About the Addison’s Clinical Advisory Panel

By Nick Willson  Sunday, 14 September 2008

The Addison’s Clinical Advisory Panel is an informal group of endocrinologists with an interest in adrenal medicine. They advise the ADSHG on its clinical guidelines, write medical commentaries and review our publications for us. They are led by Professor John Wass of the Churchill Hospital, Oxford.

Other members of the Clinical Advisory Panel are: John Monson Emeritus Professor at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; Professor Wiebke Arlt of the University Hospital, Birmingham; Simon Pearce Professor of Endocrinology at Newcastle University; Dr Mike Croxson of Auckland Hospital, New Zealand; Suzanne Curran, endocrine nurse of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge; Dr Trevor Howlett of the Royal Leicester Infirmary, Leicester; Dr Penny Hunt of Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand. 

The key pieces of clinical guidance they have developed for us are:

• Emergency treatment guidelines (issued 2003)

• Surgical guidelines (issued 2005)

• ADSHG Emergency Card (issued 2006)

• Managing Addison's disease leaflet (issued 2006)

• Caring for the Addison's patient: Information for GPs (issued 2007)

Profiles of the main members of the Clinical Advisory Panel are listed below.

ACAP Members

Professor John Wass, MA MD FRCP

John Wass has been Professor of Endocrinology at Oxford University since 1998 and a Consultant in Endocrinology at both the Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford since 1995.  Read more...

Professor John Monson

John Monson, is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Endocrinology at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, QMUL, United Kingdom and Consultant Physician at the London Clinic Centre for Endocrinology. He was formerly Lead Clinician for Endocrinology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Centre Lead for Academic Clinical Endocrinology in the William Harvey Research Institute at Queen Mary, University of London. Read more...

Professor Wiebke Arlt, DSc, MD, CCST

Wiebke Arlt is the Medical Research Council (MRC) Senior Clinical Fellow and a Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Birmingham.  She is also a Professor of Endocrinologist at the Dept of Medicine, University Hospital, Birmingham.  Read more...

Professor Simon Pearce, MD, FRCP

Simon Pearce is a Professor of Endocrinology at Newcastle University and an Honorary Consultant Physician at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. Read more...

Dr Trevor Howlett, MD FRCP

Trevor Howlett has led the development of endocrinology services in Leicester since 1988. Read more...

ACAP Associates

Professor Mike Croxson MBChB, FRACP

Mike Croxson is Clinical Director of the Endocrinology Department, located at the Greenlane Clinical Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. Read more...

Suzanne Curran

Suzanne Curran is an endocrine specialist sister at Addenbrookes in Cambridge, working with Professor Krishna Chatterjee.

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We are also grateful to the endocrinologists who contribute to our research interests. These centre on the development and analysis of the 2003 international Addison’s survey: Professor Krishna Chatterjee of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, Dr Ellie Gurnell and Dr Kristian Lovas of Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway. 

We would like to pay special thanks to Emeritus Professor Mike Besser of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and the London Clinic, Centre for Endocrinology for his many years of advice and support to the ADSHG.