The USF Diabetes and Endocrinology Endocrine Day Hospital (EDH) provides patients education, treatment, standardized outpatient testing, and imaging for a wide range of endocrine conditions and metabolic bone diseases including endocrine hormone deficiencies and hormone overproductive disorders. The EDH care team is highly skilled in performance of these tests and interpretation of the results. The comprehensive teaching and therapeutic process includes:

1. Education:
   • Safety education
   • Disease specific education
   • Teaching on self-administered medication injections, including but not limited to:
     • Testosterone
     • Teriparatide/Forteo. More information about the teriparatide/Forteo is available at:https://pi.lilly.com/us/forteo-user_manual.pdf
     • Abaloparatide/Tymlos. More information about the abaloparatide/Tymlos is available at:https://www.tymlos.com/
2. Treatment and Administration: 
   • Romosozumab/Evenity. More information about the Romosozumab/Evenity is available at: https://www.pi.amgen.com/-/media/Project/Amgen/Repository/pi-amgen-com/Evenity/evenity_mg_hcp_english.pdf
   • Denosumab/Prolia. More information about Denosumab/Prolia is available at: https://www.proliahcp.com/-/media/Themes/Amgen/ProliaHcp-com/ProliaHcp-com/PDFs/REMS/Prolia_REMS_Patient_Brochure.pdf
   • Other endocrine-related medications 
3. Dynamic Outpatient Testing:
   • Standardized test protocols
   • Improved efficiency between testing and obtaining results
   • Test performance in outpatient setting as opposed to inpatient
   • Comfortable environment
   • Consult of provider during the testing (if needed)
4. Imaging
   • DXA
   • REMS

Scheduling

The EDH hours are Mon-Tue from 8 am to 4 pm.

IMPORTANT: Referral is required to be seen at the Endocrine Day Hospital (EDH).

The patient will be scheduled for the procedure or teaching after the insurance approval is received. The EDH care team will reach the patient to schedule an appointment.

Address: 10740 Palm River Rd, suite 410, Tampa, FL 33619.
Parking:  large free parking lot in front of the building.

Tests and Procedures Recommendations:

1. Patient Education on adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation test and instructions on how to prepare for this test can be found here.
2. Be sure to dress warmly in layers due to the cold environment in the clinic.
3. Based on the time planned for your procedure and to make your waiting time more enjoyable, please feel free to bring your phone, tablet and/or reading material.