Hypercortisolism: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis

Marta Araujo-Castro, MD., PhD., is an endocrinologist of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Department of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid, Spain. She is the coordinator of the Neuroendocrinology & Adrenal Unit of the Endocrinology Department of her hospital. Her main clinical focus and research is on pituitary and adrenal gland disorders. She is the principal investigator and coordinator of the ACRO-SPAIN Registry, the SPAIN-ALDO Registry and the PHEO-PARA-RISK Study of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology & Nutrition (SEEN). Furthermore, in the last years she has received several awards related to adrenal and pituitary disorders (Cushing´s syndrome, acromegaly, adrenal incidentalomas, pheochromocytomas and so on). She is the current coordinator of the adrenal diseases group of the SEEN, a member of the scientific board of the working group of Aldosterone Producing Adenomas (APA) of ENSAT, coordinator of the Pituitary Committee of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital and the principal investigator of the group of Endocrine-Metabolic, Digestive and Nutrition Surgery of the Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS). She has more than 150 Medline listed manuscripts, cited >1000 times. More information Dr. Araujo-Castro is a member of the SEEN, the European Endocrine Society (ESE), Spanish Group of Neuroendocrine Tumors (GETNE), European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors (ENSAT), Endocrine Society, SEEN and other many medical societies. She actively participates in several national and international congresses with presentations related to adrenal pathology. Moreover, Dra. Araujo-Castro is a professor of the master’s degree in Endocrine Oncology Pathology at TECH University; she holds the title of master’s degree in research Methodology in Health Sciences of the Laboratory of Applied Statistics of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) (Spain) and the Diploma in Statistics in Health Sciences of the UAB.about my professional profile below:Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta-Araujo-Castro Twitter: Marta_Araujo_CORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0519-0072

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