Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body
-Joseph Addison
PNA Spotlight: Dr. Brian Williams
This month the PNA Spotlight focuses on Dr. Brian Williams, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Louisville, where he leads the Division of Neurosurgical Oncology, Skull Base Surgery and Pituitary Surgery. Dr. Williams earned his medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He did a residency in neurological surgery at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, followed by a fellowship in Neurosurgical Oncology at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston. He also pursued specialty training in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at the Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand. He was kind enough to answer some questions from the PNA. His answers are below
Dr. Brian Williams
PNA Medical Corner: Otolaryngology Pioneers of Transsphenoidal Surgery
This month the PNA Medical Corner focuses on an article co-authored by Dr. Edward Laws, a longtime member of the PNA. The research looks at the considerable impact two early otolaryngologists, Markus Hajek and Oskar Hirsch, had in developing endonasal transsphenoidal pituitary surgery.
Dr. Edward Laws
Featured News and Updates
News Articles April 2024
PET/MRI and Cushing’s Disease
A study in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine finds that PET/MRI may be more effective in diagnosing Cushing’s Disease compared to MRI alone Read more:
Patient with hypothyroidism, Addison’s delivers twins
An article in the Times of India recounts that story of a woman whose ovaries were not functioning due to Addison’s disease and hypothyroidism. Once treated, her condition subsided and she was able to conceive and give birth to twins, a remarkable feat. Read more here:
Study explores link between erectile dysfunction and gaming
Researchers in China looked at the effect long hours of gaming had in men aged 40-69 and found higher levels of TSH, which are involved in sperm production and hypothesize a link between screen time and elevated risk of erectile dysfunction. Read more here:
Patient story: ectopic Cushing’s went undiagnosed for years
A story in Cushing’s Disease News looks at a study concerning a man whose ectopic Cushing’s, caused by a lung tumor, took many years to be diagnosed. Researchers blame ignorance on the part of nonendocrine providers. Read more here:
Research Articles
April 2024 Research Articles
Pituitary Surgery
Hypopituitarism
Diagnosis and therapeutic approach to bone health in patients with hypopituitarism.
Acromegaly/Pseudoacromegaly
Pseudoacromegaly-A challenging entity in the endocrine clinic: A systematic review.
MEN-1
The lesion detection rate of Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/MR in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.
Imaging
Pituitary Cancer
Pituitary gland metastasis of breast cancer presenting as diabetes insipidus: A case report.
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