Treating Diabetes & Endocrine Conditions
at University of Colorado Hospital
With care recognized again in 2008 by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best not just in the region, but in the country for treating hormonal disorders.
Collaborative care
We are in fact proud of the elite, collaborative care we bring to patients every day. Leading endocrinologists, nurses and caregivers from a broad spectrum of related specialties come together to consider patients from angles not viewed at many health care facilities.
They are backed by a long history of being among the first to bring new treatments to these complex conditions. In advancing diabetes care, for example, this is the place that:
- Discovered the diabetes-related molecule that identifies if a person will develop juvenile diabetes.
- Discovered the single insulin gene that is crucial in the development of childhood, or Type 1, autoimmune diabetes in lab mice.
The advances have not stopped
There are relatively new and helpful treatments for a wide variety of endocrine-related conditions. Among those treated at University of Colorado Hospital: