PNA Spotlight: Dr. Yuval Eisenberg

This month the PNA Spotlight shines on Dr. Yuval Eisenberg. Dr. Eisenberg graduated from Rush Medical College at Rush University Medical Center in 2009. He works in Chicago, IL and two other locations and specializes in internal medicine as well as endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism. Dr. Eisenberg is also affiliated with the University of Illinois Hospital Health & Science Center. He was kind enough to answer some of our questions:

What inspired you to choose your career path?

My career path was guided by my interaction with patients and by my mentors. The highlight of my medical school training was helping to diagnose a young man suffering from multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), a rare genetic disorder causing multiple tumors, including a pituitary adenoma.

Listening to his concerns and thinking outside the box, I helped provide him with the correct diagnosis and treatment plan – and started my journey into endocrinology. I have been fortunate to work with excellent clinician-educators in my career. Learning about and observing the care of patients with endocrine-related problems was fascinating and rewarding. The farther I got in my training, the more I realized that endocrinology was my passion and that patients with pituitary disorders would be my sub-focus. Patients with pituitary disease are a unique population who are in need of education, support and reassurance at diagnosis – and they often require long-term follow-up. This allows for time to develop a bond of trust; an aspect of medical practice I thoroughly enjoy.