Albert Beckers MD, PhD

Dr. Albert Beckers MD, Ph.D., is Chief of the Department of Endocrinology at the University Hospital Centre, Liège and Full Professor at the University of Liège, Belgium. After completing his medical degree at the University of Louvain, Belgium, Prof. Beckers undertook specialty training in Endocrinology, Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine. He oversees a Department with multiple clinical and research areas of interest, including pituitary tumors, thyroid disease, genetic causes of endocrine cancers and rare inherited syndromes. Prof. Beckers has taken a particular interest in endocrine education, authoring a highly-regarded series of digital projects on aspects of pituitary disease. He has published more than 250 original articles in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Endocrine Reviews, and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Research highlights include the original characterization and description of the syndrome, Familial Isolated Pituitary Adenomas (FIPA) and a newly described pediatric syndrome X-Linked Acrogigantism (X-LAG).