Dr. Molitch is an endocrinologist specializing in diabetes at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.  He is also a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine at the Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. His specialties include pathogenesis and treatment of pituitary tumors as well as the treatment of diabetic complications.   Before earning his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Molitch completed a fellowship with the University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center. He is board certified in the areas of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism and internal medicine. Dr. Molitch is also devoted to serving the underprivileged people of Bolivia as cofounder of a clinic called Centro Medico Humberto Parra.  

In addition to editing eight books and journal volumes, Dr. Molitch has authored or coauthored more than 350 original papers, review articles, book chapters, case reports and other publications. For many years, Dr. Molitch was an Associate Editor of the Year Book of Endocrinology and is an Editor of the journal, Pituitary. In 1997, Dr. Molitch was named “Outstanding Physician Educator in the Field of Diabetes” by the American Diabetes Association. In 2006 he was elected to the Council of The Endocrine Society. He is currently Chair of the Clinical Endocrinology Update 2010 program committee of the Endocrine Society.