Chairperson - Felicia Cosman, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York
Medical Director, Clinical Research Center
Helen Hayes Hospital
West Haverstraw, New York 

Felicia Cosman, MD, is Medical Director of the Clinical Research Center at Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, New York. She is also Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, New York.

Dr. Cosman is a graduate of Cornell University and Stony Brook Medical School, New York, and she completed her residency and an endocrinology fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.

Dr. Cosman's research interests include studies on the causes of osteoporosis and how estrogen, SERMS, and vitamin D work as treatments for osteoporosis. Her major research focus is the use of teriparatide in combination with antiresorptive agents and in novel cyclic regimens in the treatment of severe osteoporosis. She is the recipient of research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in journals including The New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet. She is the author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Osteoporosis and coeditor of Osteoporosis: An Evidence-Based Approach to the Prevention of Fractures.

Dr. Cosman is the review editor for, and serves on the editorial boards of, Osteoporosis International and Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism. In addition, she has served as Clinical Director of the National Osteoporosis Foundation since 1996. Dr. Cosman has been elected to the Castle-Connolly list of Top Doctors every year from 2000 to 2006, and she has been featured in best doctor listings in both New York Magazine and Hudson Valley Magazine.

Nelson B. Watts, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Director, University of Cincinnati Bone Health and Osteoporosis Center Cincinnati, Ohio

Nelson B. Watts, MD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Director of the University of Cincinnati Bone Health and Osteoporosis Center in Ohio.

Dr. Watts received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, completed his medical internship at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, and served a residency in internal medicine at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina. Additional postdoctoral training includes a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of North Carolina.

Dr. Watts' major research interest is osteoporosis, particularly the study of therapeutic agents and tests for diagnosis and monitoring. His contributions to the medical literature include more than 50 books and book chapters, and he has written well over 250 abstracts and articles for such journals as the Journal of the American Medical Association and The New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Watts currently serves as chair of the Food and Drug Administration's Advisory Committee for Endocrine and Metabolic Drugs and is on the ABIM Subspecialty Board on Endocrinology. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Densitometry, serves on the editorial boards of Osteoporosis International and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and is active in several professional societies. Dr. Watts is past President of the American College of Endocrinology and International Society of Clinical Densitometry.

Michael R. McClung, MD
Department of Medical Education
Providence Portland Medical Center
Director, Oregon Osteoporosis Center
Portland, Oregon

Michael R. McClung, MD, FACP, is the founding director of the Oregon Osteoporosis Center and serves as Assistant Director in the Department of Medical Education at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland, Oregon.

Dr. McClung received his medical degree at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He completed his internship and residency in Medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital, also in Dallas.

Dr. McClung's special interests include disorders of skeletal and mineral metabolism, and he has served as the primary investigator for several multicenter clinical trials. He is active in several professional societies and has authored multiple scientific and clinical papers.

Kenneth W. Lyles, MD
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair for Clinical Research
Director, Medicine Site-Based Research
Duke University School of Medicine
VA Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Kenneth W. Lyles, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair for Clinical Research and Director of Medicine Site-Based Research at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) in Durham, North Carolina. Additional appointments include Director of the Geriatric Physician Fellowship Program, Clinical Director of Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, as well as Director of the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit at Durham VA Medical Center.

Dr. Lyles received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals. Additional postgraduate training includes a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at DUMC and a fellowship in geriatrics and gerontology at Durham VA Medical Center and DUMC.

Dr. Lyles' research has focused on age-associated osteoporosis, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, Paget's disease of bone, and tumoral calcinosis. He has written extensively on these topics and others related to bone metabolism, having contributed close to 100 journal articles and 24 book chapters. A Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Gerontological Society of America, and the American Geriatrics Society, Dr. Lyles is also an active member of several professional organizations and, since 1994, has held the position of Secretary- Treasurer of The Paget Foundation for Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders. He also serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Advances in Osteoporotic Fracture Management, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, and Osteoporosis International.