Dr. Walter Futterweit is Clinical Professor of Medicine of the Division of Endocrinology of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. He is also Chief of the Endocrine Clinic at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Attending in Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism. His main interest has been the study of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) for the last 25 years, and has written extensively in this area and wrote the first textbook on the subject, "Polycystic Ovarian Disease", in 1984. His extensive practice which comprises mostly of patients with PCOS has allowed him the means to study insulin dynamics as well as recent genetic studies of the syndrome. As an international expert in the field of PCOS, he is invited to speak at many meetings, and still maintain his busy practice and teaching committments at the Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Dr.Futterweit also was past Chairman of the Membership Committee of the Endocrine Society, and also is a member of the ad hoc Task Force on Women's Health of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). For the past several years he has been active in the Polycystic Ovary Association (PCOSA) where he serves as a member of the Medical Advisory Board and has been assigned to be Program Director for their Annual Meeting in San Diego, June 1-3 of 2000.
Dr. Futterweit's Homepage
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
http://www.mssm.edu/medicine/endocrinology/home-page.html
American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
http://www.aace.com/
Endocrine Society
http://www.endo-society.org