Steven M. Petak, M.D., M.A.C.E., J.D.. FCLM

Member, TIRME, Director of the Osteoporosis Center and Bone Densitometry Unit and Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Petak graduated from the University of Illinois Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine in 1979. He completed his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, serving as Chief Medical Resident and Instructor in Medicine. In 1984 he was a Fellow in Endocrinology and the recipient of a five-year physician-scientist award by the National Institutes of Health. In 1985 he became Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Department of Pharmacology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He obtained his J.D. degree at the University of Houston Law Center in 1996 magna cum laude. He is master of the American College of Endocrinology (MACE) and fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine (FCLM).

Dr. Petak is a past president of the American College of Endocrinology (2009-2010). Dr. Petak is also past President of the International Society of Clinical Densitometry and past President of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.  He has authored or coauthored publications, reviews and abstracts in the fields of osteoporosis, reproductive medicine and general endocrinology. He chaired the Hypogonadism Task Force for the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, authored the guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of the Hypogonadal Adult Male, and was a member of the guidelines writing group for post menopausal osteoporosis. Dr. Petak has also served as Chairman of the Osteoporosis Advisory Committee of the Texas Department of Health. He is a bone densitometry and endocrinology consultant to NASA-JSC.

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