Robert Downs, M.D.
Co-Director for Research

Address: P.O. Box 980111
Office:   Sanger Hall, 7th Floor, Room 7-015
              1101 East Marshall Street
               Phone: (804) 828-9696
               Fax: (804) 828-8389
              rdowns@mcvh-vcu.edu

Dr. Downs received his M.D. degree from Duke University, and received further training in Internal Medicine at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and in Endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health, with a special emphasis on calcium related disorders and metabolic bone disease.  Since 1983, he has been a member of the faculty of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, VA. 

Dr. Downs is Professor of Medicine and Associate Chair of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, and is the Director of the VCU Medical Center Program for Osteoporosis and Bone Health.  He has been a principal investigator in clinical trials which have studied emerging new drugs for the management of osteoporosis, and serves on several national advisory panels including the Scientific Advisory Committee of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry and the editorial board of the Journal for Clinical Densitometry.  In his clinical practice, he provides specialty consultation for the care of patients with osteoporosis and metabolic bone disorders.