John Wass

Professor of Endocrinology, Oxford University

Head of the Department of Endocrinology at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital Oxford, until 2012.   

Research interests: pituitary tumours, acromegaly, adrenal disease, angiogenesis in endocrinology, genetics of osteoporosis, thyroid disease.

Published over 430 articles, edited different textbooks; Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology (3 editions), Clinical Endocrine Oncology (2 editions), Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology (4 editions)

Current Getting It Right First Time Endocrine Lead, NHS England, visiting and inspecting all endocrine departments in the UK (127) and doing a national report. 

Presented acclaimed documentary ‘The Fantastical World of Hormones’ on BBC4, 2016

Past Chair RCP Group on Weight and Health . Spokesperson on Obesity Royal College of Physicians

President European Federation of Endocrine Societies from 2001-2003

Chairman Society for Endocrinology 2006-2009

President American Pituitary Society. 

Awards

Outstanding Leadership Award, American Endocrine Society 2022

Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award, American Endocrine Society 2016 (first non-American)

 Lifetime Achievement Award, Pituitary Society (America) 2017

Geoffrey Harris Prize European Society of Endocrinology 2021

Academic Vice President Royal College of Physicians 2012-2015.