91΄σΟγ½Ά

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James W. Findling, MD

Professor

Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital
  • Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital
  • Waukesha Memorial Hospital
  • St. Agnes Hospital
  • North Hills Health Center - Specialty Clinics
  • Endocrinology - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Endocrinology

Languages

  • English

New & Established Patients Call

North Hills Health Center

General Interests

Pituitary-Adrenal Disorders

Education

  • MD - Doctor of Medicine

Biography

Dr. James Findling is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the 91΄σΟγ½Ά. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Northwestern University Medical School. He completed his internal medicine training at the 91΄σΟγ½Ά and his post-doctoral fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of California-San Francisco. Dr. Findling joined the full-time faculty of the 91΄σΟγ½Ά in 2008.

He has over 100 publications and book chapters and he is considered an international expert on clinical disorders of pituitary and adrenal function. He discovered the importance of inferior petrosal sinus sampling for the differential diagnosis of Cushing syndrome in the early 1980s and then introduced late-night salivary cortisol as a simple screening test for Cushing syndrome in the 1990s. He has served as visiting professor at many institutions including the Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Johns Hopkins, New York University, University of Chicago, and the Cleveland Clinic. He received a Laureate Award from the Endocrine Society as the Outstanding Clinical Practitioner in 2019.

Education

  • BS, University of Notre Dame
  • MD, Northwestern University
  • Internal Medicine Residency, 91΄σΟγ½Ά Endocrinology
  • Fellowship, University of California-San Francisco

Leadership Positions

External

  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Member, Board of Directors, Cushing's Support and Research Foundation

Research Interests

  • Diagnosis and management of Cushing syndrome and adrenal insufficiency
  • Evaluation of adrenal hypertension particularly primary aldosteronism
  • Assessment of adrenal nodular disease

Publications

  • (Johnson S, Zhang CD, Hangge PT, Yen TWF, Shaik T, Doffek K, Findling JW, Carroll T, Evans DB, Dream SY, Wang TS.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug 06 PMID: 39107609 08/07/2024

  • (Johnson S, Zhang CD, Hangge PT, Yen TWF, Shaik TJ, Doffek K, Findling JW, Carroll T, Evans DB, Dream SY, Wang TS.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul 28 PMID: 39069580 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199971420 07/29/2024

  • (DeFronzo RA, Auchus RJ, Bancos I, Blonde L, Busch RS, Buse JB, Findling JW, Fonseca VA, Frias JP, Hamidi O, Handelsman Y, Pratley RE, Rosenstock J, Tudor IC, Moraitis AG, Einhorn D.) BMJ Open. 2024 Jul 16;14(7):e081121 PMID: 39013654 PMCID: PMC11253743 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199015536 07/17/2024

  • (Armstrong SA, Tavakoli S, Shah I, Laing BR, Coss D, Ioachimescu AG, Findling J, Zwagerman NT.) J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Nov 27;6(22) PMID: 38011690 PMCID: PMC10684060 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178085217 11/27/2023

  • (Findling JW, Raff H.) J Endocr Soc. 2023 Jul 03;7(8):bvad087 PMID: 37440963 PMCID: PMC10334485 07/13/2023

  • (Surani A, Carroll TB, Javorsky BR, Raff H, Findling JW.) Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023;14:1199091 PMID: 37409223 PMCID: PMC10319132 07/06/2023

  • (DeLozier OM, Dream S, Findling JW, Rilling W, Kidambi S, Magill SB, Evans DB, Wang TS.) J Surg Res. 2022 Sep;277:1-6 PMID: 35453052 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85128261569 04/23/2022

  • (He X, Findling JW, Auchus RJ.) Pituitary. 2022 Jun;25(3):393-403 PMID: 35471718 PMCID: PMC9170649 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85128810700 04/27/2022

  • (Dream S, Park S, Yen TW, Rilling W, Rein L, Doffek K, Findling JW, Magill SB, Kidambi S, Evans DB, Wang TS.) Endocr Pract. 2022 Mar;28(3):276-281 PMID: 34582994 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125481960 09/29/2021

  • (DeLozier OM, Dream SY, Findling JW, Carroll TB, Evans DB, Wang TS.) J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jan 18;107(2):e538-e547 PMID: 34558612 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123650141 09/25/2021

  • (Orr M, Findling J, Zwagerman N, Connelly J, Albano K, Bovi J.) Advances in Radiation Oncology. 1 March 2022;7(2) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85119325950 03/01/2022

  • (Fleseriu M, Auchus R, Bancos I, Ben-Shlomo A, Bertherat J, Biermasz NR, Boguszewski CL, Bronstein MD, Buchfelder M, Carmichael JD, Casanueva FF, Castinetti F, Chanson P, Findling J, Gadelha M, Geer EB, Giustina A, Grossman A, Gurnell M, Ho K, Ioachimescu AG, Kaiser UB, Karavitaki N, Katznelson L, Kelly DF, Lacroix A, McCormack A, Melmed S, Molitch M, Mortini P, Newell-Price J, Nieman L, Pereira AM, Petersenn S, Pivonello R, Raff H, Reincke M, Salvatori R, Scaroni C, Shimon I, Stratakis CA, Swearingen B, Tabarin A, Takahashi Y, Theodoropoulou M, Tsagarakis S, Valassi E, Varlamov EV, Vila G, Wass J, Webb SM, Zatelli MC, Biller BMK.) Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2021 Dec;9(12):847-875 PMID: 34687601 PMCID: PMC8743006 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122111053 10/24/2021