Endocrine, Thyroid, & Hormone Specialists
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UVA Health provides advanced endocrine, thyroid, & hormone services as well as second opinions for diabetes, thyroid problems, infertility, osteoporosis, hormone and gland-related conditions. Hormones govern how our bodies work. When a disease damages a hormone gland, we can end up with severe, lifelong problems. These include diabetes, thyroid issues, infertility, and bone loss.
Some of these conditions need you to change your diet or take medicine. Others need surgery. We're here to provide whatever level of care you need.
If you do need surgery, we use techniques that cause less pain and a fast recovery.
Hormone Therapy
<p>We follow the <a href="https://www.endocrine.org/guidelines-and-clinical-practice/clinical-practice-guidelines/gender-dysphoria-gender-incongruence">Endocrine Society</a> guidelines to provide personalized, compassionate care to transgender people needing hormone medications for:</p> <ul> <li>Gender-affirming therapy </li> <li>Menstrual suppression therapy</li> </ul>
See Our Transgender ServicesConditions We Treat
- Addison's disease
- Adrenal tumors, both benign and cancerous
- Benign breast disease
- pituitary disorders Cushing's syndrome and other
- Diabetes — type 1, type 2, prediabetes
- Gaucher disease
- Gestational diabetes
- Graves’ disease (Hyperthyroidism)
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypertension
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypopituitarism
- Hypothyroidism
- Nontoxic nodular goiter
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pituitary adenoma
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid nodules
- Sex hormone deficiency