Board Certification in Hormone Therapy
The Board Certification in Hormone Therapy is a unique, international, evidence-based, official certification for physicians.
What is assessed?
It is an excellent theoretical training, which will help physicians improve their skills and know how to diagnose, treat, and follow-up the 12 most frequent and important hormone deficiencies, including:
- Medical history issues to know, to be able to spot when each hormone deficiency started
- Anamnesis: The psychological and somatic symptoms, and the physical signs of each hormone deficiency and its excess.
- Laboratory tests: The tests to do with designation of the most useful ones (including for each lab tests deficient, optimal and reference values expressed in all the various units used in your laboratory such as mg, µg, or nmol
- Diseases: The diseases facilitated by these hormone deficiencies
- Hormone treatments:
- The hormone supplements to treat these deficiencies: doses, various types and routes of administration, with designation of the most efficient ones
- How to start the treatment and adapt the treatment
- Indications, contraindications, safety tips
- How to improve the hormone levels without hormone supplements: with information on diet, nutrients, lifestyle, etc.
- Follow-up:
- Which tests to do in the follow-up and how to interpret them
- How to solve all the treatment problems patients may experience during treatment
- Applications of treatment of disease typical to men and women: The hormone and nutritional treatments of prostate hypertrophy, breasts cysts, endometriosis, etc.
- Evidence-based: An extensive review of the scientific literature on hormone therapies, including on the hot topics on hormone therapy, which strongly support physicians in applying these therapies in their practice
The hormone therapies that are evaluated are the following: melatonin, growth hormone, vasopressin, oxytocin, thyroid, IGF-1, cortisol and glucocorticoids, DHEA and androstenedione, pregnenolone, aldosterone, insulin, estrogen and progesterone in women, testosterone in women and men.
Who can acquire this exam?
Physicians of all medical disciplines who want to certify their improving skills in hormone therapy. Other health-professionals may apply (depending on their area of expertise) upon acceptance from the scientific committee. Kindly join a CV and an explanation of your approach for approval.
Which books should I study?
The two following books need to be purchased and reviewed:
- The Hormone Handbook, 2nd edition
- The Atlas of Endocrinology for Hormone Therapy
Note: Only 12 of the 18 hormone deficiencies and their therapies need to be studied for the examination.
Estimated time to study the learning material?
- Experienced physicians: 70-140 hours
- Inexperienced: 100-200 hours
Click here to purchase the books
About the exam…?
- Has to be taken in Dr. Hertoghe’s Clinic in Brussels, Belgium.
- Multiple choice question and answer (one answer possible per question)
- Negative points (-0,2) for wrong answers, 1 point for a good answer, no points for no answer
- Minimum score of 60% is required
- Difficulty level: Fair. 70-80% of candidates are estimated to pass the exam at their first trial
Sample questions
Download here a few sample questions.
What is the fee?
540€ for the learning material + 1500€ for the examination
Advanced Hormone Therapy Certification (AHTC)
The Certification in Advanced Hormone Therapy of the International Hormone Society is, as its title tells us, an advanced educational program in hormone therapy for physicians.
What is assessed?
The IHS’s Advanced Hormone Therapy Certification assesses a physician’s theoretical knowledge and advancing practical know-how in hormone therapy. Obtaining the IHS’s Advanced Hormone Therapy Certification is the further step in becoming an expert.
Who can acquire this exam?
Physicians of all medical disciplines who want to certify their improving skills in hormone therapy. Other health-professionals may apply (depending on their area of expertise) upon acceptance from the scientific committee. Kindly join a CV and an explanation of your approach for approval.
Which courses should I study?
All information necessary to successfully pass the exam is in the following 15 online video courses:
- Hormone Therapy Consultation: Basics
- Hormone Level and Therapy Optimization
- Endocrine disorders: Nutritional Therapies
- Endocrine System Pollutants
- Major Hormone Therapies
- Thyroid deficiency and Treatment
- DHEA, Cortisol, Aldosterone and Pregnenolone Therapies
- Female Hormone Therapies in Women and Men
- Testosterone Therapy in Men and Women; Estradiol therapy in Men
- Growth Hormone and IGF-1 Treatments in Adults
- Melatonin Therapy
- ACTH and MSH Therapies
- Thymus Hormone and Extract therapies
- Diseases: Hormone Therapies to Cure or Prevent
- Bone Hormone Therapies
Click here to purchaser the courses
About the exam…?
