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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 4, 2003 |
Media Contact: Melanie Caudron melanie.caudron@verizon.net |
Gregory Brent, MD, Takes Office as Secretary
of the American Thyroid Association
(FALLS CHURCH, VA) - Gregory A. Brent, MD, of Los Angeles, is the new
secretary of the American Thyroid Association (ATA), the leading professional
society of physicians and researchers who specialize in diseases of the
thyroid gland. He took office at the close of the ATA 75th Annual Meeting,
Sept. 21, 2003, in Palm Beach, Fla., and will serve a five-year term.
"The ATA has positioned itself to be the leading organization bringing together clinicians and scientists from around the world to focus on thyroid diseases," said Dr. Brent. "In addition to our long-standing commitment to promoting research and clinical care, we have moved more recently into the areas of patient education and public advocacy," he added.
Dr. Brent is chief of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Section of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and director of its Fellowship Program in Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes. He is also a professor of medicine and physiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
He spent seven years on the faculty at Harvard Medical School after completing fellowships in endocrinology and molecular biology there. He completed his residency and a chief residency at Wadsworth VA Medical Center, UCLA, and received his medical degree at the University of Southern California
Since joining the ATA in 1988, Dr. Brent has served on the Program and Patient Education committees and has chaired the Membership Committee. He was also a member of the ATA Executive Council. He co-chaired the Program Committee and chaired the Local Arrangements Committee for the 2002 ATA Annual Meeting. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the ATA journal, Thyroid, and has also served as an associate editor. Dr. Brent is a past recipient of the ATA Van Meter Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to thyroid research. In addition, he recently served a term on the National Institutes of Health Endocrinology Study Section and chaired a special endocrinology study section.
Dr. Brent's major research interests are the molecular mechanisms of thyroid hormone action, regulation of iodine transport in thyroid and breast cancer, the influence of thyroid hormone on development, and thyroid disease in pregnancy.
The American Thyroid Association, www.thyroid.org, is the North
American professional society for physicians and researchers specializing
in diseases of the thyroid gland. The ATA promotes excellence and innovation
in clinical care, research, education, and public advocacy.
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