Dr. Ronald Hamdy receives national award for contributions to field of clinical densitometry
Dr. Ronald Hamdy, a professor of internal medicine at East Tennessee State University’s James H. Quillen College of Medicine and chairholder of the Cecile Cox Quillen Chair of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine, has received a national award in honor of his contributions to the field of clinical densitometry.
During a recent annual meeting of the International Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD), Hamdy received the ISCD Clinician of the Year Award, presented each year to an outstanding clinician for distinguished service to the field of densitometry in the areas of publication, education or leadership. Clinical densitometry focuses on bone mass measurement and the diagnosis and treatment of bone diseases such as osteoporosis.
Hamdy is the longtime medical director of the ETSU Osteoporosis Center, which is located on the first floor of Building 8 on the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center campus. He is actively involved in patient care, research and teaching in his main areas of expertise, which include osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and dementia. He has published extensively, with four books and over 200 articles in medical journals and numerous chapters in medical textbooks to his credit.
Also at the annual meeting, Hamdy was appointed editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Densitometry, the official journal of the ISCD. The journal presents practice-oriented research findings, current clinical techniques and relevant technical information related to the field, and explores new ideas and concepts that can influence the practical clinical management of osteoporosis and other metabolic diseases.
For more information about the ETSU Osteoporosis Center, call (423) 439-8091. The center is on the Web at www.etsu.edu/com/osteoporosiscenter/.
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