilant significantly reduced high blood pressure and blood sugar levels in people with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome.
Pituitary Grand Rounds, episode two: a delayed diagnosis of Cushing’s disease
Double pituitary adenomas: a case from Dr. Blevins clinic.
Podcast and Video: In today’s podcast and accompanying video, Dr. Blevins discusses and illustrates the case of a patient with a double pituitary adenoma.
The Pituitary Society reacts to the controversial reclassification of pituitary adenomas to neuroendocrine tumors
From J D Faccinetti, chief editor co-founder – First, some background: the latest edition of the WHO (World Health Organization) Endocrine Tumors and Central Nervous System Tumors group reclassified pituitary adenomas as neuroendocrine tumors or
A recap of long-term follow-up practices for pituitary diseases.
From Lewis S Blevins, Jr. M.D. – Long-term follow-up of patients with pituitary disorders is essential for many reasons. Firstly, those patients who have been rendered disease-free are always at risk for recurrence. While long-term
Pseudo Cushing’s syndrome: a discussion and a case study
In today’s podcasts, Dr. Blevins talks about the genesis of pseudo Cushing’s syndrome and illustrates a fascinating case of pseudo Cushing’s syndrome due to alcohol ingestion.
Acromegaly: clinical insights in a new book
This book, edited by world-renowned clinicians and editors Dr. Manish Aghi and Dr. Lewis Blevins, delivers a guide to medical decision-making on diagnosing and treating acromegaly.
Another opportunity to share your opinion
COR2ED is an independent medical education company based in Europe. They have partnered with a scientific committee comprising endocrinologists, nurses, and patient advocacy groups (WAPO and INCA) to develop two surveys to explore the injection