Dr. Brian Michael, MD, FACE, ECNU

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Get to know Endocrinologist Dr. Brian E. Michael, who serves the population of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Brian E. Michael is an established Endocrinologist currently serving patients within WellSpan York Hospital in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and is also affiliated with WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital. Featuring over four decades of experience in his field, he has a special expertise in thyroid disease and neuroendocrinology. Dr. Michael was educated at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and completed his internship and residency, respectively with the University of Connecticut Hospitals. Pursuing advanced medical training, he went on to undertake his fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Boston University Medical Center with a concentration on steroid and adrenal disorders, as well as thyroid and neuroendocrine disease. Dr. Michael obtained board certification in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, as well as in Diagnostic and Interventional Thyroid Ultrasound. To stay current with the latest advances in his field, Dr. Michael remains a distinguished member of The Endocrine Society, the American Thyroid Association, and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists; as well as other state and local medical societies. He has published and presented studies in the areas of thyroid cancer, various adrenal disease states, diabetes, and lipid disorders, and attributes his success to his professional mentors and being patient-centered in the care he provides. In his free time, Dr. Michael enjoys scuba diving, electronics, communications, and flying. Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events proliferation, growth, and differentiation, and the psychological or behavioral activities of metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sleep, digestion, respiration, excretion, mood, stress, lactation, movement, reproduction, and sensory perception caused by hormones. Specializations include behavioral endocrinology and comparative endocrinology. The endocrine system consists of several glands, all in different parts of the body, that secrete hormones directly into the blood rather than into a duct system. Hormones have many different functions and modes of action; one hormone may have several effects on different target organs, and, conversely, one target organ may be affected by more than one hormone.

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