Endocrinology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the endocrine system and its specific secretions called hormones. Hormones are molecules that act as signals from one type of cells to another. Most hormones reach their targets via the blood. Although every organ system secretes and responds to hormones (including the brain, lungs, heart, intestine, skin, and the kidney), the clinical specialty of endocrinology focuses primarily on the endocrine organs, meaning the organs whose primary function is hormone secretion. These organs include the pituitary, thyroid, adrenals, ovaries and testes, and pancreas.

Dr. Daniel Abouganem

Fellowship in Diabetes & Endocrinology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, 1986 Internal Medicine Residency, Manuel Amador Guerrero Hospital,Colon, Panama, 1984 Doctor in Medicine, Universidad de Panama, 1978 Medical Director, Centro de Diabetes Endocrinología, Panama,1986 Chief of the Internal Medicine Department, Punta Pacifica Hospital, affiliated to Johns Hopkins International Medicine, Panama, 2006 American Diabetes Association (ADA), member Endocrine Society, member American Association of Clinical Endocrinology(AACE), member Latin-American Diabetes Association(ALAD), member National Comission against Diabetes, Panama, medical advisor Asociación Panameña de Diabetes y Nutricion,   top