Michael T. McDermott

Dr. McDermott joined the University of Colorado Endocrinology Division in 1997 as Director of the Clinical Endocrinology Practice. Prior to this prestigious appointment, he spent 20 years in the U.S. Army serving as a general endocrinologist and later as the Chief of the Endocrine Service and Endocrine Fellowship program at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center and as the Endocrine consultant to the Surgeon General.

His clinical research interests include the pathophysiology and treatment of osteoporosis and related metabolic diseases and the pathophysiology of diseases of the thyroid gland. His basic research interests involved studying the molecular events underlying the development of thyroid and pituitary tumors.