Welcome to the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism at Vanderbilt.

This division has a rich tradition of investigative and clinical excellence. Its mission has traditionally been to pursue new knowledge applicable to the promotion of human health, the prevention of human disease, and the improvement of the quality of human life, to apply that knowledge to the compassionate care of the sick, and to teach others to pursue and apply knowledge in similar fashion.

We have our origins in two separate divisions of the Department of Medicine--a Division of Endocrinology and a Division of Diabetes. Grant W. Liddle founded the Division of Endocrinology. He built a leading research group that applied the new technology of radioimmunoassay to a wide array of physiologic questions and pathophysiologic problems in the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Liddle served as Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1981. The Division of Diabetes was founded by Oscar Crofford, who established and directed the first NIH-funded Diabetes Research and Training Center here. Crofford served as President of the American Diabetes Association in 1981.

Today the division conducts Research Programs that cover a broad range of endocrinologic and metabolic topics and utilize techniques of molecular and cellular biology, physiologic studies in humans, and clinical trials of new therapeutics. We offer a Fellowship Training Program in Endocrinology and Metabolism for physicians who wish to pursue academic careers in research, education, and patient care. Through the Vanderbilt Center for Endocrine and Diabetes Care and the Vanderbilt Pituitary Center, we provide multidisciplinary approaches to the care of patients with all type of endocrinologic and metabolic disorders. We welcome your interest and hope that you find our website informative and enjoyable.