Physician Profile

Joseph Lorenzo, M.D.

Dr. Lorenzo is a professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He is a nationally renowned expert on bone remodeling and its effect on bone health. Dr. Lorenzo’s clinical interests include management of patients with osteoporosis and metabolic bone disorders. He organized the first international conference on osteoimmunology in 2006.

Appointment

• Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UConn Health Center
• Director of Bone Biology Research, UConn Health Center

Specialty

• Internal Medicine

Subspecialty

• Endocrinology
• Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease

Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine: Endocrinology and Metabolism

Education
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M.D., State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center

State Licensure
Connecticut

Residency
Internal Medicine, University of Illinois

Fellowship
Endocrinology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Awards

• VA Research Associate Career Development Award
• NIH New Investigator Research Award

Selected Publications
Raisz L.G., Kream B.E., and Lorenzo J.A. “Metabolic bone disease” In Williams Textbook of Endocrinology,., J.D. Wilson, D.W. Foster, H.M. Kronenberg, PR Larson, eds., W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 9th Ed pp 1211-1239. 1998, 10th Ed pp 1373-1410 2003.

Walsh M.C., Kim N., Kadono Y., Rho J., Lee S.Y., Lorenzo J., Choi Y. “Osteoimmunology: interplay between the immune system and bone metabolism. Annual Reviews of Immunology 24:33-63, 2006.

View more publications, see Pubmed listing.

Research Interests

Basic Science Research

• The influence of the immunological system on bone remodeling.
• The influence of estrogens and androgens on both bone resorption and the formation of bone resorbing cells (osteoclasts).