Paul Wermer. (From [14]. Reprinted with permission from ABC-CLIO Inc) Paul Wermer , son of Leopold Wermer and Sophie nee Goldsterm, was born on February 3, 1898, in Vienna, Austria,…

Sigfried Oberndorfer in 1936 in Istanbul When Sigfried was 9 years old, he probably did not think that he would discover a very specific type of malignant tumor, which even…

Fig. 1 Initial setup for parathyroidectomy—sublpatysmal plane having been developed, the skin edges are protected under edges of a surgical towel kept in place by a simple spring retractor The…

(1) Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, 55905 Rochester, MN, USA   KeywordsPrimary adrenal failureAddison’s diseaseAdrenal glandsAdrenal cortexAutoimmune polyglandular failureCortisolSkin hyperpigmentation…

Fredrick Grant Banting. (Courtesy of Banting House National Historic Site of Canada) On August 27, 1923, the cover of Time magazine featured Dr. Fredrick Grant Banting , the man responsible…

Fig. 1 Histology of grade 1, well-differentiated, duodenal neuroendocrine tumor (gastrinoma) from a patient with MEN1-associated ZES. a Hematoxylin and eosin stain. b Immunohistochemistry for gastrin. c Chromogranin A. d…

Emil Zuckerkandl. (Circa 1890, author unknown, public domain) Emil Zuckerkandl was born on September 1, 1849, in Gyӧr, Hungary, and died on May 28, 1910, in Vienna. He was a…

Portrait of Dr. Arthur M. Shipley. (Reproduction by Mark Teske, professional photographer at University of Maryland School of Medicine) Introduction Dr. Arthur M. Shipley was a renowned American surgeon and…

Dr. William Mayo. (By permission of the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. All rights reserved) The story of the first operation for insulinoma is fascinating but tragic. After…

Fig. 1 A 31-year-old male noted to have a unilateral neck mass following an upper respiratory infection has a paraganglioma in the right carotid body ( white arrows). (Images courtesy…