Endocrinology

Hormones play a critical role in daily health and wellbeing. Indeed, hormones regulate metabolism, respiration, growth, reproduction, sensory perception, and movement. Hormone imbalances are the underlying reason for a wide range of medical conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, menopause, metabolic disorders, thyroid diseases, excessive or insufficient production of hormones, some cancers and infertility among others. Endocrinology focuses both on the hormones and the many glands and tissues that produce them.

Training and background

Dr. Cuesta Muñoz is a specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition. He is an internationally recognized endocrinologist in the field of human genetics in diabetes. He carried out his clinical and research training in both, Spain and the USA, where he started his scientific career in the Diabetes Research Centre at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, USA.

At present, Dr. Cuesta is the director of the International Institute of Genetics of Diabetes as well as of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit of Santa Elena Clinic in Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain. As a researcher, at present, he is also a guest professor at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute in Copenhagen Denmark.