Samuel Refetoff

Samuel Refetoff is a Bulgarian-American endocrinologist and an academic. He is the Frederick H. Rawson Professor Emeritus in Medicine, Director of the Endocrinology Laboratories, Professor of Pediatrics, and Committee on Genetics at The University of Chicago.

Refetoff is known for discovering resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH), also known as Refetoff syndrome and its genetic and molecular basis, along with resistance to thyrotropin (RTSH) and a hereditary thyroid hormone metabolism defect caused by SECISBP2 gene mutations. His research has focused on genetic defects in thyroid hormone regulation, synthesis, transport, and action, leading to the identification of multiple thyroid disorders. His scholarly contributions include publications in journals such as ''Endocrine Reviews'', ''The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism'', ''Nature Genetics'', and ''Journal of Clinical Investigation Thyroid''.

Refetoff has received awards, including the Rosalind Pitt-Rivers Award, the Stanbury Pathophysiology Medal, Thyroid Research Mentor Awards, and the Fred Conrad Koch Medal. Provided by Wikipedia