One of only a handful of academic centers in the United States dedicated to skeletal health, the Johns Hopkins Metabolic Bone and Osteoporosis Center is committed to providing patients and their families the care necessary to diagnose and treat disorders of bone. From osteoporosis to hyperparathyroidism to rare bone disease, we realize that every patient case is unique and deserving of thoughtful and personalized care. We hope to work with our patients, addressing their specific needs and preferences, while offering expert opinion on lifestyle interventions, nutritional factors and pharmacotherapies that can promote optimal skeletal health. There is no “textbook case” or “one size fits all” model that we employ; rather, each patient who walks through our doors brings with her/him a specific life story that must be incorporated into our evaluation and treatment plan.
Conditions We Treat
The Johns Hopkins Metabolic Bone and Osteoporosis Center focuses on services designed to prevent, diagnose and treat many kinds of bone diseases, including:
- Osteoporosis and osteopenia in men and women
- Fragility and recurrent fractures
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Primary, secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypercalciuria (high urine calcium)
- Paget’s disease of the bone
- Steroid-induced osteoporosis
- Chemotherapy-induced bone loss
- Pre-menopausal bone loss
- Low bone density for age
- Vitamin D deficiency / osteomalacia
- High and low blood calcium levels (hyper and hypocalcemia)
- High and low blood phosphorus disorders (hyper and hypophosphatemia)
- Renal osteodystrophy
- Rare bone diseases (osteogenesis imperfect, osteopetrosis, hereditary rickets, tumor-induced osteomalacia, hypophosphatasia, fibrous dysplasia, and others)