Endocrinologists

Diabetes

The most common specialists in the field of diabetes are endocrinologists.

Endocrinologists specialize in hormonal issues and the glands that produce these hormones.

Diabetes develops when the pancreas no longer produces insulin in the way it should do. The pancreas is a gland, and insulin is a hormone. The pancreas produces the insulin we need to regulate blood sugar. When a person has diabetes, the pancreas either does not produce insulin or the insulin does not work properly.

People with type 1 diabetes usually remain under the care of an endocrinologist for most of their medical care. People with type 2 diabetes will also need to see an endocrinologist.

Endocrinologists

DrMeds top-ranked team of endocrinologists evaluate the relationship between nutrition and human disease to improve and maintain a person's health, and are equipped to treat a range of endocrine disorders and dysfunctions. They work closely with Mayo specialists in ophthalmology, otolaryngology, radiation oncology, surgery, obstetrics, transplantation and other specialty areas to provide a multidisciplinary approach to a person's medical problems, including:

• Diabetes

• Nutrition

• Osteoporosis-calcium (bone) disorders

• Pituitary-gonad-adrenal disorders

• Thyroid disorders

• Transgender and intersex medicine

• Transplantation

The body's endocrine system includes the pancreas, the thyroid, parathyroid, pineal, hypothalamus, adrenal and pituitary glands, and the ovaries and testes. It also involves many other organs that respond to, modify or metabolize hormones.