About the 2009 Essential Endocrinology Bookshelf About 50 new professional level textbooks and monographs are published every year in the field of endocrinology, with an average price in excess of $100. How do you find the time to determine which ones you should add to your bookshelf for your busy endocrinology practice and research? Let the Essential Endocrinology Bookshelf be your guide. The “must-have” titles on this list were selected by a team made up of clinical experts and medical librarians who are collection development experts in endocrinology. This brand new list represents titles that were available at the time of the selection process in the Spring of 2009. These experts research the literature and have an opportunity to update their selections each year. Whether your interest is in general endocrinology or your have a more specific interest in pediatric or geriatric endocrinology, reproductive endocrinology, diabetes, obesity, neuroendocrinology, metabolic diseases and disorders, or disorders of the thyroid, parathyroids or pituitary, you will find the detailed information provided about the book titles selected for The Essential Endocrinology Bookshelf indispensable. New to this Edition – Readers Vote! Let’s hear from you! What endocrinology books do you consider essential? To select and vote on your picks for must-have titles, register by clicking on the link in the upper right hand corner, then log in and select the Readers Vote! tab in the left hand column. Check back often to see what your colleagues have added and how they’ve voted.
Ronald Cohen, MD University of Chicago  Medical Center, Section of Endocrinology		Meet The Essential Endocrinology Bookshelf Clinical Expert...  Ronald Cohen, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Chicago. He received an AB from Harvard University and an MD from Cornell University Medical College. He completed his internal medicine training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as well as his endocrinology fellowship training, where he worked in the laboratories of Drs. Tony Hollenberg and Fredric Wondisford. After his clinical and research training, he stayed at Beth Israel/Harvard Medical School as an Instructor in Medicine before moving to the University of Chicago. Dr. Cohen’s clinical interests focus on patients with thyroid disorders, particularly hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer. In his laboratory, he studies the function of a group of proteins termed “nuclear receptor corepressors” in endocrine tissues such as the adipocyte. He is also very active in medical education at University of Chicago, from undergraduate teaching through advanced clinical endocrinology instruction.