| Degrees: |
MD, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine; Internship and Residency, Medicine, Univeristy of Alabama Hospitals; Fellow, Endocinology, Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| Previous position(s): |
1998-2007, Director, The Pituitary Center at Vanderbilt; 1998-2007, Associate Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; 1993-1997, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine |
| Research interests: |
Diagnostic testing in patients with hypercortisolism; new ways to test for the presence of Cushing's syndrome; interested in clinical predictors of surgical and medical success with regards to the management of patients with different types of pituitary tumors |
| Clinical interests: |
Evaluation and management of patients with various disorders of the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, Cushing's syndrome, acromegaly, prolactinoma's, other pituitary tumors, diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism, and growth hormone deficiency |
| Other interests: |
Paints landscapes and portraits; plays the Uillean pipes (Irish bagpipes) |
