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Meryl Susan Leboff

Meryl Susan Leboff MD

Endocrinology
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Dr. LeBoff is the Director of the Skeletal Health and Osteoporosis Center and Bone Density Unit, a multifaceted program that includes research, educational initiatives, clinical care, and bone densitometry. She founded the Skeletal Health and Osteoporosis Center and Bone Density Unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in 1987. As an endocrinologist, Dr. LeBoff specializes in osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, focusing on causes of secondary osteoporoses and skeletal health across the life cycle include from young adulthood to extreme old age. Dr. LeBoff’s extensive research topics include risk factors for osteoporosis (including low vitamin D levels, breast cancer treatments, hormonal modifiers on bone, and medical disorders or therapies that lead to low bone mass); approaches to imaging bone structure; vitamin D metabolism and mechanisms that lead to osteoblast generation in human marrow stromal cells; genetics of osteoporosis; and clinical approaches to potentially speed up fracture healing.
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