Who's Making Money From Synthroid?

As an ongoing feature, we'll take a look at various players in the thyroid field who are accepting speaking fees, consulting jobs, research funding, honoraria, educational grants, and other support from Abbott, manufacturer of Synthroid. To start, the groups that accept funding from Abbott Labs include:

• The Thyroid Foundation of America
• National Graves' Disease Association
• Thyroid Cancer Survivors Association
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
• American Thyroid Association
• The Endocrine Society

And here are just a selected list of the doctors -- not inclusive, by any means -- along with some of their publicly known financial ties to Abbott.

Kenneth Ain
Abbott-funded Speaker at Thyroid Cancer 2005 Conference

Lewis E. Braverman
Editorial Board/Thyroid Today Funded by Abbott

Rosalind Brown
Editorial Board/Thyroid Today Funded by Abbott

Kenneth Burman, Chief, Endocrine Section, Washington Hospital Center, DC
Served as an Advisor/Consultant to Abbott Laboratories
Served on the speaker's bureau for Abbott Laboratories
Made presentations funded by Abbott at American Thyroid Association 2003 meeting

Brian Casey, Univ of Texas SW Med Ctr
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005

David Cooper, Sinai Hosp of Baltimore
Board Member-Thyroid Foundation of America, TFA Funded by Abbott
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at American Thyroid Association 2003 meeting
Abbott-funded Speaker at Thyroid Cancer 2005 Conference

Gilbert Daniels
Director, American Thyroid Association Executive Council, ATA Funded by Abbott
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at American Thyroid Association 2003 meeting

Bryan Haugen
Editorial Board/Thyroid Today Funded by Abbott

James Hennessey, Brown Med Sch
Board Member-Thyroid Foundation of America, TFA Funded by Abbott
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005

Paul Ladenson
American Thyroid Association President, ATA funded by Abbott
Consultant for Abbott Labs, Medical spokesperson for Abbott
Gave Abbott-sponsored lectures at AACC/IFCC 2005 Conference
Gave Abbott-sponsored presentations at American Thyroid Association conferences

Matthew Ringel
Member, Abbott speakers bureau

Stephanie Lee
Director, American Thyroid Association Executive Council, ATA Funded by Abbott
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at American Thyroid Association 2003 meeting

Susan Mandel, Univ of Pennsylvania
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005

John Morris, Mayo Clinic
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005

Munro Peacock, Indiana Univ Sch Med/Univ Hosp
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005

Elizabeth Pearce, Boston Med Ctr
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005

Steven Sherman, Univ of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ctr
Director, American Thyroid Association Executive Council, ATA funded by Abbott
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005

Dolores Shoback, Univ of California-San Francisco/ VA Med Ctr
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005

Carole Spencer
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in June 2005
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at American Thyroid Association 2003 meeting
Consultant to Abbott Diagnostics (maker of thyroid tests)
Consultant to Knoll Pharmaceuticals (former maker of Synthroid)

R. Michael Tuttle
Editorial Board/Thyroid Today Funded by Abbott

Leonard Wartofsky
President-Elect of The Endocrine Society, Endocrine Society receives funding from Abbott
Made a presentation funded by Abbott at American Thyroid Association 2003 meeting
Editorial Board/Thyroid Today Funded by Abbott

Lawrence Wood
Thyroid Foundation of America, Receives funding from Abbott