Robert D. Blank, MD, PhD Print Friendly Page
Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthDr. Blank's clinical practice emphasizes metabolic bone disease, genetic endocrine diseases and endocrine oncology. He is particularly interested in bone dysplasias and the multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes.
Specialties
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
UW Health Clinics
Hospital Affiliation(s)
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (primary)
Meriter Hospital, Veterans Hospital - Wm. S. Middleton Memorial (secondary)
Languages Spoken
| English, French, Spanish |
| Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000. |
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
| Department of Medicine |
Professional Certifications and Education
| Board Certification |
Internal Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism |
| Fellowship |
New York Hospital - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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| Residency |
New York Hospital - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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| Internship |
New York Hospital - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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| Medical School |
New York University
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Programs & Conditions
| Research |
The principal focus of Dr. Blank's laboratory is to understand the genetic basis of bone's biomechanical performance. This is done through a combination of standard mouse genetics approaches and comprehensive assessment of bone biomechanics, bone anatomy and bone biochemistry. The laboratory is particularly interested in the post-natal development of bone and age-related changes in bone tissue and bone structure.
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PubMed Articles
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Blank RD .
Insulin, fat, and bone: multiple interactions lead to complex biology. Transl Res. 2013 Mar;161(3):141-4
[PubMed ID: 23177795]
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Yuan B Feng JQ Bowman S Liu Y Blank RD Lindberg I Drezner MK .
Hexa-D-arginine treatment increases 7B2•PC2 activity in hyp-mouse osteoblasts and rescues the HYP phenotype. J Bone Miner Res. 2013 Jan;28(1):56-72
[PubMed ID: 22886699]
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Solverson P Murali SG Litscher SJ Blank RD Ney DM .
Low bone strength is a manifestation of phenylketonuria in mice and is attenuated by a glycomacropeptide diet. PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e45165
[PubMed ID: 23028819]
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Blank RD .
Official Positions for FRAX® clinical regarding prior fractures from Joint Official Positions Development Conference of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry and International Osteoporosis Foundation on FRAX®. J Clin Densitom. 2011 Jul-Sep;14(3):205-11
[PubMed ID: 21810526]
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Saless N Litscher SJ Vanderby R Demant P Blank RD .
Linkage mapping of principal components for femoral biomechanical performance in a reciprocal HCB-8 × HCB-23 intercross. Bone. 2011 Mar 1;48(3):647-53
[PubMed ID: 20969983]
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Saless N Litscher SJ Houlihan MJ Han IK Wilson D Demant P Blank RD .
Comprehensive skeletal phenotyping and linkage mapping in an intercross of recombinant congenic mouse strains HcB-8 and HcB-23. Cells Tissues Organs. 2011;194(2-4):244-8
[PubMed ID: 21625064]
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Lopez Franco GE Blank RD Akhter MP .
Intrinsic material properties of cortical bone. J Bone Miner Metab. 2011 Jan;29(1):31-6
[PubMed ID: 20503060]
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Saless N Lopez Franco GE Litscher S Kattappuram RS Houlihan MJ Vanderby R Demant P Blank RD .
Linkage mapping of femoral material properties in a reciprocal intercross of HcB-8 and HcB-23 recombinant mouse strains. Bone. 2010 May;46(5):1251-9
[PubMed ID: 20102754]
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Saless N Litscher SJ Lopez Franco GE Houlihan MJ Sudhakaran S Raheem KA O'Neil TK Vanderby R Demant P Blank RD .
Quantitative trait loci for biomechanical performance and femoral geometry in an intercross of recombinant congenic mice: restriction of the Bmd7 candidate interval. FASEB J. 2009 Jul;23(7):2142-54
[PubMed ID: 19261723]
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Hansen KE Binkley N Blank RD Krueger DC Christian RC Malone DG Baim S .
An atlas improves interobserver agreement regarding application of the ISCD vertebral body exclusion criteria. J Clin Densitom. 2007 Oct-Dec;10(4):359-64
[PubMed ID: 17993400]
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Ghebranious N Raggio CL Blank RD McPherson E Burmester JK Ivacic L Rasmussen K Kislow J Glurich I Jacobsen FS Faciszewski T Pauli RM Boachie-Adjei O Giampietro PF .
Lack of evidence of WNT3A as a candidate gene for congenital vertebral malformations. Scoliosis. 2007 Sep 23;2:13
[PubMed ID: 17888180]
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Couto FM Chen H Blank RD Drezner MK .
Calciphylaxis in the absence of end-stage renal disease. Endocr Pract. 2006 Jul-Aug;12(4):406-10
[PubMed ID: 16901796]
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Lopez Franco GE Huang A Pleshko Camacho N Blank RD .
Dental phenotype of the col1a2(oim) mutation: DI is present in both homozygotes and heterozygotes. Bone. 2005 Jun;36(6):1039-46
[PubMed ID: 15878701]
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Hansen KE Binkley N Christian R Vallarta-Ast N Krueger D Drezner MK Blank RD .
Interobserver reproducibility of criteria for vertebral body exclusion. J Bone Miner Res. 2005 Mar;20(3):501-8
[PubMed ID: 15746996]
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Franco GE Litscher SJ O'Neil TK Piette M Demant P Blank RD .
Dual energy X ray absorptiometry of ex vivo HcB/Dem mouse long bones: left are denser than right. Calcif Tissue Int. 2005 Jan;76(1):26-31
[PubMed ID: 15455186]
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Lopez Franco GE O'Neil TK Litscher SJ Urban-Piette M Blank RD .
Accuracy and precision of PIXImus densitometry for ex vivo mouse long bones: comparison of technique and software version. J Clin Densitom. 2004 Fall;7(3):326-33
[PubMed ID: 15319505]
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Raza SA Salam Z Blank RD Jaume J Drezner MK .
Severe angioedema and urticaria related to thyroid antigenicity. Endocr Pract. 2004 Sep-Oct;10(5):445-7
[PubMed ID: 15760794]
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Raza SA DeWitt RT Chen H Warner TF Blank RD .
Catecholamine excess in pheochromocytoma inducing insulin resistance. Endocr Pract. 2004 Mar-Apr;10(2):149-52
[PubMed ID: 15256333]
