MedEA Scientific Committees have an informed view of the knowledge gaps that exist at local, regional and international levels. Scientific Committee members work proactively to capture the latest insights and perspectives from international and local experts and share these new, evidence-based perspectives with healthcare professionals in targeted regions.
Each MedEA Scientific Committee identifies specific learning needs relating to the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of the relevant disease state through assessments and professional education gap analyses. The MedEA team then works closely with the Scientific Committees to design targeted, high-quality and impactful medical education activities that address these gaps and help pave the way for improved patient outcomes worldwide.
The Scientific Committee for Adult Endocrinology brings together healthcare professionals from across the world, enabling MedEA to develop and deliver high-quality medical education activities that are relevant to a broad and diverse international audience.
Martin Savage is Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London. He was head of the Paediatric Endocrine Unit at Barts and the London School of Medicine from 1982 to 2007. He has interests in growth disorders, specifically those with abnormalities in the GH-IGF-1 axis and in phenotype-genotype relationships of GH-IGF-1 axis defects, notably GH resistance. He published the first human case of an IGF-1 gene defect in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1996. His other interests are Cushing’s syndrome and growth in chronic inflammatory diseases. He was General Secretary of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) from 1997 to 2004. He has lectured in 60 countries and has published 482 original articles, reviews, textbook chapters and books. In 2007, he was awarded the ESPE Andrea Prader Prize for contributions to paediatric endocrinology and in 2018 he received a Visionary Award from the American Human Growth Foundation. In 2022, he received a Research Excellence Award from the Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal in Riyadh, and the British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes James M. Tanner Lifetime Achievement Award. He continues to lecture nationally and internationally.
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