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@jozer Endocrinologists who specialize in bone health are hard to find, but they do exist. I know of 3 of them and all 3 are associated with universities. My guess is that there are more. I am currently on a path with one where the university clinic takes 10 to 12 weeks to evaluate a referral before they decide IF they will allow you to make an appointment 6+ months out from then.

There are other types of doctors who specialize in OP. If I have to start looking further, I would ask the expert who declined my case to suggest someone else, I would try to see if I could see who attended OP conventions such as the Interdisciplinary Symposium on Osteoporosis. There is a limited search tool for OP oriented medical people here, but I know that it does not include many, although Lisa Moore of Brick House Bones did come up:
https://www.bonehealthandosteoporosis.org/find-a-professional/
My doctor agrees with jozer that a random endo, not selected in advance for osteoporosis, is a long shot for significant OP expertise, far likely to know lots more about diabetes than OP.

For a specific example, here is an interview by OsteoBoston with Dr. Benjamin Leder who is an endocrinologist, researcher, and clinical practitioner in the Boston area. He mentions near the end that his office accepts appointments, but they are booked many months out.

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Got to love Shelley and OsteoBoston!

@kfhoz good information, will check into that. Have not yet found anyone who specifially does or is more concentrated on osteoporosis patients; my endo is who my PC sent me to, my gyne sent me to a rheumatologist my orthopedic doc's (who fixed broken wrist and said bone looked great) practice doesn't treat osteo. I am finding if one asks recommendations from their primary care doctors you will get someone in that doctor's "group" which is perhaps not the best for osteoporosis specifically. A few University hospitals are close to me but haven't researched that enough; one endo recommended for osteo (through doc google) is part of my current doctors group! I am not far from Cleveland Clinic or University of Chicago's bone health center, maybe next step. As posted many times I am just frustrated by the lack of info I get, what little I know about osteoporosis and treatment I have gotten from sites like this, not a doctor. Chronic lifelong problem I would like information - anything, books, websites, ideas for nutrition, supplements, exercise and exactly what, etc. I can't get information in a once a year 20 minute appointment.