Felicia Cosman, MD

Dr. Cosman is a graduate of Cornell University and Stony Brook Medical School. She received her internal medicine training and completed her endocrinology fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. In 1988, she moved to Helen Hayes Hospital where she has been an osteoporosis specialist, clinical scientist and Medical Director of the Clinical Research Center.

Her research has included studies of what causes osteoporosis and how estrogen and SERMS (selective estrogen receptor modulators) work in clinical models as treatments for osteoporosis. She is also studying experimental treatments for osteoporosis including parathyroid hormone and etiologies of stress fractures in military cadets.

She is the recipient of research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society as well as several pharmaceutical companies.

Dr. Cosman is the author of more than 50 original articles and 30 book chapters in the field of osteoporosis and women's health. She serves on the Editorial Board of Osteoporosis International and is a regular reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Calcified Tissue International and Bone. She has served as Clinical Director for the National Osteoporosis Foundation since 1996 and has been an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University since 1997.

Note: This biosketch is published as it was submitted by Dr. Cosman. The material was edited for style.