​BIO​

Dr. Stuart Silverman was born in Chicago Illinois He graduated from Princeton University cum laude in biology with an interest in art history and biochemistry.  He received his M.D and Johns Hopkins in 1973 was an intern and resident at University Hospital in Boston and was a rheumatology fellow at Boston University.  Following his rheumatology fellowship he was a Thorndike research fellow.  He is board-certified in internal medicine, rheumatology and allergy immunology He has served as a lectured in rheumatology at Tufts University, Assistant  Professor at University of Pennsylvania and is currently Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen school of medicine and at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  He has served as acting chief of rheumatology at greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center.

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Dr. Silverman has some private practice at 8641 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills.  He has special interest in fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, myofascial pain syndrome, osteoporosis and bone disease

 

Dr. Silverman as medical director of the OMC clinical research Center, a nonprofit public benefit Corporation with a mission of bringing cutting edge research and education to community.  The OMC works with multiple academic Medical Centers nationally to run clinical trials for patients with fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, woman’s health, osteoarthritis.  The OMC is been the recipient of both lfederal(NIH)and state as well as pharmaceutical funding. The OMC is a member of the National Bone Health Association

 

Dr. Silverman lectures internationally, nationally and regionally on fibromyalgia and bone disease.  He is a member of the council of scientific advisors of the international osteoporosis Foundation, he represents the American Society of bone and mineral research to the Interspecialty Council of the  National Osteoporosis Foundation and is a member of the NBHA working group on the efficacy and effectiveness of osteoporosis therapies

 

Dr. Silverman has interest in improving the quality of medical care. He has served on a task force to improve secondary fracture prevention for The Joint Commission

 

Dr. Silverman has written over 200 journal articles, over 100 abstracts and ten chapters

 

He is happily married to his wife Ellen, and has 2 children and 2 grandchildren.