25 of the Best Endocrinologists Near Me in Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Else’s primary appointment is with the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes. He received his MD degree from the University of Hamburg, Germany. He pursued his clinical training at the University of Hamburg (Residency: Internal Medicine) and the University of Michigan (Residency: Internal Medicine, Fellowship: Endocrinology). His main research interests are the genetics of endocrine tumors. Dr. Else’s clinical practice focuses on the care for patients with benign and malignant endocrine tumors, particularly pheochromocytoma, adrenocortical tumors and neuroendocrine tumors as well as accompanying hormone excess syndromes (e.g Cushing syndrome, primary aldosteronism). Dr. Else has a particular interest in taking care of patients with hereditary syndromes that predispose to the development of endocrine tumors (e.g. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) type 1, MEN2A & MEN2B, Hereditary Paraganglioma Syndrome). He attends the Multidisciplinary Endocrine Oncology Clinic, where patients with tumors receive diagnostic procedures and treatment. In addition he is part of the Cancer Genetics Clinic, which evaluates patients for hereditary syndromes and also facilitates regular exams and surveillance for patients at risk for endocrine tumors. Dr. Else is highly rated in 105 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Adrenal Cancer, Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Adrenal Gland Adenoma, Neuroendocrine Tumor, and Thyroidectomy.

Dr. Richard Auchus is a professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes (MEND) and Chief of the Endocrinology & Metabolism Section at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. He received his medical degree and Ph.D. in pharmacology from Washington University in St. Louis. Then Dr. Auchus completed a residency at the University of Iowa and an endocrinology fellowship at UTHSC-San Antonio/Wilford Hall Medical Center. Dr. Auchus came to UMHS from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas, where he was a Professor of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology.Dr. Auchus is a steroid biologist with expertise both in basic science and clinical/translational science. 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 is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), Intersex, Cushing's syndrome, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Orchiectomy.

Nazanene H. Esfandiari, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine with an appointment in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (MEND). Dr. Esfandiari received her medical degree from the University of Bordeaux in France, completed internal medicine residency in France and at UMASS Memorial Health Center in Massachusetts, and then completed fellowship in endocrinology at the University of Michigan. She joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 2003. She was inducted into Clinical Excellence Society at the University of Michigan in 2014. She is the MEND Service Chief, Co-director of Hospital Intensive Insulin Program (HIIP) and Assistant Chief for the Inpatient Endocrine Consult.Dr. Esfandiari’s practice focuses on thyroid cancer, thyroid disorders, post bariatric care, and diabetes. She is also interested in medical education and is the Co-director of the Endocrine Sequence at the University of Michigan Medical School. In addition, Dr. Esfandiari has served in several national committees at the Endocrine Society and American Thyroid Association (ATA). Dr. Esfandiari is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Gastric Bypass, and Thyroidectomy.

