Jessica Rachel Starr, MD

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Affiliations

The North American Menopause Society - Certified Menopause Practitioner 2016
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Endocrine Society

Certification

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
Diplomate, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Certified Menopause Practitioner, North American Menopause Society

Awards

ASBMR Young Investigator Travel Grant 2014
Endocrine Fellows Foundation, Marilyn Fishman Grant for Diabetes Research 2014
Edward Weinstein Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Human Commitment 2010
Dean's Recognition Award for Academic and Clinical Performance 2010

Education

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, 2010
Internship: Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 2011
Residency: Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 2013
Fellowship: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2016

State Licensure

Languages

English, Spanish, Hungarian

Patient Education

• Pregnancy and Bone Density: What to Know
• You've Heard of Osteoporosis. What About Osteopenia?

Selected Journal Articles

Emma Billings, Gia D’Erasmp, Tanys Jade Harper Mayman, Emily Margaret Stein, and Jessica Rachel Starr.
Concurrent Treatment with Teriparatide, Estrogen and Thiazides Results in Extremely Large One-Year Gains in
BMD. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada 2024.
 
Michael P. Whyte, Nilton Salles Rosa Neto, Jessica R. Starr, Naga Yalla, Fumihiko Urano, Deborah Wenkert,
Azar Khosravi, Steven Mumm, Frederick R. Singer. Eight Adults in Six American Families, Apparently of
Ashkenazi-Jewish Heritage, Presented Biochemical Hallmarks and Clinical Features of Hypophosphatasia and
Carry ALPL Gene Variant c.818>T.p.Thr273Met with Estimated 3.56% Prevalence in this Ethnic Population.
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting, San Diego, California 2021.
 
Starr JR, Tabacco G, Majeed R, Omeragic B, Bandeira L, Rubin MR. PTH and bone material strength in
hypoparathyroidism as measured by impact microindentation. Osteoporos Int. 2020 Nov. PMID 31720712.
 
Jessica Starr, Yu Kwang Donovan Tay, Elizabeth Shane. Current Understanding of Epidemiology,
Pathophysiology, and Management of Atypical Femur Fractures. Curr. Osteoporos Rep. 2018 Aug;16(4):519-529.
PMID: 29951870.
 
Jessica Starr, Leonardo C. Bandeira, Sanchita Agarwal et al. Robust Trabecular Microstructure in Type 2
Diabetes Revealed by Individual Trabecula Segmentation Analysis of HR-pQCT Images. JBMR. 2018
Sep;33(9):1665-1675. PMID: 29750829.
 
Jessica R. Furst, Leonardo C. Bandeira, Wen-Wei Fan, et al. Advanced Glycation Endproducts and Bone Material
Strength in Type 2 Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Jun;101(6):2502-10. PMID: 27115060.
 
Candace Haghighi, Bin Cheng, Jessica R. Starr, Jane B Peters, Tirissa J. Reid, Michelle P. Warren, Gabrielle
Page-Wilson. Clinical, Imaging, And Biochemical Parameters Favoring The Diagnosis Of Cushing’s Syndrome In
Women Presenting With Suspected Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Endocrine Society Annual Meeting,
Chicago, IL. 2018.

Selected Books/Chapters

Natalie Cusano. Osteoporosis A Clinical Casebook. Springer. 2021. Chapter 9. Relative Energy Deficiency in
Sports/Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea.
 
Leppert, B and Kelly, C. Netter’s Integrated Review of Medicine: Pathogenesis to Treatment. Elsevier. 2020.
Section 6. Endocrine diseases.
 
Feldman, D, Pike, W, Bouillon, R, Giovannucci, E, Goltzman, D, and Hewison, M. Vitamin D: Volume 2: Health,
Disease and Therapeutics. Fourth Edition. Elsevier. 2018. Chapter 76. Vitamin D and Organ Transplantation.
 
Pietschmann, Peter. Principles of Osteoimmunology. 2nd Edition: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical
Applications. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. Chapter 11. Osteoporosis in Organ Transplant
Patients.
 
Bendich, A and Deckelbaum, R. Preventive Nutrition 5 th Edition: The Comprehensive Guide for Health
Professionals. Humana Press 2015. Chapter 22. The Effects of Diabetes and Obesity on the Skeleton.
 
Pasieka, J and Lee, J. Surgical Endocrinopathies 1 st Edition: Clinical Management and the Founding Figures.
Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. Part III The Adrenal Glands, Adrenal Physiology.

Selected Presentations

Jessica R. Starr, Gaia Tabacco, Rukshana Majeed, Beatriz Omeragic, Maximo Gomez, Leonardo Bandeira, Mishaela R. Rubin. Bone Material Strength Index as Measured by Impact Microindentation in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Hypoparathyroidism. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada 2018.

Candace Haghighi, Bin Cheng, Jessica R. Starr, Jane B Peters, Tirissa J. Reid, Michelle P. Warren, Gabrielle Page-Wilson. Clinical, Imaging, And Biochemical Parameters Favoring The Diagnosis Of Cushing's Syndrome In Women Presenting With Suspected Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2018.

Beverly Tchang, Jessica Starr, and Susana Ebner. Pseudohyperthyroidism from High Dose Biotin. American Thyroid Association Annual Meeting. Victoria, BC, Canada 2017.

Case Report: Pseudo-hyperthyroidism from High Dose Biotin Use. Starr, JR, Ebner, SA. New York Thyroid Club, New York, New York, 4/2017.

JR Furst, L Bandeira, W Fan, Y Delgado, SJ Silverberg, MR Rubin. Advanced Glycation Endproducts Determine Bone Material Strength in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 4/2016.

Case Report: Radioactive iodine-induced Graves' disease. Furst, JR, Kuker, AP, Ebner, SA. New York Thyroid Club, Hackensack, New JeR Furst, L Bandeira, W Fan, Y Delgado, SJ Silverberg, MR Rubin. Advanced Glycation Endproducts Determine Bone Material Strength in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 2016.

Jessica Furst, Adriana Kuker, and Susana Ebner. Case Report: Radioiodine Ablation-Induced Graves' Disease. 15th International Thyroid Congress. Lake Buena Vista, FL. 2015.

Jessica Furst, Alice Abraham, Ira Tabas and Mishaela Rubin. A Case of Combined 25-hydroxyvitamin-D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-D Mediated Severe Hypercalcemia. Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2015.

JR Furst, LB Anderson, C Zhang, K Nishiyama, D Fink, SJ Silverberg, MR Rubin. Type 2 Diabetes has Adverse Effects on Cortical Bone Microarchitecture that are Distinct from those of Obesity. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. 2014.

Dorothy Fink, Kim T. Nguyen, Jessica Furst, Salila Kurra, Susana Ebner, and John Bilezikian. Parathyroidectomy-Induced Thyrotoxicosis. Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2014.