Michael McClung, MD - Oregon Osteoporosis Center

Michael McClung, MD, FACE, FACP
Director, Oregon Osteoporosis Center

Dr. Michael McClung is the founding director of the Oregon Osteoporosis Center. He graduated from Rice University in Houston and 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 Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He then joined the faculty at the Oregon Health Sciences University, where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine. At OHSU, he founded a clinic devoted to the care of patients with disorders of bone and calcium metabolism that eventually grew into the Oregon Osteoporosis Center. In 1987, Dr. McClung joined the Department of Medical Education at Providence Medical Center where he is actively involved in the training of young physicians. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and in Endocrinology and Metabolism and is a fellow of the American College of Endocrinologists and the American College of Physicians.

Dr. McClung is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of osteoporosis and bone density testing. His Center has been involved in many of the important clinical studies that resulted in the availability of the medications now used to treat osteoporosis and Paget's disease of bone. He has published numerous papers and book chapters and is co-editor 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 is currently the editor of a national newsletter about osteoporosis, serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Osteoporosis Foundation, and as a medical advisor for the Paget Foundation, and has recently been appointed as a member of the Council of Scientific Advisors for the International Osteoporosis Foundation.

Dr. McClung is frequently asked to speak at national and international meetings about osteoporosis. Synopses of some of his recent presentations are available for review.