Dr. Elif Oral is a professor in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (MEND) at the University of Michigan. She completed her medical education in her home country of Turkey at the University of Istanbul. In 1996, she completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Sinai Hospital Detroit (Michigan). She then completed a fellowship in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the National Institute of Health, where she also chose to stay as a Senior Fellow under the mentorship of Drs SimeonTaylor and Phillip Gorden in in the Diabetes Branch of NIDDK.Since joining the University of Michigan in 2002 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine, along with her regular faculty responsibilities, Dr. Oral also completed a Masters of Science Degree in Clinical Research Design and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health. Her clinical interests are in insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, and diabetes.Dr Oral's research focuses on the importance of adipocytes in human metabolism and adipocyte hormones such as leptin. She is best known for her work showing the remarkable efficacy of leptin in rare lipodystrophy syndromes. Metreleptin received approval by the FDA (2014) and EMA (2016) as a treatment for lipodystrophy owing to a large part to her original vision and work. These studies provided the basis for her current work with three big goals: identification of novel metabolic diseases, discovery of new disease mechanisms and finding treatments for patients afflicted with these disorders. In addition to her roles as physician, educator, and researcher, Dr Oral is also the director of two programs at MEND: Atypical Diabetes Program and Obesity and Metabolic Disorders Program. She directed the Post-Bariatric Surgery Care Program from 2012 to 2021 and continues to conduct research on the cohort of patients who had bariatric surgery performed in the Michigan Bariatric Surgery program. Dr. Oral is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Familial Partial Lipodystrophy, Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy, Familial Hypertriglyceridemia, Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Gary D. Hammer, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor in Departments of InternalMedicine (MEND), Cell & Developmental Biology, and Molecular &Integrative Physiology. He currently serves as Director of EndocrineOncology Program in Rogel Cancer Center where he holds the MillieSchembechler Professorship in Adrenal Cancer. He is past Director ofCenter for Organogenesis: Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine. He hasbrokered the recent renaissance of the current Michigan team of adrenalscientists that includes a who’s who in the study of adrenal disease.He received the UofM Jerome Conn Award for Outstanding Research inInternal Medicine, the Endocrine Society Edwin B. Astwood Award forOutstanding Research and is a member of ASCI and AAP. He has served innumerous leadership roles at UofM and in the public and private sectorsincluding recent tenure on Board of Scientific Advisors for NCI. He isthe editor of four textbooks including Pathophysiology of Disease: AnIntroduction to Clinical Medicine (McGraw Hilll), and the upcomingAdrenal Section Editor for Degroot’s Endocrinology (Elsevier). He hasserved in numerous capacities for the world’s largest endocrineorganization, the Endocrine Society including his most recent role asPresident of the Society (2020-2021). An Advisor to the CongressionalH.E.L.P. committee - he co-authored the 21st Century Cancer ALERT(Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment) Act’’ lintroduced in Congress in 2009. He has been catalyst for the formationof two international cooperative groups, most recently the A5 (AmericanAustralian Asian Adrenal Alliance) that leverages collaboration tosecure projects from Pharma and funding agencies across the spectrum ofadrenal diseases. He is a cofounder of two companies - MILLENDO andSLING THERAPEUTICS that focus on rare endocrine diseases. Dr. Hammer is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Adrenal Cancer, Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Neuroblastoma, and Hereditary Neuroblastoma.

Megan R. Haymart, MD is Professor of Internal Medicine with an appointment in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes at the University of Michigan. She holds the Nancy Wigginton Endocrinology Research Professorship of Thyroid Cancer and is Director of Thyroid Cancer Research at the University of Michigan. Dr. Haymart received her medical degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She then completed a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the University of Wisconsin. She has been faculty at the University of Michigan since 2009.Dr. Haymart has a history of NIH-funded research focused on optimizing thyroid care delivery. She is a health services researcher who primarily studies thyroid cancer care across the disease continuum: from the diagnosis of a thyroid nodule to cancer survivorship. In recognition of her research, she received the American Thyroid Association’s Van Meter Award for outstanding contributions to research on the thyroid gland (2017), the University of Michigan’s Jerome Conn Award for Research Excellence (2017), membership to American Society for Clinical Investigation (2018), the AACE Hossein Gharib Education Lectureship Award for exemplary contributions to an individual profession or area of expertise (2021), and the inaugural AACE Endocrine Care Innovation Award in recognition of her team’s outstanding body of work focused on clinical outcomes or health care delivery (2025).Dr. Haymart is actively involved in improving research infrastructure at the University of Michigan. This includes her roles as Assistant Director of Data Solutions for AI & Digital Health Innovation, faculty support for MICHR, and co-Director of Patient’s First. She also devotes time to mentoring junior faculty and trainees resulting in her receipt of the MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award (2021) and the Women in Thyroidology and American Thyroid Association Woman of the Year Award (2021) for promoting the advancement of women, both within the organization and field. Dr. Haymart is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Nodule, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Maria Papaleontiou, MD, is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine with an appointment in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, and a Research Associate Professor at the Institute of Gerontology, at the University of Michigan. Prior to starting her internal medicine residency at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Jersey, she spent several years conducting clinical research on aging at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. She completed her endocrinology fellowship at the University of Michigan, where she subsequently joined the faculty in 2013. She is a recipient of Fulbright and Howard Hughes Medical Institute scholarships. Her clinical practice focuses on thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer, as well as geriatric endocrinology.Dr. Papaleontiou is also a health services researcher in the field of thyroidology and aging. Her research focuses on evaluating the risks of thyroid hormone overtreatment and misuse in older adults, understanding the role of providers and patients in thyroid hormone use and misuse and how it relates to patient outcomes in the aging population, as well as the role of age and comorbidity in thyroid cancer decision-making. Her ultimate goal is to develop tools to tailor thyroid disease treatment to older adults by translating research findings into effective strategies and interventions to improve the care of older adults and reduce patient harm. She has received funding from the National Institute on Aging, the Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Centers, the University of Michigan Biology of Cardiovascular Aging Core and the Elizabeth Caroline Crosby Research Award. She serves on multiple national committees including at the American Thyroid Association (ATA), the Endocrine Society, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology and the North American Society for Interventional Thyroidology. She has served as Co-Chair for the ATA’s Annual Program Committee (2021-2022), Chair of the ATA’s Women in Thyroidology (2022-2023) and Vice-Chair for AACE's Thyroid Disease State Network (2022-2023). She is an Associate Editor for Endocrine Practice, and serves on the Editorial Boards for Thyroid and BMC Endocrine Disorders. Dr. Papaleontiou is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Nodule, Hypothyroidism, Thyroidectomy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Yu Kuei Alex Lin is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes (MEND). After earning his medical degree at Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, he completed his Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, and Endocrinology fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, OH. Dr. Lin joined the faculty at Michigan in 2019.Dr. Lin is a clinical diabetes researcher with research focuses on characterizing hypoglycemia (including evaluating impaired awareness of hypoglycemia and unhelpful hypoglycemia beliefs and management behaviors and their associations with hypoglycemia developments) and devising and testing behavioral interventions for improving hypoglycemia self-management. Dr. Lin’s clinical practice focuses on diabetes and general endocrinology. Dr. Lin is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Low Blood Sugar, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Pancreatectomy, and Islet Cell Transplantation.

