Our clinical mission is to advance the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pituitary and neuroendocrine disorders. The Neuroendocrine Unit is an internationally recognized research center in neuroendocrinology, body composition, and pituitary disease. Investigators in the Center have been awarded 14 NIH and federal research grants. In addition, funding from industry and private foundation support for investigator initiated research. 

Research in the Neuroendocrine Unit incorporates both clinical and translational laboratory investigations in neuroendocrinology. In vitro and in vivo investigations have allowed basic studies of pituitary tumor pathogenesis and regulation to be brought directly into the clinical research arena.

Investigators in the Neuroendocrine Unit have played key leadership roles in the establishment and implementation of nationally recognized research programs in neuroendocrine disorders and have pioneered novel therapies for patients with secretory pituitary tumors, including the use of GH receptor antagonists and somatostatin receptor subtype specific analogues.