Corporate Body
Endocrine Society of Australia (1958 - )
- From
- 1958
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Functions
- Endocrinology and Professional Association
- Website
- http://www.endocrinesociety.org.au/
- Reference No
- ABN: 80 006 631 125
- Location
- 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000
Summary
The Endocrine Society of Australia (ESA), founded in 1958, is a non-profit organisation of medical specialists, researchers and trainees, who work towards the prevention of, and optimal treatment for, endocrine and related medical conditions. Early proponents of the Society included Keith Harrison, Bryan Hudson, Pincus Taft, Basil Hetzel and Ewan Downie. Since its inception. the Society has held annual meetings, the Proceedings of which were first published in 1970. At these meetings invited speakers present the Keith Harrison Memorial Lecture (inaugurated 1964) and the Pincus Taft Memorial Lecture (1994). Annual seminar meetings have been held since 1969. International conferences hosted by the ESA were the 2nd Asia and Oceania Congress of Endocrinology in 1963 and the 2000 International Congress of Endocrinology (ICE). A specialist society of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the ESA has over 1,000 members.
Details
Awards presented by the Society include:
Honorary Life Membership, which recognises Society members who have an outstanding contribution to research or clinical practice in the field of endocrinology on Australia;
ESA Senior Plenary Award, which recognises an outstanding research career in the field of endocrinology on Australia;
ESA Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award, which recognises members acknowledged as outstanding clinicians, teachers and clinical mentors to trainees.
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Phillips, David J.; Harding, Philip E.; and Bach, Leon A., 'The History of the Endocrine Society of Australia: the First Fifty Years', Health & History, 13 (1) (2011), 90-106. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q30296701. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/135938720. Details
- ESA Honorary Life Members, Endocrine Society of Australia, Sydney, 2025. https://www.endocrinesociety.org.au/life-members.asp. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-624319. Details
Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn
Created: 17 January 2003, Last modified: 29 April 2025