Renate Pickardt


Caroline Renate Pickardt is a German endocrinologist. The main focus of her scientific work is in the area of thyroid dieseases. She published fundamental articles on functional thyroid disorders and the pathophysiology of goitre.

Biography

After receiving her doctorate in 1965 at the University of Munich with a dissertation titled "Veränderungen des Sekretintestes bei subaciden, cholecystektomierten und pankreaskranken Patienten" she habilitated in 1972 at the Ludwig-Maximilian University with a treatise titled "Stimulation der TSH-Sekretion durch TRH : diagnostische Bedeutung und pathophysiologische Folgerungen". On January 18th, 1973 she was appointed Privatdozent, in 1979 Professor
During her scientific life Pickard managed a number of scientific conferences and published more than 80 papers and several books on thyroid disorders and endocrine ophthalmopathy. Together with Rudolf Fahlbusch she described a form of tertiary hypothyroidism in pituitary stalk transection syndrome
Since 2001 she has been an emeritus professor.

Selected publications