Michael O. Thorner

Michael O. Thorner is David C. Harrison Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia specializing in endocrinology and metabolism.

He was previously the chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism and the chair of the department of internal medicine.

He was director of the General Clinical Research Center (1984-1997), chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism (1986-1998), and chair of the department of medicine (1997-2006).

[2] Robert MacLeod's discovery that dopamine is the hormone responsible for inhibiting prolactin release led to Thorner being recruited to UVA to join in the research.

[3] His work on human growth hormone was the basis of Merck's drug MK-677, which increases muscle mass in elderly adults and helps prevent frailty-related injuries.

Michael Thorner when he was Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1997.