​Clinical Training 

Inpatient Consult Services

UC San Diego Inpatient Diabetes Service: Fellows rotate through this service in 1-week blocks caring for complex inpatient diabetes patients including those on high dose steroids, tube feeding, TPN, DKA/HHS, post-solid organ transplant, as well as inpatient insulin pump management. 

Inpatient Endocrine Service: Fellows rotate through this service in 1-2-week blocks caring for inpatient endocrine consults at UCSD.  Inpatient consults include perioperative management of pituitary and thyroid cases, diabetes insipidus, hyper- and hypocalcemia, adrenal insufficiency, and others.  

VA Consult Service: Fellows rotate through this service in 1-2-week blocks caring for inpatient endocrine and diabetes consults at the VA.  Inpatient consults include perioperative management of pituitary and thyroid cases, diabetes insipidus, hyper- and hypocalcemia, adrenal insufficiency, and others.  

Outpatient Continuity Clinics

UCSD MOS Endocrine/Diabetes Clinic: 0-1 half-day per week. Fellows care for a variety of endocrine diseases including thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, diabetes, bone, lipid, neuroendocrine, hypoglycemic, transgender, and reproductive endocrine.  

VA Diabetes Clinic: 1 half-day per week. Fellows care for complex diabetes patients in this clinic including management of type 1, type 2, monogenic and pancreatic diabetes, management of insulin pumps, CGM, and automated insulin delivery systems. Fellows work closely with Certified Diabetes Educators, Podiatry, and Registered Dieticians to manage diabetes and complications. 

VA Endocrinology Clinic: 1 half-day per week. Fellows care for a variety of endocrine diseases including thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, diabetes, bone, lipid, neuroendocrine, hypoglycemic, transgender, and reproductive endocrine. 

Outpatient Subspecialty Rotations

Fellows rotate through a variety of subspecialty rotations while on outpatient weeks.  

Throughout fellowship: 

Diabetes
Thyroid FNA clinic
E-consult

1st year Rotations

Obesity
Reproductive Endocrinology
Bone
Pediatric Endocrinology

2nd year Rotations

Diabetes in Pregnancy
Graves Ophthalmology
Transgender
Lipid

Research/Scholarly Work

• Published manuscript (original research article, case report, or review article)
• Poster or oral presentation at a national meeting (ADA, AACE, Endo Society, ATA, ASBMR for example)
• Oral presentation at a local or regional meeting

Fellows interested in pursuing a career in basic, clinical or translational research will be paired with a research mentor, and may participate in UCSD grant writing and research training programs. 

Educational Teaching Conferences