The FDA listens to acromegaly patients

April 29, 2024

Today’s podcast covers my conversation with Jill Sisco, president of the Acromegaly Community, about the recent meetings with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US governmental entity responsible for approving new medications.  Our conversation focuses on the original meeting held in 2021 and a recent listening session where the AC provided additional feedback to the FDA.  

Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery

April 16, 2018

Today’s podcast brings together Dr. Phillip Thedosopoulos, Professor and Vice Chairman of Neurological Surgery at the University of California San Francisco and Director of the skull based tumor program at UCSF; and Dr. Lewis Blevins,

Arthritis and acromegaly

March 29, 2018

Arthropathy is one of the most insidious conditions that can affect people with acromegaly often with challenging quality of life issues.   Bone and joint issues are very common.  In this enlightening podcast, Dr. Lewis Blevins

ACTH producing adenomas

January 24, 2018

Today’s podcast is on ACTH producing pituitary adenomas.  Dr. Blevins discusses the different factors and theories that lead to the development of these tumors, challenges in diagnosis and treatment.  The podcast also highlights a few very interesting cases.