Michael Holick M.D., Ph.D.
My name is Michael F. Holick Ph.D., M.D.. I received both my Ph.D. in Biochemistry and my M.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin.
I currently hold the following positions at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine:
- Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics
- Emeritus chief of the section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition
- Director of Ehlers Danlos Clinical Research Program
- Director of the Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory
I was also formerly Director of the Bone Health Care Clinic at Boston Medical Center.
During my almost 40 years working as a clinician, I treated over 25,000 patients with metabolic bone disease in my practice focusing on calcium, vitamin D, bone metabolism and genetic disorders of collagen-elastin including Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Marfan’s syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. I have clinically seen or have followed as part of my clinical research more than 3,000 infants, children and adults with various forms of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.