Professor John Wass

MRCS LRCP 1971; MBBS 1971; MRCP UK 1973; MD 1980; 1986; MA 1995

Diabetes & Endocrinology Specialist

55 years of experience

Headington, OX3 7RP

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About Professor John Wass

This year he will receive ‘Outstanding Leadership Award, American Endocrine
Society' 2022.

Geoffrey Harris Prize
European Society of Endocrinology 2021

He received ‘Lifetime Achievement Award' Pituitary
Society (America) 2017.

Outstanding Scholarly
Physician Award, American Endocrine Society 2016 (first non-American)

He has won a
number of prizes and given named lectures including the Jubilee Prize of Society
for Endocrinology.

Established the
Pituitary Foundation and the Obesity Health Alliance.

Amongst his
charitable activities, he is Patron of the St. Pauls Way School (with Professor
Brian Cox) and he founded the Pituitary Foundation.

He was Academic
Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians in London, from August 2012 until August 2015.

He chaired the
Royal College of Physicians Working Party ‘Action on Obesity: Comprehensive
Care for All' published in January 2013, and has been involved improving
services for patients with obesity.

Presented the
acclaimed documentary ‘The Fantastical World of Hormones' on BBC4, 2016.

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Subspecialties

Endocrinology
Diabetes

Areas of expertise

Adrenocorticotropin Stimulation Tests (ACTH)

Synacthen Test

Blood Glucose Monitoring

Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT)

Pituitary Function Test

Video Consultation

Dexamethasone Suppression Test

Acromegaly (Gigantism)

Erectile Dysfunction

Graves' Disease

Hormone Imbalances and Disorders (Female)

Hypogonadism

Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Addison's Disease

Cushing's Syndrome

Metabolic Bone Disease

General Medicine

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Hyperlipidaemia

Hypothyroidism

Men's Health

Neuroendocrine Tumours (NETs)

Parathyroid Disease

Pituitary Disorders

Prolactinoma

Thyroid Cancer

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Pheochromocytoma

Paget's Disease

Metabolic Syndrome

Testosterone Deficiency

Thyroid Problems

Vitamin D Deficiency

Thyroid Nodules

Reproductive Disorders

Pituitary Tumour

Osteoporosis

Menopause

Hyperthyroidism

Hormone Disorders (Male)

Goitre

Endocrine Hypertension

Diabetes Insipidus

Adrenal Disease

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General Medical Council

No. 1491337

Education

Royal College of Surgeons

Medicine

Graduated 1971

Qualifications

John Wass was Professor of
Endocrinology at Oxford University and Head of the Department of Endocrinology
at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill
Hospital Oxford, UK until 2012.

His research interests are
all pituitary tumours, especially acromegaly, adrenal disease, angiogenesis in
endocrinology, the genetics of osteoporosis and thyroid disease.

Since 1975 he has published
over 450 articles in scientific journals and written reviews and chapters in
textbooks including the Oxford Textbook of Medicine and DeGroot's Textbook of
Endocrinology. He has edited textbooks
including Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology (3rd edition published
last week), Clinical Endocrine Oncology and Oxford
Handbook of Endocrinology (3 editions), 4th is about to be published.
President of European Federation of
Endocrine Societies from 2001-2003 and Chairman of Society for Endocrinology
(2006-2009). Served
as President of Pituitary Society.