Physician Investigator (Cl) Endocrine Division, Mass General Research Institute

Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

Associate Physician Medicine-Endocrinology (Archived), Massachusetts General Hospital

Chen Institute MGH Research Scholar 2023-2028 Mass General Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital

MD UC San Francisco School of Medicine 2004

MMSc 2013

absorptiometry, photon; bariatric surgery; bone and bones; bone density; bone remodeling; eunuchism; fractures, bone; gastric bypass; histamine h2 antagonists; obesity, morbid; osteoporosis; osteoporotic fractures; proton pump inhibitors; teriparatide

My research focuses on the dual fields of bone disease and obesity metabolism. Within the bone field, my ongoing research projects include (1) studying skeletal health after bariatric (weight loss) surgery in obese patients, (2) determining the physiologic mechanisms involved in bone loss after bariatric surgery, and (3) using these insights to guide management of bone health in bariatric surgery patients. I have also examined the skeletal impact of proton pump inhibitors, diabetes, and sex steroids, and explored  physiologic effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in the treatment of osteoporosis.