William H. Herman is the Stefan S. Fajans/GlaxoSmithKline Professor of Diabetes, Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes and Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health. He completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University and received his medical degree from Boston University. He gained a Masters of Public Health (Epidemiology) from the University of Michigan. Professor Herman's interests include clinical diabetes and diabetes epidemiology, especially in the areas of surveillance, screening, treatment, cost-effective analysis, and health policy. He has authored more than 400 original research papers, reviews and textbook chapters and is U-M Principal Investigator for the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC), Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS), and The Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE). Professor Herman received the American Diabetes Association's Kelly West Award for outstanding achievement in diabetes epidemiology in 2006 and the U-M Dean's Award for Clinical and Health Services Research in 2007. From 2018 to 2021, he chaired the National Clinical Care Commission, a federal advisory committee charged with advising the Congress how to leverage federal policies and programs to better prevent and control diabetes in the United States. He has been recognized by Best Doctors as a Best Doctor in America for more than 10 years. Dr. Herman is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Diabetic Neuropathy, and Gastric Bypass.

Amy E. Rothberg, MD, DABOM is Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (MEND) and Director of the MEND Weight Management Clinic, Research Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Director of Rewind, a virtual weight management and diabetes treatment program. She is an adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.Dr. Rothberg served both her internship and residency in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. She then completed the fellowship program in the Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor and then joined the faculty.Dr. Rothberg holds, or is a Co-Investigator, on research grants from the Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center, the Michigan Diabetes Research Center, and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Rothberg is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Obesity in Children, Familial Partial Lipodystrophy, and Gastric Bypass.

Ariel Barkan is an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Barkan is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Acromegaly, Pituitary Tumor, Acromegaloid Facial Appearance Syndrome, Hypertrichosis-Acromegaloid Facial Appearance Syndrome, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Anca Avram is an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Avram is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Osteopenia, Melorheostosis with Osteopoikilosis, Melorheostosis, and Thyroidectomy.

Liselle Douyon is an Internal Medicine specialist and an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Douyon is highly rated in 37 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, Thyroid Nodule, and Juvenile Primary Osteoporosis.

Joanna Spencer is an Internal Medicine specialist and an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Spencer is highly rated in 35 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Ectopic Cushing's syndrome, Cushing's syndrome due to Adrenal Tumor, Cushing's syndrome, and Exogenous Cushing's syndrome.

