David Goltzman
David Goltzman is Antoine J. Massabki Professor of Medicine and Physiology at 91丝瓜视频 and Senior Physician in the Endocrine Division of the Department of Medicine of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre. He is a past Chair of the Department of Medicine and of the Department of Physiology. For his research contributions, Dr Goltzman has received various honours and awards, including Officer of the Order of Canada, the Aurbach Award of the US Endocrine Society, the Raisz Award of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada and in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Athens, and an honorary professorship from Nanjing University. He is a past President of the ASBMR, the Canadian Society of Clinical Investigation and the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Dr. Goltzman`s research has been unique in defining basic mechanisms relevant to the regulation of mineral and skeletal metabolism, while also providing new clinical concepts of metabolic bone disease, including osteoporosis, renal osteodystrophy, and cancer and bone. He has made many important contributions to our knowledge of parathyroid hormone (PTH), PTH related protein and vitamin D, which have had major impact on our understanding of the pathophysiology.and treatment of a variety of metabolic bone diseases. He has also been principal investigator of the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) which examines the demographics, development, risk factors and outcomes of osteoporosis. His publications (more than 500 peer-reviewed original publications) have been cited over 62,000 times (over 23,000 since 2021) with an h-index of 118 (Google Scholar). He also pursues clinical activity in metabolic bone disease and general endocrinology and teaches at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.