David W. Dempster, Ph.D.
Dr. David Dempster is Director of the hospital's Regional Bone Center and Professor of Clinical Pathology at Columbia University in New York. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow for studies on bone mineralization, and completed postdoctoral studies at both the University of Zurich and the University of Lyon. He has published extensively on the cell biology of the osteoclast and on bone structure in health and disease. Dr. Dempster is an Associate Editor of Osteoporosis International, and serves on the Editorial Board of Bone. The National Institutes of Health and the New York State Department of Health support his research.