Robert R. Recker, M.D., M.A.C.P., F.A.C.E.

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Endocrinology
Director, Osteoporosis Research Center
Clinical Professor of Periodontics
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
(402) 280-4471

Dr. Recker, Director of the Creighton University Osteoporosis Research Center, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of metabolic bone disease. His 30-plus year career as physician-scientist includes laboratory and clinical research, teaching, patient care, and professional leadership. He holds the ranks of Master, American College of Physicians, and Fellow, American College of Endocrinology. He is past governor of the Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Physicians and past president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Dr. Recker serves on the editorial boards of several medical journals, - including Osteoporosis International, the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism – and is a journal referee for all of the leading medical and research publications in the field. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Osteoporosis Foundation and chairs its Research Grants Subcommittee. Dr. Recker assembled and edited a classic text on transilial bone biopsy - Bone Histomorphometry: Techniques and Interpretation (CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1983 – that, 20 years post-publication, remains an important resource. His list of professional publications includes more than 200 original papers, chapters, and monographs that deal with calcium physiology, metabolic bone disease, bone histomorphometry, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, adaptation of bone to loading, and, more recently, the genetics of bone mass.