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Overview

Ethel S. Siris is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and focuses primarily on Medicine, contributing extensively to research in orthopedics and sports medicine, oncology, molecular biology, surgery, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main themes of Siris's research revolve around bone health and osteoporosis, including studies on bone metabolism, bone and joint diseases, fractures, and vitamin D. The specific topics covered include:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Bone fractures and treatments

Siris has coauthored multiple papers with several frequent collaborators. Notable co-authors include Merav Fraenkel, E. Michael Lewiecki, S. L. Greenspan, Kenneth G. Saag, and Tony M. Keaveny.

The scientist's work is published primarily in a range of journals specializing in bone and mineral research as well as oncology. Key publication venues include:

  • Osteoporosis International
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Bone
  • npj Breast Cancer
  • JBMR Plus

Recent significant papers contributed to by Siris include:

  • The clinician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, 2022, Osteoporosis International
  • Biomechanical Computed Tomography analysis (BCT) for clinical assessment of osteoporosis, 2020, Osteoporosis International
  • Favorable skeletal benefit/risk of long-term denosumab therapy: A virtual-twin analysis of fractures prevented relative to skeletal safety events observed, 2020, Bone
  • Bone mineral density in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer: a prospective cohort study, 2022, npj Breast Cancer
  • Osteoporosis treatment prevents hip fracture similarly in both sexes: the FOCUS observational study, 2024, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Best Publications

  • Denosumab for Prevention of Fractures in Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis

    Steven R. Cummings;Javier San Martin;Michael R. Mcclung;Ethel S. Siris

  • Identification and fracture outcomes of undiagnosed low bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: Results from the national osteoporosis risk assessment

    Ethel S. Siris;Paul D. Miller;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Kenneth G. Faulkner

  • Prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy among postmenopausal north american women receiving osteoporosis therapy

    Michael F. Holick;Ethel S. Siris;Neil Binkley;Mary K. Beard

  • Bone mineral density thresholds for pharmacological intervention to prevent fractures

    Ethel S. Siris;Ya Ting Chen;Thomas A. Abbott;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

  • A 10-year prospective study of primary hyperparathyroidism with or without parathyroid surgery

    Shonni J. Silverberg;Elizabeth Shane;Thomas P. Jacobs;Ethel Siris

  • Adherence to bisphosphonate therapy and fracture rates in osteoporotic women: relationship to vertebral and nonvertebral fractures from 2 US claims databases.

    Ethel S. Siris;Steven T. Harris;Clifford J. Rosen;Charles E. Barr

  • Fractures Attributable to Osteoporosis: Report from the National Osteoporosis Foundation

    L. J. Melton;M. Thamer;N. F. Ray;J. K. Chan

  • Skeletal disease in primary hyperparathyroidism.

    Shonni J. Silverberg;Elizabeth Shane;Luz de la Cruz;David W. Dempster

  • The clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis: a position statement from the National Bone Health Alliance Working Group

    E. S. Siris;R. Adler;J. Bilezikian;M. Bolognese

  • Severity of prevalent vertebral fractures and the risk of subsequent vertebral and nonvertebral fractures: results from the MORE trial

    P.D Delmas;H.K Genant;G.G Crans;J.L Stock

  • Osteoporosis and Fracture Risk in Women of Different Ethnic Groups

    Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Ethel S Siris;Lois E Wehren;Paul D Miller

  • The Natural History of Primary Hyperparathyroidism with or without Parathyroid Surgery after 15 Years

    Mishaela R. Rubin;John P. Bilezikian;Donald J. McMahon;Thomas Jacobs

  • Making the first fracture the last fracture: ASBMR task force report on secondary fracture prevention.

    John A Eisman;Earl R Bogoch;Rick Dell;J Timothy Harrington

  • Prediction of fracture risk in postmenopausal white women with peripheral bone densitometry: evidence from the National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment.

    Paul D. Miller;Ethel S. Siris;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Kenneth G. Faulkner

  • Importance of Precision in Bone Density Measurements

    Sydney Lou Bonnick;C. Conrad Johnston;Michael Kleerekoper;Robert Lindsay

  • Impact of osteoporosis treatment adherence on fracture rates in North America and Europe.

    Ethel S. Siris;Peter L. Selby;Kenneth G. Saag;Fredrik Borgström

  • The effect of age and bone mineral density on the absolute, excess, and relative risk of fracture in postmenopausal women aged 50-99: results from the National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment (NORA)

    E. S. Siris;S. K. Brenneman;E. Barrett-Connor;P. D. Miller

  • Increased bone mineral density after parathyroidectomy in primary hyperparathyroidism

    S J Silverberg;F Gartenberg;T P Jacobs;E Shane

  • Skeletal effects of raloxifene after 8 years: results from the continuing outcomes relevant to Evista (CORE) study

    Ethel S Siris;Steven T Harris;Richard Eastell;Jose R Zanchetta

  • Bone mineral density thresholds for pharmacologic intervention to prevent fractures

    Ethel S. Siris;Ya-Ting Chen;Thomas A. Abbott;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. Miller
Paul D. Miller University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor University of California, San Diego
John P. Bilezikian
John P. Bilezikian Columbia University
Robert E. Canfield
Robert E. Canfield Columbia University
Elizabeth Shane
Elizabeth Shane Columbia University
Jonathan D. Adachi
Jonathan D. Adachi McMaster University
Shonni J. Silverberg
Shonni J. Silverberg Columbia University
Michael R. McClung
Michael R. McClung Australian Catholic University
Jacques P. Brown
Jacques P. Brown Université Laval
Adolfo Diez-Perez
Adolfo Diez-Perez Autonomous University of Barcelona

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