Preceptorship Program

The Endocrine Fellows Foundation receives generous support to sponsor preceptorships in endocrinology.  This program is designed to enable endocrine fellows to increase their skills in specialized areas.  Selected second and third year fellows can participate in a two-week preceptor program at an institution that provides exposure to a specific area of endocrinology.  The fellows participate in specialty clinics and are introduced to research approaches and techniques that are particularly useful in subspecialty areas of endocrinology and metabolism.  Second and third year fellows will be considered only with approval and written recommendation of their department head.

Preceptorship applications are e-mailed to Program Directors and endocrine fellows.  To ensure that you receive an application, please complete the Request to be Sent Information Form.

All expenses for the preceptorship, including travel, hotel and meals, are paid for by the Endocrine Fellows Foundation.  The preceptorship program is intended to complement the fellows training program and we encourage fellows to consider this opportunity.

For more information, please call Anne Mercer at (877) 877-6515 or info@endocrinefellows.org.

Preceptorship in Endocrine Aspects of Metabolism and Diabetes

The Preceptorial in Endocrine Aspects of Metabolism and Diabetes, sponsored by the Endocrine Fellows Foundation, is conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.  The NIH Clinical Center is the world’s largest clinical research complex housing some of the most extensive and highly regarded research facilities, including a 242 bed hospital dedicated to outstanding patient care.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Inter-Institute Training Program provides a comprehensive training experience to fellows interested in basic and clinical investigation and clinical endocrinology.   Trainees have the opportunity to encounter patients with common and rare endocrine disorders in a dynamic research setting. The Endocrine Fellows Foundation and the NIH Clinical Center are pleased to announce a preceptorial experience that will allow endocrine fellows to visit the NIH Clinical Center for a diverse clinical experience and a unique exposure to clinical and basic investigation.  Stipends will be provided for travel, hotel, and meals.

Only 2nd and 3rd year fellows are eligible.  If you cannot attend the entire preceptorship, please do not apply.  No exceptions will be made.  Please return the application form on or before July 2, 2010, with a one-page statement from your program director supporting the application, a one-page statement on why you desire training in this preceptorship and a copy of your CV.   Selection announcements will be made the week of July 12, 2010.  Six spaces are available for this preceptorship. 

Preceptorship in Metabolic Bone Diseases held at Columbia University Medical Center

The Preceptorial in Metabolic Bone Diseases, sponsored by the Endocrine Fellows Foundation, was held at Columbia University Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology for a 2-week period from May 17-May 28, 2010. The faculty of the Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit comprised of Drs. John P. Bilezikian, Ethel S. Siris, Elizabeth Shane, Shonni J. Silverberg, Mishaela Rubin, Aimee Shu, Emily Stein, Aubrey Stoch, Jessica Fleischer, Marcella Walker, Adi Cohen, Donald McMahon, Stavroula Kousteni, Emily Stein, Serge Cremers, David Dempster, Robert Lindsay, Felicia Cosman, Jeri Nieves, and Thomas Jacobs, as well as other participating Columbia faculty (Patricia Ducy, Gerard Karsenty, Thomas Nickolas, Alison Pack, Wylie Hembree, Ronald Staron, and Michael Yin,) all taught in this comprehensive introduction to basic and clinical aspects of metabolic bone diseases.  As illustrated by the schedule of activities, the Fellows gained comprehensive exposure to all the important metabolic bone diseases as well as engaged in discussions related to mechanisms, pathophysiology, evaluation, and therapeutics.  

The Fellows who were selected (see photograph) learned in an environment that was workshop oriented. There was ample time, thus, not only for formal presentation of material that covered fundamental principles of basic and clinical bone physiology and pathophysiology, but also for active dialogue between the instructors and the Fellows. The Fellows were also introduced to key areas of research such as protocol design, acquisition, interpretation of data, and statistical testing.  Additionally, the Fellows attended conferences, clinical case discussions, the Metropolitan New York Bone Club, and research seminars. The Fellows had the opportunity to investigate a topic of particular interest to them and to present their work to the Faculty at the end of the preceptorial period.  Approximately 20 individual teaching modules covering over 24 hours of the experience will be available soon on the Endocrine Fellows Foundation website as streaming video webcasts.

The Preceptorship in Metabolic Bone Diseases has been held at Columbia now for over 10 years. As has been the case without exception in the past, this most recent program was met with great enthusiasm by the Fellows who were fortunate to be selected to attend this highly popular program of the Endocrine Fellows Foundation. The Preceptorship was supported by unrestricted educational grants from The Alliance for Better Bone Health (Procter and Gamble/sanofi-aventis), Eli Lilly, and Amgen.

Photo Caption: Back Row (Left to Right): Amishia Wallia (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine), Barrie Weinstein (Mount Sinai School of Medicine), Anna Boron (Phoenix VA Medical System), Priya Shah (University of California, San Diego Medical Center), Ji Chae (University of California San Diego Medical Center), Nicola Kreglinger (Montefiore/Albert Einstein Medical Center), Angela Tridgell (University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital), Front Row (left to right): Jill Brodsky (The Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania), Dr. Bilezikian, Grishma Parikh (Beth Israel Medical Center, New York), Monica Komorowski (Loyola University Medical Center)