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Dr. Harris is a board-certified internist and endocrinologist with a subspecialty focus on osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease and disorders of mineral metabolism. He received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and completed a residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution. He completed a clinical and research fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In 1983, he returned to the University of California, San Francisco, where he is a Clinical Professor of Medicine. Dr. Harris has spent many years working on a variety of clinical research projects to examine the effects of nutrition, calcium supplements, vitamin D, hormone therapy, bisphosphonates, calcitonin, PTH and SERMs upon the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Dr. Harris maintains an active consultative practice in metabolic bone disease, but is also engaged in a wide variety of educational initiatives related to osteoporosis.

Paul D. Miller, MD, is Distinguished Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. In addition, Dr. Miller is the Medical Director of the Colorado Center for Bone Research in Lakewood, Colorado. After Dr. Miller received his medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, he became an intern in medicine and chief medical resident at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in New York. Subsequently, he completed a clinical fellowship and research fellowship in the Division of Renal Diseases at the University of Colorado Medical Center. Treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women has been the focus of Dr. Miller's research. He is now Principal Investigator of a number of clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of various therapies now used or considered for use in these patients, such as alendronate, ibandronate, risedronate, and zoledronic acid, parathyroid hormone, and, renal bone disease. Based on his research, Dr. Miller has authored or coauthored more than 220 publications, including original articles, chapters, and books. He has contributed his work to the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Osteoporosis International, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. Notably, Dr. Miller is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Densitometry and is on the editorial boards of Osteoporosis International, Calcified Tissue Research, The Journal of Women's Health, and the National Osteoporosis Foundation's Clinical Newsletter. A Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Dr. Miller is a member of numerous professional organizations. He was a Founder of the Metabolic Bone Disease Society of Colorado in 1980 and is its current President, and also the Founding President of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. Dr. Miller has served on The National Osteoporosis Foundation's Interspecialty Council (NOF); the Professional Practice Committee of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) and is on the Board of Directors of The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). Dr. Miller has received numerous awards for his professional contributions including an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa; The Lasker Award from The Colorado Chapter of The American College of Physicians, and Outstanding Teacher, Publication(s) and Researcher of The Year Awards from the UCHSC; and The Outstanding Volunteer Faculty Award from Denver Health and Hospitals. Most recently Dr. Miller was awarded the Career Achievement Award (2005) and The Distinguished Clinical Professor promotion (2006) by The Department of Medicine of UCHSC.

Dr. Lindsay is from the Helen Hayes Hospital in New York, where he is Chief of Internal Medicine.� As Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, Dr. Lindsay has authored over three�hundred journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters on osteoporosis pathophysiology and treatment.�He is a graduate of the University of Glasgow where he received his BSc, MBChB, PhD, and FRCP. Dr. Lindsay�is an Accredited Specialist in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology with the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.� Dr. Lindsay served on the Advisory Board to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) from 1990 through 1993.� He is�a member of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research from whom he received the Bartter Award for excellence in clinical research in 1997.� He is a member of the International Bone and Mineral Society who awarded him the John G Haddad Award for clinical research in 2005.� He is also a member of the Endocrine Society, the American College of Physicians, the North American Menopause Society, the International Menopause Society, and is a member of the Board of Scientific Advisory of the International Osteoporosis Foundation.� He is the North American Editor of Osteoporosis International.� He is a past President of the National Osteoporosis Foundation, and the 1999 recipient of the Scientific Leadership Award of the Foundation.