Endocrine Hypertension

Forward
Prof Ernesto Shiffrin C.M., MD, PhD, FRSC, FRCPC, FACP, Physician-in Chief, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Director, Hypertension and Vascular Research Unit, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Distinguished James McGill Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Editor in Chief - American Journal of Hypertension

1. Endocrine hypertension – an overview
Prof Joseph M Pappachan MD, FRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Faculty of Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Dr. Cornelius J Fernandez MD, MRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Boston, UK

2. Catecholamines and blood pressure regulation
Dr. Cornelius J Fernandez MD, MRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, UK; Prof Fahmy WF Hanna MD, FRCP, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust & Centre for Health & Development, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK; Prof Karel Pacak PhD, DSc & Dr. Matthew A Nazari MD, Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

3. Adrenal Cortical Hormones and Blood Pressure Regulation
Dr. Anna Sanders PhD, FRCPath, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Dr. Cornelius J Fernandez MD, MRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Boston, UK. Prof Rousseau Gama MD, FRCPath, Department of Laboratory & Metabolic Medicine, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust & the University of Wolverhampton

4. Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Blood Pressure Regulation
Prof Joseph M Pappachan MD, FRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Faculty of Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Dr. Cornelius J Fernandez MD, MRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Boston, UK; Prof Constantine Stratakis MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor & Former Scientific Director, National Institute of Health, USA, Human Genetics & Precision Medicine, IMMB, FORTH & ELPEN Research Institute, Greece

5. Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and blood pressure regulation
Prof Gino Seravalle MD, PhD, Cardiology Department, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, and University Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; Prof Guido Grassi MD, PhD, Clinica Medica, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

6. Monogenic Hypertension – an overview
Dr. Cornelius J Fernandez MD, MRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, UK; Prof Joseph M Pappachan MD, FRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Faculty of Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Prof Ute I Scholl MD, PhD, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Center of Functional Genomics, Germany

7. Primary Aldosteronism (Conn’s syndrome)
Assoc Prof Filippo Ceccato MD, PhD; Dr. Irene Tizianel MD; Giacomo Voltan MD; & Prof Franco Mantero, MD, Endocrinology Unit,Department of Medicine DIMED, University Hospital of Padova, Universita Padova, Italy

8. Familial Hyperaldosteronism
Prof Joseph M Pappachan MD, FRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Faculty of Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Dr. Cornelius J Fernandez MD, MRCP, Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Boston, UK; Assoc Prof David S Geller MD, PHD, Department of Nephrology, West Haven VA Hospital, West Haven andYale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

9. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypertension
Dr. Busra Gurpinar Tosun, MD & Prof. Tulay Guran MD, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

10. Endocrine Hypertension: Discovering the Inherited Causes
Prof Farahnak Assadi MD, Rush University of Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, Chicago, IL, USA; Dr. Nakysa Hooman, MD, Aliasghar Clinical Research Development Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Tehran, Iran; Dr. Mojgan Mazaheri MD, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Pediatric Nephrology, Iran; Assoc Prof Fatemeh Ghane Sharbaf MD, Department of pediatric Nephrology, Mashhad university of Medical sciences , Iran

11. Pheochromocytomas and Hypertension
Prof Iuri Goemann MD, PhD, & Prof Ana Luzia Maia MD, PhD, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Endocrinology, Porto Alegre, Brazil

12.Paragangliomas and hypertension
Prof Tomáš Zelinka MD, PhD & Assoc Prof Ondřej Petrák, MD, PhD., 3rd Department of Medicine – Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, General Faculty Hospital and First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

13. ACTH dependent Cushing Syndrome
Dr. Stuti Fernandes MD, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, Oregon Health and Science University and VA Hospital; Dr. Elena V Varlamov MD, & Prof Maria Fleseriu MD, FACE, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition) and Neurological Surgery, and Pituitary Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA

14. Adrenal Cushing’s syndrome
Assoc Prof Oskar Ragnarsson MD. PhD, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, & Department of Endocrinology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

15. Hypertension in Growth Hormone Excess (Acromegaly) and Deficiency
Dr. Gabriala Mihai MD, & Prof Márta Korbonits PhD, FRCP, Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

16. Hypertension in Thyroid disease & hyperparathyroidism
Dr. Naomi Szwarcbard MD, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Alfred Health, Prof Duncan Topliss MD, FRACP, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Alfred Health & Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Australia

17. Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Dr. Dominic Oduro-Donkor MD, MRCP, & Assoc Prof Thomas M Barber DPhil, FRCP, Warwickshire Institute for the Study of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK & Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK

18. Endocrine Hypertension in Children
Dr. Badhma Valaiyapathi MBBS, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA & Prof Ambika P Ashraf MD, FACE, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

19. Endocrine Hypertension in Pregnant Woman
Assoc Prof Felix Jebasingh MD, DM, & Prof Nihal Thomas PhD, FRCP, Department of Endocrinology, Christian Medical College Vellore, India

20. Imaging for Patients with Endocrine Hypertension
Dr. Katherine Ordidge PhD, FRCR, Department of Imaging, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health, London & Prof Anju Sahdev, MRCP, FRCR, Department of Imaging, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Barts Health and Clinical Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK

21. Systematic Approach for the Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine Hypertension
Prof Michael Stowasser PhD, FRACP, Endocrine Hypertension Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Dr. Pieter Jansen PhD, FRCAP, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia & Dr. Martin Wolley PhD, FRACP, Endocrine Hypertension Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia.