Herb von Schroeder, MD, MSc, FRCSC Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine/Department of Surgery. Cross-appointed Faculty of Dentistry Faculty of Dentistry Room 400 124 Edward Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1G6 Phone: 416-603-5641 Fax: 416-603-5813 herb.vonschroeder@uhn.on.ca www.utoronto.ca/bonelab/ www.toronto-hand.com

Current academic / hospital appointments

University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital University of Toronto

Education

1982 – B.Sc., University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1986 – M.D., University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1994 – M.Sc., University of Toronto, Toronto 1996 – F.R.C.S.C, University of Toronto, Toronto

Research interests

Osteoblast biology Avascular necrosis, osteonecrosis Intercellular interactions, Intracellular signalling

Recent publications

von Schroeder HP, Veillette CJ, Payandeh J, Qureshi A, Heersche JNM: Endothelin-1 promotes osteoprogenitor proliferation and differentiation in fetal rat calvarial cell cultures. Bone 2003: 33(Oct.): pp 673-684 Veillette CJH, von Schroeder HP: Endothelin-1 down-regulates the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A associated with osteoprogenitor proliferation and differentiation. Bone 2004: 34(Feb.): pp 288-296

Awards and Honours

Roscoe Reid Graham Scholarship, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto. 1998-2001 Canadian Orthopaedic Association & American Orthopaedic Association Traveling Fellow. 1999 Robert Salter Research Award, Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation. 2001

Current research grants

Elucidating differences in activity and activation mechanisms between large and small osteoclasts and between osteoclasts originating from diseased and healthy bone: implications for pharmacological intervention. Heersche JN, Bogoch ER, Manolson MF, von Schroeder HP: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2002 - 2004) Biology of scaphoid fracture non-unions. von Schroeder HP: The Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation (2004-2006)