Richard Auchus: New Steroids and New Treatments for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Guest seminar open for all clinicians and researchers at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital and GU. No pre-registration is required. Welcome!

Dr. Auchus is a professor of internal medicine and pharmacology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, and the world’s foremost authority on steroid-related diseases. His pioneering science has transformed fundamental principles of steroid biosynthesis, and his clinical investigation has repeatedly changed clinical practice for androgen synthesis, endocrine hypertension and hypercortisolism. His work has included translational research into: molecular and genetic mechanisms of human hypertension, improved diagnostic studies and management in primary aldosteronism and Cushing syndromes, modifier genes in 21-hydroxylase deficiency, cardiovascular disease in polycystic ovary syndrome, and the endocrinology of traumatic brain injury. Dr Auchus also made crucial contributions to the clinical development of abiraterone acetate for prostate cancer, and he repurposed abiraterone for treating congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Dr Auchus has authored more than 330 journal articles and 30 book chapters, and he has lectured in a wide range of national and international conferences. He was elected to the Association of American Physicians in 2018, was chosen to deliver the Lawson Wilkins Lecture for the Pediatric Endocrine Society in 2022, and was the 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award from the Endocrine Society.