The section of endocrinology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, offers a full range of services in endocrinology, including outpatient provocative endocrine testing, thyroid biopsy and intensive diabetes management and education.

Endocrinology focuses on glands that secrete hormones, which are chemical messengers that travel throughout the bloodstream to regulate different bodily functions. These glands include the thyroid, parathyroid pituitary gland,  hypothalamus, pancreas, adrenal glands and gonads. Clinical research by our team at Rush has focused on diabetes and care of people with diabetes after organ transplantation.

Our team provides diagnosis and care for the following disorders:

• Adrenal disease
• Diabetes
• Growth disorders
• Lipid disorders
• Pituitary disease
• Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
• Thyroid disease
  • Hyperthyroid (overactive thyroid)
    • Graves’ disease
  • Hypothyroid (underactive thyroid)
• Transplant endocrinology

In addition to comprehensive care for the endocrine disorders above, we also provide care after liver or kidney transplantation for patients with diabetes. 

Endocrinologists at Rush participate in multidisciplinary care teams with other Rush specialists managing the complex medical and surgical care of patients with diabetes and other endocrine disorders. David Baldwin, MD, is head of the Section of Endocrinology. The team includes:

• David Baldwin, MD
• Rema Gupta, MD
• Tiffany Hor. MD
• Chung-Kay Koh, MD
• Alexander Lurie, MD
• Mary Kenna Morgan, RD, LDN
• Christina Munoz, NP
• Griselda (Grace) Villanueva, NP, ND

Award Winning Diabetes Center

Rush University Diabetes Center has been recognized by the American Diabetes Association for quality self-management education. The center includes a team composed of a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator and nurse practitioner.