Deborah E. Sellmeyer, MD

Stanford University School of Medicine

Palo Alto, CA, USA

Dr. Sellmeyer is a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is an internationally recognized expert in Metabolic Bone Disease. Her research centers on the effect of nutrition and environmental factors on skeletal metabolism which she has investigated through both smaller CRC-based trials and large multi-center trials. Studies she has conducted have investigated the role of dietary sodium chloride, source of dietary protein (animal, vegetable, dairy, soy), role of dietary potassium and alkaline potassium salts, targeted thoracic exercises on kyphosis, whether structured exercise can prevent bone loss in premenopausal women treated for breast cancer, and studies validating nutritional assessment questionnaires. Dr. Sellmeyer has received recognition as an outstanding clinician and also is an esteemed educator, having received multiple teaching awards.