Our fellowship program focuses on training complete endocrinologists. At the completion our fellowship, trainees will have a comprehensive understanding of the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of endocrine disorders. Fellows undergo training in endocrine physiology, laboratory testing techniques, interpretation of laboratory results, endocrine imaging studies (e.g., DXA, pituitary MRI, adrenal gland CT, and thyroid ultrasound), and performing fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules.

Additionally, fellows participate in research that leads to presentation at national meetings and peer-reviewed publications. A faculty research mentoring relationship is established early in training and dedicated research time is available in the second year of training.

Fellows are not only learners at the Medical College of Wisconsin, they are also teachers. Fellows actively participate in the training of residents and medical students who rotate on the endocrinology service. They also actively participate in peer education through a broad range of conferences including journal club, case conference, and grand rounds.

Continuity clinic experience
All fellows have a panel of continuity clinic patients that are followed in the outpatient endocrine clinic at Froedtert Hospital. This averages one half-day per week throughout the two years of fellowship. Patients have a wide array of endocrine disorders and diabetes. Additionally, fellows co-manage a panel of patients with a fellow partner while rotating at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. Clinics at all sites are staffed by a dedicated endocrine faculty member who provides the appropriate level of supervision and autonomy as fellows progress through their training.

Outpatient clinical experience
In additional to the continuity clinic experience, fellows in the first year of training rotate through a wide variety of required outpatient clinics at Froedtert Hospital including pituitary clinic, thyroid nodule and endocrine neoplasia clinic, and metabolic bone disorder and calcium metabolism clinics. In the second year, additional elective rotations include pediatric endocrinology at Children’s Wisconsin, reproductive endocrinology, and transgender medicine.

Throughout the two years of training fellows rotate with the North Hills Health Center endocrinology group. This is a community based, academic endocrinology practice that offers a unique academic-private practice like hybrid. Fellows have the opportunity to see patients alongside regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized experts in their subspeciality areas of endocrinology.

Inpatient experience
Our fellowship training program has two distinct inpatient consultative settings. On average, fellows spend 3 months each year rotating on the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center inpatient consultation service. This service is covered by the fellow during daytime hours on weekdays. There are no night or weekend calls. Fellows also spend an average of 3 months each year on the endocrinology consultation service at Froedtert Hospital. This service is covered our fellows Monday through Friday. A separate service staffed by advanced practice providers cares for patients with diabetes at Froedtert Hospital. Fellows spend 1 weekend a month staffing the endocrine and diabetes services at Froedtert Hospital.

Our fellows attend an array of conferences. Most conferences take place on Thursdays and as such, fellows have limited clinic responsibilities so that they can focus on learning and conference attendance.

Endocrine Grand Rounds
This monthly conference is presented by Faculty, fellows, or outside speakers from around the country.

Core Curriculum
This weekly didactic conference is presented by specialty faculty from the Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine and other Departments at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The curriculum is divided into subspecialty areas and each section starts with in-depth learning of the pathophysiology.

Journal Club
Journal club is held weekly. Fellows present and review a paper from the current literature. In this conference, fellows learn to read and critically evaluate the endocrine literature.

Clinical Case Conference
Fellows and faculty present challenging and instructive cases with discussion and review of current literature.

Endocrine Surgery Disposition Conference
Participants from the Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine as well as Departments of Surgery, Radiology, and Pathology regularly attend this monthly conference to discuss management of endocrine surgical cases.

Endocrinology Board Review
Throughout the year, Endocrine faculty review board exam type questions that highlight important concepts that are seen regularly on the board exam.

Metabolic Bone Case Conference
This weekly interdisciplinary conference focuses on interesting and challenging cases of calcium and bone metabolism.

City Wide Endocrine Case Conference
This weekly conference is held Tuesdays at noon has run continuously for over 35 years. It brings together endocrinologist throughout the greater Milwaukee area to present and discuss interesting and challenging cases.