Anne Schafer, MD

Associate Professor
Medicine
+1 415 221-4810 ext. 24895

Dr. Schafer is Associate Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF and Chief of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Her research focus is osteoporosis and bone metabolism. One of her research emphases is osteoporosis treatment and the assessment of response to osteoporosis therapy. She also studies the relationships between bone, fat, and glucose metabolism, including the effects of obesity and diabetes on bone, and the skeletal regulation of energy metabolism. Currently, she is investigating the effects of bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) on calcium metabolism and skeletal health. Dr. Schafer's research has been funded by the NIH (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases), the US Department of Veterans Affairs, and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

Interests: osteoporosis, bone metabolism, obesity, weight loss, bariatric surgery, diabetes, vitamin D

Publications

Targeting FSH for osteoporosis, obesity, and Alzheimer's disease.

Trends in molecular medicine

Korkmaz F, Gimenez-Roig J, Sultana F, Laurencin V, Sen F, Cullen L, Sims S, Pallapati A, Rojekar S, Burganova G, Pevnev G, Cheliadinova U, Vasilyeva D, Moldavski O, Frolinger T, Gumerova A, Barak O, Ryu V, Lizneva D, Ye K, Schafer A, Rosen CJ, Yuen T, Kim SM, Zaidi M

Vitamin D status and supplementation before and after Bariatric Surgery: Recommendations based on a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders

Giustina A, di Filippo L, Facciorusso A, Adler RA, Binkley N, Bollerslev J, Bouillon R, Casanueva FF, Cavestro GM, Chakhtoura M, Conte C, Donini LM, Ebeling PR, Fassio A, Frara S, Gagnon C, Latella G, Marcocci C, Mechanick JI, Minisola S, Rizzoli R, Santini F, Shaker JL, Sempos C, Ulivieri FM, Virtanen JK, Napoli N, Schafer AL, Bilezikian JP

Hypocalcemia.

Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism

Anne L. Schafer, Dolores M. Shoback

Vertebral Fracture Risk in Diabetic Elderly Men: The MrOS Study.

Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Napoli N, Schwartz AV, Schafer AL, Vittinghoff E, Cawthon PM, Parimi N, Orwoll E, Strotmeyer ES, Hoffman AR, Barrett-Connor E, Black DM, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Research Group