Leadership
Welcome to the Division of Endocrinology
The Division of Adult Endocrinology is led by Dr. Andrew G. Gianoukakis, a thyroidologist and nationally recognized expert in advanced thyroid cancer. The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology is led by Dr. Jennifer Yee, an expert in pediatric obesity and type 2 diabetes. The volume of patients seen, the broad spectrum of pathology and the quality of the teaching staff provide a unique opportunity for first hand exposure to both common endocrine disorders, as well as rare entities not commonly seen in other settings.
The Division of Adult Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Harbor UCLA Medical Center offers a 2 year clinical program for MDs (Clinical track) which is designed for MDs who plan to concentrate their efforts in the practice of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism offers a 3 year clinical program for MDs.
The Setting
The Division of Endocrinology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is part of The Lundquist Institute (TLI) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. TLI, is the South Bay’s premier biomedical research and education institute and is a non-profit medical research institute affiliated with Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA. It manages more than 500 medical research and education grants and contracts. Harbor-UCLA- TLI is recognized internationally as one of the leading independent medical research and education organizations not only in Southern California, but in the nation.
Learn More About The Division of Endocrinology
The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a Los Angeles County facility with over 300 active beds. There is an active Endocrine consult service with the opportunity to see and learn to diagnose and manage all categories of endocrine disease. The divisions provide services through ambulatory Diabetes, Endocrine, Thyroid, Thyroid Oncology, Pituitary, and Andrology clinics.  The facility provides state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities. It is one of the major teaching hospitals of the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA.
The Divisions are staffed by 8 full-time clinical faculty, six non clinical faculty and a number of volunteer clinical faculty that help with their expertise in the ambulatory setting.
Endocrinology Fellows are assigned to ambulatory, inpatient, research and elective activities at Harbor UCLA Medical Center.
Faculty laboratories and offices are housed in a modern 20,000 square feet building designed specifically to meet the research needs of the investigators. Common resources include tissue culture facilities, a stable isotope facility, a sperm function laboratory, molecular biology facilities, morphology facilities (including electron and confocal microscopy, and a PALM micro-dissection system), an animal surgical suite.
Research
The Division of Endocrinology at Harbor-UCLA provides a very active clinical and basic research environment with focus on 1) Reproductive endocrinology, including genetic and epigenetic control of fertility, hormonal control of testicular cell cycle events, control of germ cell apoptosis, ethnic differences in androgen metabolism, male contraceptive development, new methods of androgen delivery, Klinefelter’s Syndrome, and reproductive dysfunction with aging. 2) Intermediary Metabolism/Diabetes with a focus on stable isotopic assessments of glucose, amino acid, fatty acid metabolism; regulation of insulin release in vitro; highly precise glucose monitoring, adult immunization in diabetes, childhood obesity and development of new techniques for diagnosis of hypoglycemic states. 3) Advanced Thyroid Cancer, Autoimmune Thyroid Disease and Graves’ ophthalmopathy. 4) Sleep-Metabolic Health. 5) Spatial genes and metabolic regulation during development, applying findings towards the creation of therapeutics for diabetes and associated medical complications. A detailed description of each investigator’s and research group’s interests and focus is provided on our faculty and research pages.