The Primary Care Endocrinologist Authors Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India; Madhur Verma Department of Community/Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, India; Atul Dhingra Department of Endocrinology, Dr SS Tantia Medical College, Sriganganagar, India Nitin Kapoor Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; Non-communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.26-28 Abstract Superficially, primary health care seems to have nothing incommon with the esoteric science of endocrinology.Changing trends of disease prevalence have facilitated areappraisal of this attitude. Comprehensive endocrineservices are now needed at the primary care level.Endocrine specialists have already taken on the mantle ofworking as bariatric physicians. The future will see qualifiedendocrinologists working at primary care level, handlingmetabolic and hormonal diseases, along with comorbidconditions. This will be a welcome trend, both for publichealth and for the specialty’s growth. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2026-03-26 How to Cite Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Atul Dhingra, & Nitin Kapoor. (2026). The Primary Care Endocrinologist. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 76(04), 607–608. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.26-28 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 76 No. 04 (2026): APRIL Section PRIMARY CARE DIABETES License Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.