Dr. Kraftson specializes in treating patients with excess weight/obesity in addition to seeing patients with general endocrinologic conditions. He was inducted into the Clinical Excellence Society in 2021. He is the Director of the Weight Navigation Program & the Director of the Post Bariatric Endocrinology Clinic. Dr. Kraftson's research, focuses on gaining a better understanding of delivering effective care for individuals with obesity. In addition to these interests, Dr. Kraftson is actively involved in medical education and is the Associate Program Director for the M.E.N.D. Endocrinology Fellowship. Dr. Kraftson is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Malnutrition, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Cristina Nieves is an Internal Medicine specialist and an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Nieves is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Toxic Nodular Goiter, Thyroid Storm, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Low Blood Sugar.

Dr. Gregory Clines is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes (MEND) at the University of Michigan. He received his MD and PhD degrees at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He then completed internal medicine training at Duke University and an endocrinology fellowship at the University of Virginia. Before joining the University of Michigan in 2013, he was on the faculty at the University of Virginia and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.Dr. Clines has been studying and thinking about bone diseases for nearly 30 years. His basic science laboratory studies how novel factors such as hypoxia, androgens, endothelins, Wnt signaling, and other factors regulate the osteoblast-cancer cell synergy in bone metastasis. His other research interests include understanding how sex steroids regulate skeletal size and shape, and the development of novel imaging techniques to assess bone quality.His clinical interests include metabolic and genetic bone diseases as well as general endocrinology. Dr. Clines sees patients at the Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Clinic (Metabolic Bone Disease Clinic) and at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Clines is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Osteoporosis, Paget's Disease of Bone, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Thyroidectomy, and Orchiectomy.

Jennifer Franzese is an Internal Medicine specialist and an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Franzese is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, and Thyroid Nodule.

Doctor Jennifer Wyckoff is a Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine in the Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes/Podiatry Division. She received her MD degree from the University of South Florida in 1992 and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Utah in 1995. In addition, Dr. Wyckoff completed a fellowship in Endocrinology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in 1999. Following that, she joined the faculty of the Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School. While there, she practiced as part of the multidisciplinary Diabetes and Pregnancy program, a joint venture between the Joslin Diabetes Center and the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital.In 2006, she joined the faculty at University of Michigan. Dr. Wyckoff serves as the Associate Clinical Chief for the Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes/Podiatry Division and the Medical Director of the Adult Diabetes Education. Her clinical interests center on diabetes, with specific emphasis on diabetes and pregnancy, Type 1 diabetes and technology, patient education and cystic fibrosis related diabetes. Dr. Wyckoff is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), and Gestational Diabetes.

Jennifer Iyengar is an Internal Medicine specialist and an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Iyengar is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Thyroid Nodule, Paget's Disease of Bone, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).

Debbie Chen is an Internal Medicine specialist and an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Chen is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, and Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Dr. Lynn Ang is currently a Clinical Associate Professor in the Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes Division, Internal Medicine Department at University of Michigan. Dr. Ang is one of the principle attending physicians for the Diabetes Transition Program. Dr. Ang’s clinical and research interests are in the fields of implementing optimal management of inpatient and outpatient hyperglycemia, creating protocols for inpatient hospital guidelines, identifying biomarkers to predict the development or progression of diabetic complications, detecting the earliest stages of complications to prevent progression of diseases, and developing sensitive diagnostic methods/treatment for those complications. Dr. Ang also serves as a Co-Director of Hospital Intensive Insulin Program. Dr. Ang has been actively involving in teaching internal medicine and podiatry residents, endocrinology fellows, and medical students in both ambulatory and inpatient clinical settings. She was a recipient of Goran Sundkvist Young Investigators Award for Clinical Science 2022. Dr. Ang is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Diabetic Neuropathy, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young.

Dr. Adina Turcu completed her Internal Medicine residency at Norwalk Hospital/Yale University, CT, where she also served a year as Chief Resident. She completed her Endocrinology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, where she was the recipient of the Randall G. Sprague Award for outstanding clinical, investigative, and academic achievement in Endocrinology.Dr. Turcu pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, prior to joining the UoM faculty team in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes. Her research work focuses on adrenal disorders, including congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing’s syndrome, primary aldosteronism, and pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma. Dr. Turcu is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Hyperaldosteronism, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), Adrenal Gland Adenoma, Ovarian Overproduction of Androgens, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Sima Saberi is an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Saberi is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Diabetic Nephropathy, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Osteoporosis, and Thyroidectomy.

Ronald Koenig is an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Koenig is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, and Thyroidectomy.