Joseph L Shaker, MD | Medical College of Wisconsin

Joseph L. Shaker, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine

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Locations

Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital
Froedtert Hospital
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
North Hills Health Center - Specialty Clinics
Osteoporosis and Calcium Disorders - Froedtert Hospital
Mequon Health Center

Specialties

Endocrinology

Languages

English

Contact Information

Education

MD - Doctor of Medicine

Biography

Leadership Positions

Senior Medical Director, Ambulatory Services

Research Interests

Dr. Shaker is an endocrinologist with interests in calcium and bone disorders. He is a co-founder of the Wisconsin Bone Club, an annual two-day meeting that features speakers and attendees in the fields of endocrinology and rheumatology in addition to other specialists interested in bone and calcium disorders. He has authored or co-authored 40 journal articles and 39 scientific abstracts.

His research interests include high or low blood calcium and parathyroid disorders, osteoporosis associated with intestinal disease or surgery, and calcium and bone disorders. Dr. Shaker is a member of the editorial boards of Endocrine Practice and the Journal of Clinical Densitometry. He is on the board of directors of the Paget Foundation for Paget’s Disease of Bone and Related Disorders and has served on the board of directors of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD).

Diffuse osteosclerosis as a presentation of recurrent breast cancer: role of endothelin 1.

(Zarnecki KG, Kristianto J, Charlson J, Wilson B, Blank RD, Shaker JL.) Osteoporos Int. 2019 Aug;30(8):1699-1703 PMID: 31079185 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065707987 05/13/2019
Stress and Insufficiency Fractures

(Shaker JL.) Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 1 March 2018;16(1):3-15 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85038844382 03/01/2018
Parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism improves sleep quality: A prospective study.

(La J, Wang TS, Hammad AY, Burgardt L, Doffek K, Carr AA, Shaker JL, Carroll TB, Evans DB, Yen TW.) Surgery. 2017 01;161(1):25-34 PMID: 27865592 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85006241153 11/21/2016
Lower extremity insufficiency fractures: an underappreciated manifestation of endogenous Cushing's syndrome.

(Poonuru S, Findling JW, Shaker JL.) Osteoporos Int. 2016 12;27(12):3645-3649 PMID: 27525744 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84982107181 08/16/2016
Low 24-hour urine calcium levels in patients with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism: is further evaluation warranted prior to parathyroidectomy?

(O'Connell K, Yen TW, Shaker J, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS.) Am J Surg. 2015 Jul;210(1):123-8 PMID: 25595714 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84931562289 01/18/2015
Recent developments in osteogenesis imperfecta.

(Shaker JL, Albert C, Fritz J, Harris G.) F1000Res. 2015;4(F1000 Faculty Rev):681 PMID: 26401268 PMCID: PMC4566283 09/25/2015
Calcium and Phosphate Homeostasis.

(Shaker JL and Deftos L. .) ENDOTEXT.org.. 09/25/2015
Low 24-hour urine calcium levels in patients with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism: Is further evaluation warranted prior to parathyroidectomy?

(O’Connell K, Yen TW, Shaker J, Wilson SD, Evans DB, Wang TS.) American Journal of Surgery 2015;210:123-128.. 01/01/2015
Successful treatment of tumor-induced osteomalacia with CT-guided percutaneous ethanol and cryoablation.

(Tutton S, Olson E, King D, Shaker JL.) J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Oct;97(10):3421-5 PMID: 22837186 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84867244983 07/28/2012
Paget's Disease of Bone: A Review of Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Management.

(Shaker JL.) Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2009 Apr;1(2):107-25 PMID: 22870432 PMCID: PMC3383486 04/01/2009
Heterotopic ossification in the mesentery following abdominal surgery

(Kidambi S, Poll M, Kaplan FS, Gannon FH, and Shaker JL. .) The Endocrinologist 2006;16:323-328.. 12/01/2006
Heterotopic ossification in the mesentery after abdominal surgery

(Kidambi S, Poll M, Kaplan FS, Gannon FH, Shaker JL.) Endocrinologist. November 2006;16(6):323-328 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33751382398 11/01/2006