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Research Summary
After completing her endocrinology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1988, Dr. Becker entered a general endocrinology practice in Danbury, Connecticut where she was involved in the teaching programs at Danbury Hospital and Yale New Haven Hospital. In 1994, she joined a large multi-specialty private practice in Northern Westchester County where she served as the group’s only endocrinologist for nearly seven years. Currently, she is the Associate Director of the Toni Stabile Osteoporosis Center. Her major interests are to see patients with osteoporosis and other metabolic bone disorders and to develop new programs to help prevent initial or recurrent osteoporotic fractures. She also hopes to take an active role in the teaching of medical students, residents, and endocrine fellows at Columbia University.
Positions & Appointments
| 2001-present |
Assistant Attending Physician |
Columbia University Medical Center |
New York, NY |
| 2001-present |
Associate Director of the Toni Stabile Osteoporosis Center |
Columbia University Medical Center |
New York, NY |
| 1996-present |
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine |
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons |
New York, NY |
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Education and Training
| 1973 |
B.A. |
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1976 |
M.A., Sociology |
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL |
| 1982 |
M.D. |
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| 1982-1985 |
Internship and residency in Internal Medicine |
Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| 1985-1988 |
Fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism |
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
Honors and Awards
1973: Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, and Academic Distinction, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1976: Phi Kappa Phi, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1977: CRC Award for Highest Achievement in First Year Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1994: Fellowship, American College of Physicians
2001: Elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty Board on Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Committees and Society Memberships
The Endocrine Society (Chair, CME Advisory Committee, and Member of Meetings and Educational Programs Committee and Nominating Committee of the Society)
American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
American Diabetes Association
National Osteoporosis Foundation
American College of Physicians/Society of Internal Medicine
Favorite Websites
National Institutes of Health, Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases
National Osteoporosis Foundation
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
The Endocrine Society
Selected Publications:
1. Becker C. (2000) Use of serum mullerian inhibiting substance in the diagnostic evaluation of cryptorchidism and intersex disorders. (Letter to the Editor). Endocr Practice
6 (5):411
2. Becker C. (1999) Clinical Essentials of Calcium and Skeletal Disorders. Leonard Deftos (Book Review). Osteoporosis Int
9:276
3. Becker C, Gordon J. (1993) Iodinated glycerol and thyroid dysfunction: four cases and a review of the literature. Chest
103:188
4. Becker C, Trock D. (1991) Thyrotoxicosis resembles Lyme disease. Ann Intern Med
114:914
5. Jameson JL, Becker CB, Lindell CM, Habener JF. (1988) Human follicle stimulating hormone B-subunit gene encodes multiple messenger ribonucleic acids. Molecular Endocrinology
2:806
6. Becker C. (1985) Hypothyroidism and atherosclerotic heart disease: pathogenesis, medical management, and the role of coronary artery bypass surgery. Endocrine Reviews
6:432
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