Scientific Advisory Board

We are forever grateful to the gracious doctors and researchers who volunteer their time and expertise to guide the Association towards its mission.

Scientific Advisory Board Leadership

Dr. Michael P. Whyte, M.D.

Chair

St. Louis, Missouri

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Genetics
Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine

and

Medical-Scientific Director
Center for Metabolic Bone Disease and Molecular Research
Shriners Hospital for Children
St. Louis, MO  

Dr. Fred Kaplan, M.D.

Chair, Emeritus

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Isaac and Rose Nassau Professor of Orthopedic Molecular Medicine Chief

Division of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Former Scientific Advisory Board Members

Dr. Henry G. Bone, M.D.

Director, Michigan Bone and Mineral Clinic Head, Endocrinology Division, St. John Hospital and  Medical Center Detroit, Michigan

Dr. Bart L. Clarke, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota  

Dr. Jill Helms, Ph.D., D.D.S. 

Associate Professor Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, California  

Dr. Jeffrey C. King, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan

Dr. Salman Kirmani, MBBS 

Assistant Professor of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota

Dr. Peter Klein, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor Department of Medicine and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Laura McCabe, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Departments of Physiology and Radiology Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan

Dr. Geert Mortier, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medical Genetics at University of Antwerp and Ghent University Director, Department of Medical Genetics Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium

Dr. Vicki Rosen, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair Department of Developmental Biology Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Eileen M. Shore, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Genetics Department of Orthopaedics

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dr. Ethel Siris, M.D.

Director, Toni Stabile Center for the Prevention & Treatment of Osteoporosis Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Metabolic Bone Diseases Program College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University New York, New York

Dr. Andrew Weiland,  M.D.

Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery Professor, Plastic Surgery Weill Medical College of Cornell University Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery New York, New York

Dr. Howard J. Worman, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine and Anatomy and Cell Biology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University New York, New York

Dr. Michael Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D.

Dean, Research and Translational Science Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, D.C.