Medical Specialties

Endocrinology

Citation Formats

General Reference

Medicine Atlas. "Endocrinology." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/specialties/endocrinology.

APA Style

Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Endocrinology. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/specialties/endocrinology

BibTeX

@misc{medicineatlas-endocrinology,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Endocrinology},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/specialties/endocrinology},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Origin Organized in the United States as the Association for the Study of Internal Secretions in 1916 to 1917, renamed the Endocrine Society in 1952.

The medical specialty concerned with the endocrine glands and the hormones they secrete, and with diseases of hormonal regulation such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, and adrenal and pituitary disease. Its conceptual foundations were laid in the second half of the nineteenth century by Claude Bernard's theory of internal secretions and Thomas Addison's 1855 clinical description of adrenal insufficiency. The discovery and clinical use of insulin in 1921 and 1922 is the field's most famous single achievement.

Facts

Origin Period

Organized in the United States as the Association for the Study of Internal Secretions in 1916 to 1917, renamed the Endocrine Society in 1952. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections