ABOUT THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Editor-in-Chief
P Reed Larsen, MD
P Reed Larsen, MD
P Reed Larsen obtained his MD at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. After residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, he did a Fellowship in Endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health. He completed his Residency and Fellowship training at the Cincinnati General Hospital in Ohio.
In 1969, Dr Larsen became Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Attending Physician at the Presbyterian University Hospital. In 1975, he became Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the Chief of the Thyroid Division at the Peter Brent Brigham Hospital (later Brigham and Women's Hospital) where he has held the post of Senior Physician since 1979. He was appointed Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, in 1981, and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension at Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2002.
Dr Larsen is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians and the American College of Physicians. He was President of the American Thyroid Association and has been the recipient of numerous awards from the ATA, including the Van Meter-Armour Prize, the Parke-Davis Distinguished Lectureship and the Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal for outstanding contributions to the understanding of thyroid physiology. He has also received the Clinical Endocrinology Trust of the United Kingdom Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Endocrinology, The Merck Prize from the European Thyroid Association, the Novartis Lectureship from the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Edwin B. Astwood Lecture Award from The Endocrine Society.
Dr Larsen's research has focused on the physiological role of tri-iodothyronine, the factors regulating its production and the mechanism of action of thyroid hormones. He also has an interest in the detection and treatment of congenital hypothyroidism and the regulation of selenodeiodinase synthesis and degradation.
Dr Larsen is currently an Editor of Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. He has published over 200 original reports and 80 book chapters and reviews.
