Mark Molitch, MD, Northwestern Univ Feinburg Schl of Med Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Dr. Molitch earned an A.B. degree from Princeton University and an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He did his housestaff training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and an Endocrine Fellowship at the UCLA-Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, California. Prior to joining the faculty at Northwestern in 1984, Dr. Molitch was an Associate Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Molitch has participated in clinical research for many years, focusing on the pathogenesis of pituitary tumors and their treatment. He has participated in the development of most of the medical treatments for prolactinomas and acromegaly. He has also participated in international diabetes trials, including the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial, the Diabetes Prevention Program, and the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes Trial. In addition to editing eight books and journal volumes, Dr. Molitch has authored or coauthored more than 350 original papers, review articles, book chapters, case reports and other publications. Dr. Molitch has been an Associate Editor of the Year Book of Endocrinology and is currently an Editor of the journal, Pituitary. In 1997, Dr. Molitch was named "Outstanding Physician Educator in the Field of Diabetes" by the American Diabetes Association. In 2007, he was elected to the Council of The Endocrine Society and he is Chair of The Society’s Clinical Endocrinology Update 2010.