Osteoporosis
Johns Hopkins Metabolic Bone Center Introduced at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 24th, 2008
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center announced the creation of the Johns Hopkins Metabolic Bone Center, a multidisciplinary team of experts dedicated to the prevention and treatment of skeletal disorders and fractures. The Metabolic Bone Center team includes endocrinologists, geriatricians, orthopaedists, dieticians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians. It will be led by Deborah Sellmeyer, M.D. as medical director.
This new center focuses on metabolic bone diseases, which are disorders of bone strength, commonly caused by abnormalities of minerals (such as calcium or phosphorus), vitamin D, bone mass or...
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