Justin Silver M.D.

Justin Silver is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He trained at Bararagwanath Hospital, Johannesburg and the Hammersmith Hospital and Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London where he also received his Ph.D. and boards in internal medicine. Since 1973 Dr. Silver has been at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel, has directed the mineral Metabolism Unit since 1990 and was appointed head of the Nephrology and Hypertension Services in 2001. His main research interests are calcium and bone metabolism particularly their abnormalities in patients with chronic renal failure. He has developed an internationally renowned research center in this field with significant contributions to the molecular biology of parathyroid hormone. Research contributions from his laboratory are the scientific basis for the treatment of the bone disease of most patients on dialysis. Recent discoveries in his research center have lead to the development of collaborations with industry, for the discovery of new drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis. Dr. Silver serves on the editorial boards of seven international scientific journals and is the author of 125 publications and chapters in books, many of them in the most prestigious scientific journals. He and members of his laboratory are the recipients of several national and international awards. He is Professor of Medicine, Director of the Minerva Center for Calcium and Bone Metabolism and Chief of the Nephrology and Hypertension Services. He has been visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School and senior scientist at the Massachusetts General Hospital.