Biography

Michael McClung, MD, is the Founding Director of the Oregon Osteoporosis Center in Portland. He received his medical degree from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. After his training in Internal Medicine at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, he completed a fellowship in Endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He then joined the faculty at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, where he worked for many years. While there, he founded a clinic and research group devoted to the care and study of patients with disorders of bone and calcium metabolism, which is now known as the Oregon Osteoporosis Center. Dr. McClung is board-certified in Internal Medicine as well as Endocrinology and Metabolism and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinologists. Dr. McClung has been involved in the planning, conduct, and presentation of many of the important clinical studies that resulted in the availability of the medications now used to treat osteoporosis. He has published numerous papers and book chapters and is coeditor of a book for clinicians about disorders of bone and mineral metabolism. Dr. McClung is widely known as an educator, translating clinical research information into practical strategies of evaluation and treatment for other physicians. He is an active member of multiple international societies focusing on bone diseases and their treatment. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Council of the National Osteoporosis Foundation and on the Committee of Scientific Advisors for the International Osteoporosis Foundation. He was also a member of the WHO Task Force on Fracture Risk Assessment and has been involved in the implementation of the WHO fracture risk calculator.

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