Charlotte Höybye graduated as MD 1986 from medical school, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Her current position is senior physician and associate professor at the Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden where she has worked for 30 years. Her main clinical and research interest and focus is on patients with hypothalamic-pituitary diseases, in particular adults with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare genetic disease.
Charlotte has taught and examined medical students for many years and organised several Swedish and international post-graduate courses in endocrinology. This year she was head of the local organising committee for ECE 2024 held in Stockholm. From 2005 to 2018 she taught and participated in the organisation of the European Society of Endocrinology’s postgraduate courses.
In addition to her clinical, scientific, and educational experiences she was Associate Editor for the journal Growth Hormone and IGF Research from 2006 to 2016 and was Senior Editor for Endocrine Connections from when it was launched 2012 to 2022. Since 2022 she has been Associate Editor for JCEM Case Reports and been a peer reviewer for several journals.
Charlotte has a clinical and scientific interest in Prader-Willi syndrome and is a member of the Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, The International Prader-Willi Syndrome organisation since 2014 and Vice President since 2022. She is also a member of the PWS-Clinical Trial Consortium since 2015, the network INfoRMEd-PWS (the International Network for Research, Management & Education on adults with PWS) since 2019 and is the current President of the Swedish Endocrine Society. Charlotte is the current Chair of ECAS (ESE Council of Affiliated Societies).
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