Dr. Stuart Silverman, MD

About Dr. Silverman

Dr. Silverman graduated cum laude from Princeton University in biology. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1973. He completed an internship and residency at University Hospital in Boston.

He then completed a rheumatology fellowship and a Thorndike research fellowship at Boston University. He is board certified in rheumatology, internal medicine and allergy-immunology. His full-time private practice in Beverly Hills focuses on osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and long-haul COVID.

He offers BPC-157 peptide therapy for osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal injuries, as an option that does not use corticosteroids. He also provides care for Dercum's disease, also called lipomatosis. He is interested in managing conditions without standard medicines, using approaches such as nutrition, exercise protocols, simple peptides and vagal stimulation devices.

He developed the first quality of life tool for osteoporosis patients, called OPAQ. He has been a principal investigator on many clinical trials funded by pharmaceutical partners, the NIH and the state. Outside work, he enjoys weight training, boxing, jiu-jitsu, tennis, pickleball and playing jazz and blues piano.