To make an appointment, call 314-454-7775.

WashU Medicine’s bone specialists are world-renowned physicians in the evaluation and treatment of metabolic bone disorders, particularly osteoporosis and Paget’s disease of bone. Our bone specialists are also educators to new generations of physicians at WashU Medicine.

Our bone health program is a world-class center of excellence for patient care. It is a multidisciplinary, ambulatory care service for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of metabolic bone diseases. The doctors of the bone health program are leading experts in the clinical management of osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases. We provide individualized care tailored to each patient’s symptoms, bone density, risk factors and test results.

Since our bone health program is committed to the highest standards of quality in bone health evaluation, all personnel performing bone density testing are International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) certified bone density technologists. All bone health program specialists who interpret bone density tests are ISCD certified clinical densitometrists.

Services include diagnosis and treatment for:

  • Osteoporosis
  • Paget’s disease of bone
  • Metabolic bone diseases

For more information about the clinical services visit the WashU Medicine Bone and Mineral Diseases website.

James G. Avery

James G. Avery, MD

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine

Roberto Civitelli, MD

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2
Center for Advanced Medicine – South County

Kathryn Diemer

Kathryn Diemer, MD

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2

Carolyn Morris Jachna

Carolyn Morris Jachna, MD

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2

Elvisa Kurtovic, MSN, RN, ANP-BC

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Center for Advanced Medicine – South County
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2

Kathleen Lowe, MD

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine – South County
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2

Mahshid Mohseni

Mahshid Mohseni, MD

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2

Thomas L. Nickolas, MD, MS

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine

Chinenye O. Udokwu, MD, MPH

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2
Center for Advanced Medicine – South County

Julie A. Unk, DNP, ANP

Bone and Mineral Diseases

Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2