Endocrinology is a branch of internal medicine
that deals with diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the endocrine glands and
metabolic disorders. Some endocrine diseases, such as diabetes, thyroid
disease, obesity and osteoporosis, are very common in the general population,
whilst diseases of the adrenal and pituitary gland are relatively rare.
The endocrinology clinic treats patients with
diseases of the endocrine glands as listed below (diabetes, thyroid and
parathyroid diseases, osteoporosis, obesity, adrenal and pituitary diseases,
polycystic ovary syndrome).
Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the
endocrine glands and metabolic disorders, thyroid ultrasound (with
cytopuncture, if necessary), advice on diet and healthy lifestyle for diabetics
and people with obesity
Prim. dr. sc. Tanja Škorić Polovina, MD, is a
specialist in internal medicine, a subspecialist in endocrinology and diabetes,
and a doctor of science. She has been working at the Institute of Endocrinology
at the Clinical Hospital Centre in Zagreb since 2001. In her everyday work, she diagnoses and treats
patients with thyroid diseases, diabetes and osteoporosis. She also deals with
diseases of the pituitary gland and adrenal glands. She performs thyroid and
neck ultrasound with cytological puncture, and in the last few years she has
been running a thyroid ultrasound course at the Clinical Hospital Centre in
Zagreb. She is an author of numerous scientific
articles, published in indexed journals. She is also a member of the European
Society of Endocrinology and the Croatian Society of Endocrinology and
Diabetology.