John T. Schousboe, MD, PhD
Program Medical Director, Rheumatology and Research Investigator

About

Academic appointment: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota.

Joined the Institute: 1987

Education and training: MD, Rush University; MS in health services research and policy, University of Minnesota; PhD in health services research and policy, University of Minnesota.

Overview/research interests: Fracture epidemiology, use of densitometric imaging for fracture risk and cardiovascular disease risk assessments, and health care costs.

Current research activities and funding: Trabecular Bone Score in older men, Visceral Adipose Tissue measured on bone mineral density body composition studies, and health care costs in older men.

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  • Research Investigator, Rheumatology

    • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Erratum
  • Erratum to: Clinical utility of routine laboratory testing to identify possible secondary causes in older men with osteoporosis: the osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) study [published erratum]. 
    Osteoporosis International. 2017
    • Journal Article
  • Automated abdominal aortic calcification and major adverse cardiovascular events in people undergoing osteoporosis screening: the Manitoba Bone Mineral Density Registry. 
  • Automated abdominal aortic calcification scoring from vertebral fracture assessment images and fall-associated hospitalisations: the Manitoba Bone Mineral Density Registry. 
    GeroScience. 2025
    Article has an altmetric score of 1
  • Changing trends in bisphosphonate therapy: a twenty-five-year surveillance in a single US integrated healthcare system. 
    Osteoporosis International. 2025
  • Circumstances of clinical fracture events with advancing age in older men. 
    JBMR plus. 2025
  • Incremental healthcare costs of dementia and cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study. 
    Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2025
    • Editorial Article
  • Accurate estimation of vertebral fracture prevalence on lateral spine imaging requires use of validated ascertainment methods [editorial]. 
  • Opportunistic osteoporosis screening using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT): promising strategy, but challenges remain [editorial]. 
  • Delayed denosumab injections and fracture risk [editorial]. 
  • Pharmacovigilance in the real world [editorial]. 
  • Romosozumab versus Alendronate and fracture risk in women with osteoporosis [editorial]. 
    • Conference Poster
  • Individual and health care system characteristics associated with choice of post-acute care after hip fracture [poster]
    2015
  • Estimation of standardized hospital costs from claims data that reflect resource requirements for care [poster]
    2014
    • Review
  • Updated practice guideline for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) [review]. 
    European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2025
    Article has an altmetric score of 1
  • Cost-effectiveness of newer pharmacologic treatments in adults with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of cost-effectiveness studies for the American College of Physicians [systematic review]. 
  • Abdominal aortic calcification, bone mineral density, and fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies [meta-analysis, systematic review]. 
    Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2023
    Article has an altmetric score of 5
  • Recent sarcopenia definitions-prevalence, agreement and mortality associations among men: findings from population-based cohorts [meta-analysis]. 
  • Prognostic value of abdominal aortic calcification: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies [systematic review, meta-analysis]. 
    • Abstract
  • Abdominal aortic calcification on lateral spine bone density test images: potential role in cardiovascular disease risk screening [abstract]. 
    Journal of patient-centered research and reviews. 2016

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