Committed to exceptional care and training in endocrinology

Our multidisciplinary clinical team of physicians, advance care practitioners, nurses and clinical pharmacists is dedicated to providing exemplary patient-centered care with compassion and expertise and do so in efficient coordination with other specialists and the patient’s primary care provider. Many providers are consistently ranked among the Top Doctors in the Boston area and nationally.

We take great pride in the diversity of our residency program, which fosters a close-knit and supportive community while welcoming residents from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.

Each year, we select a talented and dynamic group of physicians from a highly competitive pool of approximately 3,000 applicants. Over the past nine years, our residents have come from more than 65+ medical schools across the country and around the world. They bring with them a broad spectrum of interests, perspectives, and career goals—contributing to a rich and collaborative learning environment that strengthens our program and enhances the training experience for all.

Outpatient Clinics - Core

• Evaluation of new and continuing care of returning patients in the following subspecialty clinics: 
  • Bone 
  • Neuroendocrine 
  • Thyroid 
  • Thyroid FNA (a few times a year as needed) 
  • Diabetes and Lipid
     

Outpatient Clinics - Electives

• In general, there are no elective rotations during the first year

Inpatient Consultation Service

• Coverage of the Inpatient Endocrinology Consultation Service and Diabetes Management Service (on weekends) in coordination with the resident(s) and student(s) rotating through the Service.
• 16 weeks total (in eight 2-week blocks) for each first-year fellow:
  • In general, first-year fellows are not on the consultation service in July and August to adjust and prepare for the ABIM internal medicine examination.
• The fellow covering the inpatient endocrinology consultation service also covers the inpatient Glycemic Consultation Service (GCS) during weekends and holidays.

Self-study, didactics and endocrine conferences

• Daily, independent and in-depth study from endocrine reference textbooks, selected articles (available in the shared drive and campus library) and the endocrine literature on topics relevant to patients seen or discussed in conference.
• Presentation of short clinical cases at the weekly Clinical Case Conference.
• First-year fellows are expected to present patients with common endocrine conditions.
• Attendance and active participation at monthly interdisciplinary conferences (e.g., pathology, radiology).
• One in-depth presentation at the Endocrine Seminar Series per year. 

Research and/or quality improvement

• Meaningful participation in a quality improvement project and/or endocrine-related research project and/or
• Present abstract(s) at national meetings
• Fellows attend 1 national conference a year, typically the Endocrine Society or American Diabetes Association meetings.

Teaching

• Teaching of residents and students when rotating in Endocrinology.