John Paul Bilezikian MD, PhD

Dr. John P. Bilezikian is the Chairman of this Seminar and the Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silberberg Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University. He is Vice-Chair of the Department of Medicine for International Education and Research and Chief of the Metabolic Bone Diseases Program at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Bilezikian received his undergraduate training at Harvard College and his medical training at the College of Physicians & Surgeons. 

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Over the past decade, Dr. Bilezikian has initiated a program of skeletal health in Armenia that has featured standing-room-only symposia on osteoporosis, leadership roundtables at which the First Lady has presided, International Summits, placement of bone densitometers throughout Armenia, cutting-edge research programs and the establishment of the Osteoporosis Center of Armenia. These programs focused on Armenian women, aided by the acquisition of bone densitometry, have facilitated the evaluation of skeletal health throughout the country. Dr. Bilezikian will summarize these activities as well as provide an update on advances in the evaluation and management of osteoporosis.