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DAVID GOLTZMAN, MD
Position in CeDAR: Board Member, 2004-07 Biosketch:
Dr. Goltzman’s research has focussed on the hormonal regulation of calcium and skeletal homeostasis and he has made many important and original contributions to our knowledge of the biology of the hormones, parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHRP), parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitonin and vitamin D. These contributions have had major impact on our understanding of the interaction of cancer with the skeleton, on identification of novel tumour markers and on mechanisms of development and treatment of osteoporosis and other diseases of excess bone resorption. In recognition of his excellent research he has received various honours and awards including the Prix André Lichtwitz of the Institut national en santé et recherche medicale, election to the American Association of Physicians, and election to Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada. In 2000, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Dr. Goltzman has extensively contributed to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the National Cancer Institute of Canada and the National Institutes of Health of the U.S. in various capacities both on grants and awards committees and on policy-making bodies. He has further served his academic community through editorships on various journals (including the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Endocrinology, Bone) and by providing leadership to a number of scientific organizations (e.g. as President of the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, President of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation and President of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research). He has also consulted to industry, academia and lay organizations in his capacity as a clinician - scientist and an expert in metabolic bone disease. His contributions to education including Chairing a committee which revised the Undergraduate medical curriculum at McGill University.Contact: Email: david.goltzman@mcgill.ca Academic Degrees:
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Dr. Goltzman is Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Physiology of McGill University, Director of the McGill Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research, and Senior Physician in the Endocrine Division of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Born in Montreal, Dr. Goltzman studied medicine at McGill University and did his internal medicine residency at Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Centre in New York. He subsequently pursued his clinical subspecialization in endocrinology and his research training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He returned to McGill in 1975 and became Director of the Calcium Research Laboratory at the Royal Victoria Hospital. From 1988-1993, he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology at McGill. From 1994-2004 he was Chairman of the Department of Medicine.