Endocrinology

When you experience hormone imbalance, turn to PIH Health. Depend on our endocrinologists to create a treatment plan to protect your health and help you feel better.

What’s an Endocrinologist?

Endocrinologists are experts in hormones and the glands that make them. Your hormones control bodily functions like growth, development, metabolism, temperature regulation, and more.

Conditions We Treat

Your primary care provider may refer you to an endocrinologist if you need advanced care for a hormone-related condition, such as:

• Adrenal gland conditions, including Addison’s disease
• Bone conditions such as Paget’s disease of bone and osteoporosis
• Chromosomal disorders such as Klinefelter syndrome and Turner syndrome
• Cushing’s syndrome
• High cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Endocrine tumors, including thyroid cancer
• Infertility
• Kidney disease
• Obesity
• Parathyroid disorders
• Pituitary gland disorders
• Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
• Thyroid conditions, including hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism

Coordinated Care

Count on your endocrinologist to work closely with specialists in related areas to provide the best care for your condition.

Treatments for Endocrine Conditions

Work with your care team to create a treatment plan that fits your needs. Depending on your condition, preferences, and goals, your plan may include:

• Adrenalectomy – Removes tumors from the adrenal glands
• Bariatric surgery – Modifies your digestive tract to support weight loss
• Brain stereotactic radiosurgery – Uses focused beams of radiation to treat tumors
• Hormone therapy, including feminizing hormone therapy and masculinizing hormone therapy
• Home enteral nutrition – Delivers nutrition to your stomach or small intestine through a tube
• Home parenteral nutrition – Delivers nutrition to your veins through an IV
• Lipid management – Helps control fats in your blood (lipids)
• Pancreas transplant – Replaces your pancreas with a healthy organ from a donor