- Has to be taken in Dr. Hertoghe’s Clinic in Brussels, Belgium.
- Multiple choice question and answer (one answer possible per question)
- Negative points (-0,2) for wrong answers, 1 point for a good answer, no points for no answer
- Minimum score of 60% is required
What is the fee?
2700€ for the learning material + 500€ for the examination
Hormone Therapy Specialty (HTS)
The Hormone Therapy Specialty (HTS) is the official fellowship in hormone therapy for physicians of the International Hormone Society. The HTS is the most advanced and complete educational program in hormone therapy of the IHS.
What is assessed?
The HTS assesses a physician’s extensive theoretical knowledge and practical know-how in hormone therapy. Obtaining the HTS diploma is a major step in becoming an expert in a vast area of hormone therapies, much more than the traditional basic diabetes-thyroid endocrinology. It contains the information of the AHTC (Advanced hormone therapy certificate), enriched by additional and more extensive information with a great focus on practical workshops.
Who can acquire this exam?
Physicians of all medical disciplines who want to certify their improving skills in hormone therapy. Other health-professionals may apply (depending on their area of expertise) upon acceptance from the scientific committee. Kindly join a CV and an explanation of your approach for approval.
Which courses should I study?
All information necessary to successfully pass the exam is in the following 37 online video courses:
MODULE H1: How to Practice Hormone Therapy
- Hormone Therapy Consultation: Extensive
- Physical Exam for Hormone Therapy
- Nutritional and Hormone Therapy Workshop: Patients Part 1
- Nutritional and Hormone Therapy Workshop: Patients Part 2
- Hormone Mesotherapy Workshop
MODULE H2: Endocrine System Optimization
- Hormone Level and Therapy Optimization
- Endocrine Disorders: Nutritional Therapies
- Endocrine System Pollutants
MODULE H3: Hormone Therapies
- Major Hormone Therapies
- Thyroid Deficiency and Treatment
- DHEA, Cortisol, Aldosterone and Pregnenolone Therapies
- Female Hormone Therapies in Women and Men
- Testosterone Therapy in Men and Women
- Growth Hormone and IGF-1 Treatments in Adults
- Melatonin Therapy
- Oxytocin and Vasopressin Therapies
- ACTH and MSH Therapies
- TRH-GHRH-CRH-LHRH-LH-FSH Therapies
- Thymus Hormone and Extract Therapies
- Relaxin and EPO Therapies
- Pituitary-Pineal-Adrenal-Pancreatic Hormone Excess: Therapies
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Excess: Therapies
- Sex Hormone Excess: Therapies
MODULE H4: Diseases: Hormone Therapies
- Diseases: Hormone Therapies to Cure or Prevent
- Psychic Disorders: Basic Hormone Therapies
- Neurological Diseases: Hormone Therapies
- Obesity: Basic Hormone Therapies
- Diabetes: Hormone Therapies
- Cardiovascular Diseases: Hormone Therapies
- Rheumatoid Disorders: Hormone Therapies
- Bone Hormone Therapies
MODULE H5: Diseases: Nutritional Therapies
- Diabetes: Nutritional Therapies
- Genital and Other Cancers: Nutritional Therapies
MODULE H6: Age-Related Hormone Therapies
- Aesthetical Hormone Therapies
- Male and Female Disorders: Hormone Therapies
- Prenatal and Pediatric Hormone Therapies
- Longevity and Centenarian Workshop
Click here to purchaser the course.
About the exam…?
- Has to be taken in Dr. Hertoghe’s Clinic in Brussels, Belgium.
- Multiple choice question and answer (one answer possible per question)
- Negative points (-0,2) for wrong answers, 1 point for a good answer, no points for no answer
- Minimum score of 60% is required
What is the fee?
7800€ for the learning material + 500€ for the examination