Steven R. Cummings, MD

Dr. Cummings received his training in Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at UCSF and is Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics (emeritus) at UCSF.  He directs the San Francisco Coordinating Center affiliated with the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute.  He founded the Coordinating Center 40 years ago and led many of the major studies about treatments for osteoporosis and designed and led large studies about the biology of human aging.  Dr. Cummings has published over 600 peer-reviewed publications, is ranked among the 100 most cited health scientists and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the IOM) in the National Academy of Sciences and honored with several international awards for his clinical research in osteoporosis and aging.