WALTER FUTTERWEIT, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., received his medical degree at the NYU School of Medicine, and did his fellowship in endocrinology at the Mount Sinai Hospital. After a year at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, he returned to Mount Sinai Hospital’s Division of Endocrinology and started his clinical practice in endocrinology. His research was recognized by a National Institutes of Health grant. Dr. Futterweit’s interest in the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) began at a time when it was considered to be a rare disease. He wrote the first textbook on PCOS, and has authored over seventy-five medical articles, twenty-five abstracts at endocrine meetings, and numerous chapters in textbooks. He lectures frequently, is co-chief of the Endocrine Clinic, and teaches at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he became clinical professor of medicine in 1987. In his large practice he primarily sees women having male hormone excess problems, including almost 2,000 women with PCOS.
Dr. Futterweit has been a leader of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists’ national campaign of public awareness of PCOS. He has also been an advocate for women with PCOS as an Advisory Board member of the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association (PCOSA), where he was honored for his work over the years. His other activities include articles on PCOS for the OBGYN.net Website. Over the last few years, much of his time has also been devoted to the Androgen Excess Society (AES) and transmission of information on PCOS through its Web site. Dr. Futterweit lives with his wife in Westchester County, New York. His three children and four grandchildren live nearby.