Michele Frances Bellantoni, M.D.
- Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
- Medical Director, Long-Term Care, Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Center
- Medical Director, Osteoporosis Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Research Interests:
- Postmenopausal osteoporosis in elderly females
- Heel ultrasound as a screening test for osteoporosis
Clinical Interests:
- Osteoporosis
- Geriatrics
Selected Publications:
- Christmas C, O’Connor KG. Harman SM, Tobin JD, Roy TA, Munzer T, Bellantoni MF, St. Clair C, Pabst KM, sorkin JD, Blackman MR. Growth hormone and sex steroid effects on bone mineral density and bone metabolism in healthy aged women and men. J of Gerontol:Medical Sciences 2001; in press.
- Munzer T, Harman SM, Hees P, Shapiro E, Christmas C, Bellantoni MF, OConnor KG, Pabst KM, St Clair C, Sorkin JD, Blackman MR. Effects of GH and/or sex steroid administration on abdominal and visceral fat I healthy aged women and men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86:3604-3610;2001.
- OConnor KG, Harman SM, Stevens TE, Jayme JJ, Bellantoni, MF, Busby-Whitehead MJ, Christmas C, Munzer T, Tobin JD, Roy TA, Cottrell E, St Clair C, Pabst KM, Blackman MR. Interrelationships of spontaneous growth hormone axis activity, body fat, and serum lipids in healthy elderly women and men. Metabolism 48:1424-1431, 1999.
- Appling SE, Allen JK, Bellantoni MF, Brager R, Hallerdin J, Olsen S, VanZandt S, Gaines J, Young KL. Factors associated with hormone replacement therapy use in low-income urban women. Womens Health Issues 9:319-329, 1999.
- Newschaffer CJ, Bush TL, Penberthy LE, Bellantoni MF, Helzlsour K, Deiner-West M. Does comorbid disease interact with cancer? An epidemiologic analysis of mortality in a cohort of elderly breast cancer patients. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 53(5):M372-8, 1998.
- Bellantoni M. Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment. American Family Physician 54:986-992, 1996.
- Bellantoni M, Vittone J, Campfield A, Bass K, Harman SM, Blackman M. Effects of oral versus transdermal estrogen administration on growth hormone levels in younger and older postmenopausal women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 81:2848-2853, 1996.
- Bellantoni M, Harman SM, Cullins V, Engelhardt S, Blackman M. Transdermal estradiol with oral progestin: biological and clinical effects in younger and older postmenopausal women. J of Gerontology 46:M216-222, 1991.
- Bellantoni M, Harman SM, Cho D, Blackman M. Effects of progestin-opposed transdermal estrogen administration on growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I in postmenopausal women of different ages. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 72:172-178, 1991.
Education:
- M.D.: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Internship and Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine
- Post-doctoral Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine
- Post-doctoral Fellowship: National Institute on Aging, NIH, Endocrinology
Societies:
- American Medical Association
- American College of Physicians
- American Geriatrics Society
- Gerontological Society of America
- American Academy of Physical Medicine
- American Medical Directors Association
Editorial Boards:
- Johns Hopkins Health after 50
- Practical Reviews in Geriatric Medicine