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Irina Bancos, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, MN, United States

Irina Bancos, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Diabetes and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA
Joint appointment Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA


Dr Irina Bancos is Professor of Medicine and works in the Pituitary-Adrenal-Gonadal subdivision of Endocrinology division at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA. She also holds a joint appointment with the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Mayo Clinic. Dr Bancos received her M.D. from the Iuliu Hatieganu Medical University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She has completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Danbury Hospital in CT, USA and Endocrinology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. In addition, Dr Bancos completed a two-year research fellowship (Mayo Foundation Scholarship) at the University of Birmingham, UK where she received training in steroid profiling and adrenal disorders. In 2015 she returned to Mayo Clinic, where her clinical and research interests include adrenal and pituitary disorders, and mechanisms of steroid regulation of health and disease. Dr. Bancos has published more than 280 scientific articles. She currently serves as Deputy Editor for the European Journal of Endocrinology. Dr. Bancos is passionate about translating research findings into actionable interventions for patients with adrenal disorders and mentoring the future generation of adrenal endocrinologists.

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