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Afdhal, Nezam H.
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Austin, S. Bryn
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Christiani, David C.
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Cook, E. Francis
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Duggan, Christopher P.
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Fawzi, Wafaie W.
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Finkelstein, Jonathan A.
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Gillman, Matthew W.
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Goldmann, Donald A.
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Gordon, Catherine M.
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Grand, Richard J.
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Grinspoon, Steven K.
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Jaksic, Tom
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Klibanski, Anne
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Lightdale, Jenifer R.
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Ludwig, David S.
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Newburger, Jane W.
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Nurko, Samuel S.
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Osganian, Stavroula K.
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Rufo, Paul A.
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Sands, Bruce E.
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Willett, Walter C.
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Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MSc
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Director, Bone Health Program, Children's Hospital Boston
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Children's Hospital Boston
Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
333 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone: 617-355-7476
Fax: 617-232-1357
Email: catherine.gordon@childrens.harvard.edu
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Research Interests
Dr. Gordon's work is directed at developing new approaches to preventing bone loss in at-risk patients by defining the lifestyle variables that affect the development of peak bone mass. She is seeking to identify factors that contribute to bone loss in healthy children and adolescents, as well as in those with such disorders as anorexia nervosa, inflammatory bowel disease, and cystic fibrosis. She is particularly interested in the influence of nutrition on hormones that affect bone development, such as adrenal and gonadal androgens, in this age group.
In a related line of research, she is evaluating ultrasound and peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) as a modality for measuring bone density conveniently in a pediatric office setting.
Ongoing clinical trials include studies of:
1. Methods of preventing bone loss in young women with anorexia nervosa;
2. Mechanisms of bone loss in young adults with cystic fibrosis;
3. Risk factors associated with stress fractures in female athletes;
4. Nutritional and environmental factors associated with subclinical vitamin D deficiency and rickets;
5. Quantitative bone ultrasound and pQCT as tools for measuring bone density in adolescents.
Selected Publications
Gordon CM, DePeter CD, Feldman HA, Grace E, Emans SJ. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among healthy adolescents. Arch Ped Adol Med 2004;158:531-537.
Pappa H, Gordon CM, Saslowsky T, Zholudev A, Horr B, Shih M, Grand R. Vitamin D status in children and young adults with inflammatory bowel disease. Pediatrics 2006;118:1950-61.
DiVasta A, Beck TJ, Petit MA, Feldman HA, LeBoff MS, Gordon CM. Bone cross-sectional geometry in adolescents and young women with anorexia nervosa: A hip structural analysis study. Osteoporos Int 2007Jan 5; Epub ahead of print.
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