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Professionals
and experts in the field comprise the faculty of our
comprehensive and interdisciplinary program that was
designed to address skeletal related health issues.
Beatrice
Edwards, M.D., FACP,
Director, Bone Health & Osteoporosis Program.
Dr Edwards is a Geriatrician who trained at Cayetano
Heredia University in Peru and completed a residency
in medicine at SIU School of Medicine in Springfield,
Illinois, and a fellowship at St Louis University. She
has been a member of the medical staff at Northwestern
University since 1995. She is Assistant Professor in
the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine,
and the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. Her
interest in osteoporosis stems from experience with
older adults. Dr. Edwards is involved with local and
regional medical educational campaigns to raise awareness
about osteoporosis. Her research interests include:
a) gait and balance factors responsible for falls and
wrist fractures, and b) patients’ attitudes about osteoporosis.
Dr Edward’s areas of expertise include postmenopausal
osteoporosis, glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis, osteoporosis
in males and other metabolic bone disease such as Ostegenesis
imperfecta or Paget’s disease. Dr. Edwards developed
an Osteoporosis and Fracture Intervention Program (OFIP)
for her patients.
Anthony
De Santis, M.D.,
Associate Director, Bone Health & Osteoporosis
Program. Dr. Bunta is an orthopaedic surgeon at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital and serves as the Vice-Chairman
of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NMH and
the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. His interest
in osteoporosis stems from his many years in orthopaedic
practice caring for patients with varying types of fractures,
especially in elderly patients. He is currently the
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and is intimately involved
in hip and knee joint replacement surgeries when matters
of bone health are important for the long-term function
and survival of artificial joint components.
Andrew
D. Bunta, M.D., Assistant
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery. Dr. Bunta was born in Chicago graduated
from Northwestern University Medical School in 1964
and completed his residency at Northwestern. From 1968
to 1970 he was the General Medical Officer in the United
States Air Force. From 1978 to 1997 he was the director
of the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Training Program
at Lutheran General Hospital. He specializes in reconstructive
orthopaedic surgery.
Margaret
Sullivan, N.P., is a graduate of the
Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing. She has
a master’s degree in nursing with an emphasis on women’s
health care. She manages the impatient portion of the
program focusing on the evaluation, treatment and education
of hospitalized patients. She also provides patient
care in the Bone Health Clinic.
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