Please join me in congratulating Dr. Vanessa Curtis for her well earned promotion to full professor!! In brief, Dr. Curtis has been promoted in recognition of her clinical mastery and leadership, her teaching leadership, her skills in clinical communication, and her nationally recognized scholarship in several aspects of pediatric endocrinology. She joined the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 2011, having just completed a pediatric endocrine fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. Since that time, she has become a nationally recognized clinical expert as regards the endocrinology of young athletes. Additionally, she built the leading state/regional clinic for obese youth. We are especially thankful for her leadership as the Director of our Division’s pediatric endocrinology fellowship program, ushering it into its most successful era. To boot, she is an outstanding physician and superb teacher. Earlier this year she was tapped to become the Director of the Child and Community Health Division, highlighting her leadership skills. Once again, congratulations Dr. Curtis!