Overview
The functioning of the body in health is dependent on the communication of each organ system with every other. This communication breaks down in various disease states. It is important to understand the communication of organ systems with each other in health and disease to have a good concept of how to approach patient illness.
Dr Gordon Klein will explain how bone, which stores 95% of the body’s calcium and 85% of the body’s phosphate, can be the source of the calcium phosphate that contributes to the clogging of the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. He will also discuss what can be done to attempt to prevent this condition from developing and causing heart attacks.
Speaker
Dr Gordon Klein studied Investigative Medicine while at Wolfson in 1970-71, working at the time with Prof Ivor Mills. He trained in Pediatrics at Stanford from 1971-74 and did postdoctoral fellowships at Johns Hopkins and UCLA, where he stayed on as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Associate Physician of the UCLA Clinical Research Center on a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
He went on to faculty appointments in Pediatrics at Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he spent 30 years studying the contribution of the musculoskeletal system to the hypermetabolism of burn injury.
In 2010 Dr Klein transferred to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery to continue full time musculoskeletal research. He held the ranks of Professor with tenure in Pediatrics and Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery before transitioning to a part time position as Senior Scientist and Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Research division of the department.
He has consulted for the NIH, the US Pharmacopeia and the Food and Drug Administration. He is currently an Editor of the journal Endocrines, a Fellow of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
Details
This event is open to all and free to attend - book your place.
This event is organised by the Wolfson Medical Society.
Access
This event will take place in Gatsby Room on the first floor of the Chancellor's Centre. It has step-free access with a lift and there is an accessible toilet located each floor of the building.
