Strategies & Functions


  • Design and coordinate multi-institute studies directed at addressing the goals of the consortium.

  • Set up national and international patient registries and tumor banks.

  • Organize and establish referral networks to facilitate patient access to centers of expertise and participation in clinical research protocols.

  • Organize national and international symposia, workshops, and meetings on pheochromocytoma.

  • Establish and maintain connections with related organizations, societies, patient support groups, and funding agencies to regularly communicate new advances and activities in pheochromocytoma research.

  • Educate health care professionals about the latest advances in genetics, diagnosis, localization, and treatment of pheochromocytoma; Recruit and train new investigators to the field