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• The Metabolic Bone Diseases Program
  
  John Bilezikian, MD
  Director
  
  Metabolic Bone Diseases Program
  Harkness Pavilion
  180 Fort Washington Avenue
  9th Floor, Room 9-904
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-305-BONE
  Fax: 212-342-0501
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  
  The Metabolic Bone Diseases Program at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center evaluates and treats patients with osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases. The program offers a complete set of state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to diseases of the skeleton. Patients are referred by physicians who suspect that a metabolic bone disorder such as osteoporosis may exist. The program’s capabilities include comprehensive initial evaluation and appropriate blood, urine, radiological imaging tests; sophisticated assays for calciotropic hormones; other circulating indices of bone metabolism and urinary markers; dual energy x-ray absorbptiometry; and quantitative static and dynamic histormorphometric analysis of the percutaneous bone biopsy. Prompt feedback on all referred patients is an additional important feature of the program. In special situations and in conjunction with the referring physician, patients may be offered the opportunity to participate in one of a number of ongoing clinical research programs funded by the National Institutes of Health at Columbia -Presbyterian Medical Center.



• The Toni Stabile Osteoporosis Center
  
  Ethel Siris, M.D.,
  Director
  
  Harkness Pavilion
  180 Fort Washington Avenue
  9th Floor, Room 910
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-305-9531
  Fax: 212-305-6482
  
  Hours:
  Monday through Friday:
  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  
  The Toni Stabile Osteoporosis Center is a dedicated provider of compassionate, comprehensive patient care, research, and education. Its aim is to create a greater awareness of osteoporosis and to develop and deliver improved methods for the diagnosis and treatment of those at risk and those who suffer from this disorder. The Center offers comprehensive consultations with specialists in bone diseases for those already diagnosed with osteoporosis and for those at high risk for the disease; a Fracture Intervention Program for both inpatients and outpatients who have recently sustained osteoporotic fractures; complete laboratory and radiologic studies; bone densitometry testing with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) machines operated by dedicated, highly skilled technicians and interpreted by experts, all certified by the International Society of Clinical Densitormetry; and opportunities to participate in numerous clinical research protocols offering new state-of-the-art therapies to patients with osteoporosis.