ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Preface: This year we have included a Chapter in memoriam to Ze’ev Hochberg who sadly passed away at the beginning of 2023. He was the Director of Pediatric Endocrinology at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology in the Technion, and a Fellow of the Rappaport Research Institute in Haifa. He also was a very active ESPE member, past president of ESPE, founder of the Global Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (GPED) as well as the ESPE Winter School, leader of several ESPE summer schools and schools in Africa. His research focus was on basic principles of child growth and development, evolutionary perspectives and mechanisms. For his significant contributions, Ze’ev received several international awards and prizes, among them ESPE’s prestigious Andrea Prader Prize.

Lastly, Ze’ev also established the ESPE Yearbook (with Jean-Claude Carel) and was its Editor-in-Chief for many years. Therefore, to reflect and honor his contributions to science and medicine, we have put together a potpourri of articles that he published over the years, showing the broad spectrum of his research interests that connected very many of us.