Advanced Practice in Endocrinology Nursing (2-part set)

Dr. Sofia Llahana, DNSc, MSc, BSc(Hons) RN, INP, is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Research, at City, University of London and an Honorary Consultant Nurse in Endocrinology at the University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She is the course leader for the MSc programme in Advanced Clinical Practice and also has a large research portfolio of ongoing investigator-led and European collaborative studies in adrenal insufficiency, male health and growth hormone deficiency in adults. She has a special clinical and research interest in pituitary and adrenal conditions, reproductive endocrinology, self-management, adherence to medication and behavioural medicine and has established several nurse-led services and clinic. She is the Chair of the Nurses Committee of the European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) and a member of the Scientific Committee for the International Congress in Men's Health.

Dr.Cecilia Follin is a Registered Nurse and a researcher at the Department of Endocrinology, Skane University Hospital in Lund and at the Institution of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden. She received a Ph.D.in medical science at Lund University in 2010. Her current research focuses on late complications after childhood cancer, in patients with craniopharyngeoma and acromegaly. She works for raising the profile of Endocrine Nursing in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland and chairs the Nordic Network for Endocrine Nurses.

Dr. Christine G. Yedinak (DNP, FNP-BC, MN, RN) is a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a Doctor of Nursing Practice who has provided clinical diagnosis and management of patients with pituitary and adrenal dysfunction for the last 14 years. She completed her post graduate and Doctoral Studies at Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland Oregon. Dr. Yedinak also holds a post Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education in Nursing from University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia and provides clinical mentorship for doctoral and advanced practice nursing students, endocrine and neurosurgical residents and fellows. Her Doctoral project involved the development and pilot of an instrument for the measurement of Quality of Life in patients with pituitary tumors and diseases. Her ongoing clinical research is focused on clinical outcome studies and issues in the management of patients with acute and chronic pituitary diseases. Dr. Yedinak is involved in ongoing international collaborative studies in pituitary diseases. She authored 28 peer-reviewed articles, 43 abstracts and 6 book chapters and has presented her research at numerous scientific meetings worldwide. Dr. Yedinak is the President-elect of the US Endocrine Nurses Association, is co- founder of the Federation of International Nurses in Endocrinology (F.I.N.E) and a member of the European Society of Endocrinology Nurses' Working Group.

Prof. Ashley Grossmann is Professor of Endocrinology and Consultant Physician at Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology &; Metabolism, in Green Templeton College,Oxford, UK. His original interest lay on uncovering the control and regulatory mechanisms for the hypthalamus and pituitary. He is immediate Past-President of the European Neuroendocrine Association (ENEA), Chairman of the UKI Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (UKINETS), Chairman of the European Neuroendocrine Society (ENETS) Advisory Board, a Member of Council of the European Society for Clinical Investigation, and President elect for the European Society of Endocrinology.