
Dr. AbdurRahman Alamri completed his fellowship with outstanding performance June 2023
McMaster University provides both 1 and 2 year fellowship programs in Metabolic Bone Disease. Successful completion of the program will enable the fellow to evaluate, diagnose, and provide evidence-based management of complex metabolic bone diseases. These include osteoporosis in pre and postmenopausal women as well as in men, fibrous dysplasia, sclerotic bone diseases, osteomalacia, osteogenesis imperfecta, hypophosphatasia, X-linked hypophosphatemia, renal osteodystrophy and Paget’s disease. The fellow will also gain competence in evaluating complex calcium and parathyroid disorders as well as an understanding of how and when to complete genetic testing for calcium disorders as well as metabolic bone diseases. The fellow will attend the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research annual scientific meeting and submit research for presentation at this meeting. The fellowship curriculum is outlined in the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Primer. It is expected that the fellow will gain this knowledge and the clinical skills to implement this knowledge in clinical practice. The fellow will attend the International Society of Clinical Densitometry certification course and obtain ISCD certification in the interpretation of BMD studies. It is expected that the fellow will be involved in clinical research and present at the ASBMR annual scientific meeting as well as at the ISCD annual scientific meeting.
Successful completion of the fellowship will provide the fellow with a McMaster University certificate confirming competence in Metabolic Bone Disease.
Requirements – certification in Endocrinology and Metabolism , Rheumatology, Geriatrics or Nephrology.
9 months prior to starting date.
Professor Aliya A. Khan is the Founding Director of the Fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease at McMaster University. This is the first program to offer both 1 and 2 year clinical research fellowships in Metabolic Bone Disease in Canada.
1 year and 2 year programs are available
Attend tertiary care metabolic bone disease clinics as well as inpatient consultation
Monday a.m. – Calcium Disorders Clinic at the Boris Clinic MUMC
Monday p.m. – Metabolic Bone Clinic
Tuesday a.m.- dedicated research time
Tuesday p.m. – Metabolic Bone Clinic and inpatient consults OTMH
Wednesday all day – Metabolic Bone Clinic and inpatient consults OTMH
Thursday all day – Metabolic Bone Clinic and inpatient consults OTMH
Friday – dedicated research time
Health research involves the systematic collection and analysis of data to improve our understanding of health and illness. There are several types of health research methods, including observational studies, experimental studies, and systematic reviews. It is important for researchers to be familiar with the wide range of research methodologies, their biases and strengths, and have ability to choose the most appropriate methodology to address the research question in a rigorous and unbiased way.
This specialized program has been designed for McMaster University Metabolic Bone disease fellows and will cover the following topics:
This program will focus on quantitative research methods commonly used in health research, such as observational studies, experimental studies, and systematic reviews. Students will learn about the different types of quantitative research designs, their
advantages and limitations, and how to select the most appropriate methodology for their study.
The course will also cover how to develop a good research question, how to critically evaluate existing research studies, data collection and analysis, ethical considerations in health research, and knowledge dissemination. Upon completing the course, students will have a solid understanding of the basics of quantitative research methods and will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to design and conduct their own quantitative research studies. Additionally, students will be able to evaluate the research work of thers critically and make evidence-based decisions.
The program will include interactive large group sessions and discussions once a week on Fridays for one hour. Sessions will take place remotely via Zoom.
It is expected that fellows will attend and present at the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research annually as well as the International Society of Clinical Densitometry and The Endocrine Society.
Monthly attendance and participation in the McMaster University City Wide Endocrine Grand Rounds, Journal Club, and Academic half-day in the department of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Evaluations will be formally completed during the fellowship and will include ITER, Webeval as well as Pre-Entry Assessments.
McMaster University Metabolic Bone Disease Fellows – winners of International Research Awards under the supervision of the Fellowship Director Professor Aliya A. Khan
Dr. AbdurRahman Alamri completed his fellowship with outstanding performance June 2023
Dr. AbdurRahman Alamri completed his fellowship with outstanding performance June 2023
Dalal Ali Fellow Recipient of Outstanding abstract Award by Endocrine Society 2022
Dr Farah Alsarraf Fellow presenting at CSEM Annual Scientific Meeting 2022
Congratulations to Dr Hatim Alalwani on completing his fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease Feb 2022
Dr. Khulod Almonaei completed her fellowship in metabolic bone disease in June 2022
Dr. Karel Dandurand , Fellow 2020 - 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Khulod Almonaei who completed her fellowship in metabolic bone disease in June 2022
Dr. Dalal Ali, Fellow 2020 - 2021
Dr. Waleed Hashem completed his fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease in 2015 was also awarded the Young Investigator Award by the International Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) for, “Atypical Femoral Fractures histomorphometric features” which was presented at the ISCD Annual Meeting in Illinois in February 2015.
Dr. Yusuf Alalawi alongside Dr Khan after the completion of his fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease in July 2019
Fellowship teaching session Sept 2021
Dr. Karel Dandurand alongside Dr. Khan after the completion of her fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease
Dr. Karel Dandurand received the ASBMR "Young Investigator Award" in October 2021
Dr Dalal Ali celebrating the completion of the first year of her two year fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease
Dr Yasser Hakami completed his fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease in June 2018
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Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
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