Federal Policy Update - April 2023

By: Julius W. Hobson, Jr. 2023 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports The Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds report on the current and projected financial status of the two programs each year. This document summarizes the findings of the 2023 reports. As in prior years, we found that the Social Security and Medicare programs both continue to face significant financing issues. Based on our best estimates, this year’s reports show that:

• The Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund will be able to pay 100 percent of total scheduled…

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Alan J Garber, MD, PhD, MACE, Lectureship for the Prevention and Management of the Complications of Diabetes

Dr. Hirsch is Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.  From both a research and teaching point of view, Dr. Hirsch’s career has focused on studying the best strategies for the use of insulin therapy in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. More recently, he has become more interested in glycemic data management and its relationship to more traditional diabetes biomarkers. Dr. Hirsch is currently evaluating glycemic monitoring strategies and better methods for treating diabetic kidney disease in addition to the skin pathology occurring from insulin pump… more

AACE Rising Star in Endocrinology

Dr. Zilbermint is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the Chief and Director of Endocrinology, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD. After completing endocrinology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, he established the Endocrine Hospitalist program at Johns Hopkins Medicine, a specialized clinical consultation team designed to promote better glycemic control in hospitalized patients. Zilbermint is a passionate educator: he organized endocrine hospitalist rotations for internal medicine… more

AACE Outstanding Corporate Partner Award

Lilly unites caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. Lilly has been pioneering life-changing discoveries for nearly 150 years, and today their medicines help more than 47 million people across the globe. Harnessing the power of biotechnology, chemistry and genetic medicine, Lilly scientists are urgently advancing new discoveries to solve some of the world's most significant health challenges, redefining diabetes care, treating obesity and curtailing its most devastating long-term effects, advancing the fight against Alzheimer's disease,… more

Frontiers in Science and Distinction in Endocrinology Award

Dr. Auchus is the James A. Shayman and Andrea S. Kevrick Professor of Translational Medicine in the Departments of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes at the University of Michigan. He also serves as Chief of the Endocrinology Section at the Veterans Administration Ann Arbor Healthcare System. He and his group are active in research projects ranging from basic chemical principles of steroid biosynthetic enzymes and steroid mass spectrometry to clinical trials and translational investigation in disorders of the pituitary, adrenal,… more

Hossein Gharib, MD, Educational Lectureship

Dr. Pearce is a Professor of Medicine and the Endocrine Fellowship Program Director at Boston University School of Medicine in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition. She was the 2018-2019 President of the American Thyroid Association and serves as the Regional Coordinator for North America for the Iodine Global Network. Dr. Pearce is a Deputy Editor at the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and has served in multiple additional editorial roles, including as an Associate Editor for Endocrine Practice, Clinical Thyroidology, and Thyroid. She co-chaired the 2017… more

Yank D. Coble Jr., MD, Distinguished Service Award

Dr. Caldarella is currently a Contractor Medical Director with Noridian Healthcare Solutions. Dr. Caldarella was President of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology from 2021-2022. In countless hours of service as a member of AACE, Dr. Caldarella volunteered and led numerous committees, was on the Board of Directors, and held Officer positions. Dr. Caldarella tirelessly advocated for and was steadfastly committed to furthering AACE’s mission and vision. Under Dr. Caldarella’s leadership, AACE saw creative program planning that included expansion of educational activities to… more

Master of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (MACE) Distinction

Dr. Ganda is the Medical Director of Lipid Center, at the Joslin Diabetes center, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA   He has been a co- investigator in a number of NIH-funded clinical trials, including the landmark DCCT/EDIC and DPP, and several studies related to lipids and cardiovascular disease, including the REDUCE-IT trial and PROMINENT trial. He has > 200 peer-reviewed publications, including > 120 original publications, and 31 book chapters.  His major activities and contributions to AACE/ACE include Board membership, Lipid… more

AACE Rising Star in Endocrinology

Dr. Jasim is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. Her clinical and research interest focus on thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer as well as Endocrine neoplasia with focus on MEN syndromes and Adrenal tumors. She mentors residents and fellows as part of her Job as core faculty in Endocrine fellowship program at Washington University. Dr. Jasim has served on multiple AACE committees since 2017 including Clinical Practice Guidelines, Education, and Annual Meeting planning… more