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    "ONE IN FIVE" individuals may have an abnormal growth on their pituitary gland causing significant health complications that, if left undiagnosed and untreated, can impair normal hormone function and result in a reduced life span."

    Shereen Ezzat, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

The Pituitary Network Association (PNA) is an international non-profit organization for patients with pituitary tumors and disorders, their families, loved ones, and the physicians and health care providers who treat them.

The PNA is supported by an international network of the world's finest physicians and surgeons. Our goal is to reach every patient who may be forgotten, abandoned, or worse yet, undiagnosed after many years of suffering.

We are doing this in three ways:
    Providing public awareness programs and educational seminars. Assisting the medical community in developing uniform standards for early diagnosis, surgery, radiation, pharmacological treatment and follow-up. Maintaining an interactive, educational, and informative web site that receives over half a million hits per month by patients and doctors across the world.

MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS
Janet Young
Development Director
Pituitary Network Association
Phone (805) 807-9315
janet@pituitary.org
Suzanne Pajot
Editor
Pituitary Network Association
(805) 499-9973
spajot@earthlink.net

Listed below are physicians and patients who have given their consent to speak with the press about pituitary/hormonal issues.

PHYSICIANS
Sylvia L. Asa, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Laboratory
Medicine and Pathobiology
University of Toronto
Pathologist-in-Chief
University Health Network and
Toronto Medical Laboratories
610 University Avenue, Suite 4-302
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9
Phone (416) 946-2099
Fax (416) 946-6579
sylvia.asa@uhn.on.ca

Professor A. Beckers, M.D.
Professor of Endocrinology
Chu de Leige
Domaine Universitaire du
Sart-Tilman, Belgium
Albert.Beckers@chu.ulg.ac.be
Lewis Blevins, Jr, MD
Medical Director
Center for Pituitary Disorders
University of California, San Francisco
400 Parnassus Avenue Rm A-808
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States
Tel : 415-353-2348
Fax : 415-353-2889
BlevinsL@neurosurg.ucsf.edu

Shereen Ezzat, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Head, Endocrine Oncology,
University of Toronto
Office:
Mt. Sinai Hospital
600 University Ave. #437,
Toronto, Ontario
M5G-1X5, CANADA
Phone (416) 586-8505
Fax (416) 586-8834
Lab:
Princess Margaret Hosp.
620 University Ave. 6th Fl
Toronto, Ontario, M5G-2M9, Canada
Phone (416) 946-4501 ext. 3262
shereen.ezzat@utoronto.ca

Laurence Katznelson, M.D.
Director of the Pituitary Center
Stanford University, CA
Center for Advanced Medicine
875 Blake Wilbur Dr.
Stanford, CA 94305-5826
United States
Tel : 650-736-0262
Fax : 650-736-8100
Email : lkatznelson@stanford.edu

Peter Snyder, M.D.
Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania
Phone (215) 898-0208
pjs@pobox.upenn.edu

PATIENTS
Robert Knutzen
Robert Knutzen, M.B.A Chairman/CEO
of Pituitary Network Association
Patient Advocate, Publisher of Pituitary
Patient Resource Guide,
Network magazine,
Co-author of Emotional Aspects of
Pituitary Disease,
Contribution Author of
Comprehensive Clinical Endocrinology
Issues: Acromegaly, Hypogonadism,
Emotional Aspects of Pituitary Disease,
Sexual Dysfunction
rnr@pituitary.org
Phone (805) 499-9973
Sharmyn McGraw
Speaker, Lecturer,
UCLA Support Group Leader
Issues: Cushing's Disease
pituitarybuddy@hotmail.com
Phone (949) 515-9595
One in Five Develop or Harbor Pituitary Tumors Trusted Content Provider The only disability in life is a bad attitude ~ Scott Hamilton
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