Personal HistoryMarc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH, received his undergraduate degree (A.B. cum laude in Chemistry) from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He received his M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and M.P.H. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed residency training in internal medicine and fellowship training in rheumatology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member of the full-time faculty of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1977 to 1991. Since 1991, Dr. Hochberg has been Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Since 1995, he has been the Head of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Research InterestsDr. Hochberg's research focuses on the clinical epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders, particularly osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. He is the Principal Investigator of the Baltimore Clinical Centers of the Osteoarthritis Initiative and the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures, and Co-Principal Investigator of the Baltimore Hip Studies. His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Clinical SpecialityDr. Hochberg is a board-certified rheumatologist. His private practice is limited to the evaluation and management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.
Honors and Awards:
Dr. Hochberg has received numerous awards and has held appointments in several nationally and international medical societies. He is a Founding Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Hochberg received the Clinical Research Award from the Osteoarthritis Research Society International in 1999, was named one of only 50 "Postdoctoral Fellow Heroes" by the Arthritis Foundation in 2001 and received the Mary Betty Stevens Clinical Research Award from the American College of Physicians (Maryland Chapter) in 2002. He was elected to membership in the American Epidemiological Society in 1997 and to the American Clinical and Climatological Association in 2005. Publications
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