Bone & Mineral Metabolism

BIOGRAPHY

Frederick R Singer, M.D.

Academic positions:
- Director of the Endocrine/Bone Disease Program and Director of the Skeletal Biology Laboratory at the John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica
- Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

All industry positions (in last five years): None declared

Research Interests: Dr Singer's research has focused on the etiology and treatment of Paget's disease of bone, hyperparathyroidism, and abnormal bone metabolism in cancer patients.

Any other information: Since 1989, Dr Singer has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Paget Foundation. He is past president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and served as Cochairman of the Second North American Symposium on Skeletal Complications of Malignancy at the National Institutes of Health, and as Chairman of the National Cancer Institute Special Study Section on Molecular Interactions Between Tumor Cells and Bone.