Local 12 highlights the dangers of adrenal crisis with UC endocrinologist Shailendra Patel, MD

A grieving family supports education on adrenal crisis by creating a fund in their daughter's name at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Channel 12 heath reporter Liz Bonis speaks with a local family from Montgomery who recently lost their daughter to a problem that can be prevented. They are now reaching out to help others, launching a new education fund, The Julie Theresa Jones Fund for Faculty and Resident Academic and Research Support in Adrenal Crisis, to try and save lives.

Segment features comments from Shailendra Patel, MD, PhD, professor and director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the Department of Internal Medicine at the UC College of Medicine and a UC Health Physician.

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