Alan J. Kivitz, MD, MACR is President and Founder of the Altoona Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center & Altoona Center for Clinical Research in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, USA. He earned his medical degree at the Albany Medical College in Albany, NY and an Internal Medicine internship at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY. He completed his residency at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and at North Shore University Hospital and a fellowship in Rheumatology at the Albany Medical College. Dr. Kivitz has been an author in over 1,200 abstracts and publications. He has also been the principal investigator on more than 1,350 clinical trials. In addition, Dr. Kivitz has been an invited speaker around the globe, Master of the American College of Rheumatology, a Certified Principal Investigator, member of the American Medical Association
as well as International Society for Clinical Densitometry. Hospital privileges at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Encompass Health. Affiliates: Conemaugh Memorial Health. Board certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty of Rheumatology