Erin S. LeBlanc, MD, MPH

Investigator
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Dr. LeBlanc is an epidemiologist and board-certified adult endocrinologist. Specializing in women’s health research, her research focuses on early menopausal women, and the link between obesity and Vitamin D.

Dr. LeBlanc comes to CHR from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), where she proposed an NIH pilot with KPNW members to conduct a randomized trial testing the efficacy of Vitamin D repletion on body composition in perimenopausal women. She is the Principal Investigator for the Women’s Health Initiative study, which examines heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. To this role, she brings past experience working on the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s 2004 task force on hormone replacement therapy. She is also working for the Evidenced-based Practice Center, in the area of adult obesity, and on the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures.

She graduated cum laude from the Yale University School of Medicine. Following her Internal Medicine residency at Stanford University, she completed a fellowship in Women’s Health at the Portland VA Medical Center before moving to OHSU. She is a member of the Endocrine Society and the American College of Physicians. She has also retained her OHSU position as assistant professor of endocrinology.

E-mail: Erin.S.LeBlanc@kpchr.org

Recent Publications:

Engelman CD, Meyers KJ, Iyengar SK, Liu Z, Karki CK, Igo RP Jr, Truitt B, Robinson J, Sarto GE, Wallace R, Blodi BA, Klein ML, Tinker L, LeBlanc ES, Jackson RD, Song Y, Manson JE, Mares JA, Millen AE. Vitamin D intake and season modify the effects of the GC and CYP2R1 genes on 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations. The Journal of Nutrition 2013 Jan; 143(1):17-26. [Epub 2012 Nov 28] PMCID: PMC3521459 [Available on 2014/1/1]   Full text
LeBlanc ES, Perrin N, Johnson JD Jr., Ballatore A, Hillier T. Over-the-counter and compounded vitamin D: Is potency what we expect? JAMA Internal Medicine 2013 Apr 8; 173(7):585-6.   PubMed abstract
Prentice RL, Pettinger MB, Jackson RD, Wactawski-Wende J, LaCroix AZ, Anderson GL, Chlebowski RT, Manson JE, Van Horn L, Vitolins MZ, Datta M, LeBlanc ES, Cauley JA, Rossouw J. Health risks and benefits from calcium and vitamin D supplementation: Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and cohort study. Osteoporosis International 2013 Feb; 24(2):567-80. [Epub 2012 Dec 4] PMCID: PMC3557387    Full text
Kroenke CH, Caan BJ, Stefanick ML, Anderson G, Brzyski R, Johnson KC, LeBlanc E, Lee C, La Croix AZ, Lui Park H, Sims ST, Vitolins M, Wallace R. Effects of a dietary intervention and weight change on vasomotor symptoms in the Women’s Health Initiative. Menopause 2012 Sep; 19(9):980-8. PMCID: PMC3428489 [Available on 2013/9/1]   Full text
LeBlanc E, Rizzo JH, Pedual KL, Ensrud KE, Cauley J, Hochbert M. Hillier for the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures TA. Associations between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and weight gain in elderly women. Journal of Womens Health (Larchmt) 2012 2012 Oct; 21(10):1066-73. [Epub 2012 Jun 25] PMCID: PMC3466912 [Available on 2013/10/1]   Full text
Neuhouser ML, Manson JE, Millen A, Pettinger MB, Margolis K, Jacobs ET, Shikany JM, Vitolins M, Adams-Campbell L, Liu S, LeBlanc E, Johnson KC, Wactawski-Wende J. The influence of health and lifestyle characteristics on the relationship of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with risk of colorectal and breast cancer in postmenopausal women. American Journal of Epidemiology 2012 Apr 1; 175(7):673-84. [Epub 2012 Feb 22] PMC3324430   Full text
Rossom RC, Espeland MA, Manson JE, Dysken MW, Johnson KC, Lane DS, LeBlanc ES, Lederle FA, Masaki KH, Margolis KL. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation and cognitive impairment in the Women’s Health Initiative. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012 Dec; 60(12):2197-205. [Epub 2012 Nov 23] PMCID: PMC3521077 [Available on 2013/12/1]   Full text
Waring AC, Harrison S, Samuels MH, Ensrud KE, LeBlanc ES, Hoffman AR, Orwoll E, Fink H, Barrett-Connor E, Bauer DC, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. Thyroid function and mortality in older men: a prospective study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012 Mar;97(3):862-70. [Epub 2012 Jan 11] PMCID: PMC3319205 [Available on 2013/3/1]   Full text
Everson-Rose SA, Paudel ML, Taylor BC, Dam T, Cawthon PM, LeBlanc E, Strotmeyer ES, Cauley JA, Stefanick ML, Barrett-Connor E, Ensrud KE. Metabolic syndrome and physical performance in elderly men: The osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011 Aug; 59(8):1376-84. PMCID: PMC3545517   Full text
Hillier TA, Cauley JA, Rizzo JH, Pedula KL, Ensrud KE, Bauer DC, Lui LY, Vesco KK, Black, DM, Donaldson MG, LeBlanc ES, Cummings SR. WHO absolute fracture risk models (FRAX): do clinical risk factors improve fracture prediction in older women without osteoporosis? Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2011 Aug; 26(8):1774-82. NIHMSID:438471   Full text


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