WEforum Health and Wellness Conference 2016
DR. MARC J LAUFGRABEN – MD, MBA, FACE, FACP, Chairman of Medicine
Monmouth Medical Center
Could It Be My Thyroid? Maybe… Maybe Not
Wednesday, April 20th 3:30-4:15 PM – Promenade 2
Thyroid disease, particularly hypothyroidism, is common in women, but most symptoms of A thyroid problem occur frequently even in women with normal thyroid function. How can a doctor tell if I have hypothyroidism? If I take medicine for hypothyroidism, how can a doctor know if I’m on the right dose? What about all the things I read on the Internet?
Objectives:
- The learner will be able to describe the normal function of the thyroid hormone system.
- The learner will be able to explain controversies in the diagnosis of thyroid disease.
- The learner will be able to identify the different options for the treatment of thyroid disease.
Dr. Laufgraben earned a medical degree from Harvard Medical School and a master’s of business administration degree from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He trained in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where he also completed a fellowship in endocrinology. He is board certified in both internal medicine and endocrinology and has held a host of committee positions with the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Endocrine Society and is a member of the American College of Physicians and the Endocrine Society. Prior to joining Monmouth, Dr. Laufgraben served since 2011 as the head of the Division of Endocrinology at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where he was also a professor of medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and founded a fellowship training program in Endocrinology. His previous experience includes a 10-year-tenure as director of clinical care for the Division of Endocrinology at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, where he also served as clinical director of their Hallett Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology M Dr Laufgraben has received “Top Doctor” designations from New Jersey Monthly, Inside Jersey Magazine, South Jersey Magazine, Castle Connolly, and Best Doctors in America. He was honored multiple times with the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award by Brown Medical School and in 2009 received the Beckwith Family Award for outstanding teaching. In 2014, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the South Jersey Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. His endocrinology scholarship has been widely published in professional journals and textbooks, and in 2013 he co-edited the Tarascon Adult Endocrinology Pocketbook. At Monmouth Medical Center, Dr. Laufgraben leads a department consisting of more than 150 physicians, including many primary care practitioners who deliver comprehensive adult medical services. The department also includes subspecialists in the following areas: allergy and immunology, cardiovascular disease, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, infectious disease, internal medicine, neurology, pulmonary disease and rheumatology.
