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E. Michael Lewiecki, MD is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of New Mexico School of Medicine and Director of New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center. He is a consultant in osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, supervisor and interpreter of bone density studies at his center, and an educator with a special interest in the management of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. He is principal investigator for the center's osteoporosis clinical trials and author of many peer-reviewed scientific publications on osteoporosis and bone densitometry.

Dr. Lewiecki is past-president of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD). He is a faculty member for the ISCD educational programs in bone densitometry and vertebral fracture assessment, and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Densitometry. He has received national and international awards, including "Young Internist of the Year" by the American Society of Internal Medicine in 1986, "Physician of the Year" by the ISCD in 2002, the ISCD "Paul D. Miller Service Award" in 2006, and the "Laureate Award" of the New Mexico Chapter of the American College of Physicians in 2006.

He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology. Dr. Lewiecki is president and founder of the Osteoporosis Foundation of New Mexico and director of its educational activities. He is past-president of the New Mexico Society of Internal Medicine and past-president of New Mexico Medical Group. He established and is program director of the annual Santa Fe Bone Symposium.

Dr. Lewiecki, who was raised in the Boston area, is a graduate of Amherst College and Northwestern University Medical School. He completed postgraduate training in internal medicine at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and is board-certified in internal medicine. After serving two years as a medical officer in the United States Air Force, he settled in Albuquerque, where he has remained ever since.