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Bone Health & Osteoporosis Center Toll Free:
1-888-8 BONE 48 (1-888-826-6348)

New Britain General campus:
(860) 224-5548

Other info

Bone Health staff


Advance Practice Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner
Kathryn Tierney, M.S.N., A.P.R.N.-B.C., F.N.P.

Endocrinologists
Manmeet Kaur, M.D.
Sadhis Rivas, M.D.

Medical Director, Joslin Diabetes Center, Endocrine and Bone Health Center
Latha Dulipsingh, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E.

Radiologic Technologist
Linda Skorupski, RTR, CBDT




Kathryn Tierney, M.S.N., A.P.R.N.-B.C., F.N.P.

Kathryn Tierney Education

Bachelor's degree in biological sciences, Smith College, Northhampton, Mass.; certificate in nursing, master’s degree in nursing, Yale University School of Nursing.


General Info

Extensive nursing experience in diabetes management, primary care and other areas, including hormone therapy for transgener patients. Clinical instructor, Yale University School of Nursing. Fluent in Spanish.





Manmeet Kaur, M.D.

Manmeet Kaur Education

Medical degree, Government Medical College, Chandigarh, India; internal medicine residency, Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport; endocrinology and metabolism fellowship, University of Connecticut Health Center.

Primary Practice

Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate, Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5672.

Sadhis Rivas, M.D.

Sadhis Rivas Education

Medical degree, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalarjara, Mexico; internship, El Carmen Hospital, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Garibay Hospital, Managua, Nicaragua, A.C.; internal medicine internship and residency, The Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; endocrinology and metabolism fellowship, SUNY downstate and Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY.












Primary Practice

Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at HCC: 1-888-456-7546




Latha Dulipsingh, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E.

Latha Dulipsingh Education

Bachelor's degrees, medicine and surgery, University of Madras, India; internship, Madras Medical College Hospital, India; internship and residency, and fellowship in endocrinology, University of Connecticut Health Center.


General Info

Endocrinologist and medial director, Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate and Endocrine and Bone Health Center. Diplomate of the American Board of Endocrinology and Metabolism and American Board of Internal Medicine.; Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology. Asssociate professor of medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center.

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Primary Practice

Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at HCC: 1-888-456-7546

Additional Practice

Endocrine and Bone Health Center: 1-888-8 BONE 48 (1-888-826-6348)




Linda Skorupski, RTR, CBDT

Linda Skorupski General Info

Linda Skorupski has been a Radiologic Technologist, Registered (RTR), for more than 30 years. She is also certified by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry as a Certified Bone Densitometry Technologist (CBDT™). Certification requires passing an exam designed to meet stringent certification industry standards and best practices in the U.S.

Mrs. Skorupski conducts bone density screenings at the hospital's New Britain General campus and at Plainville Primary Care and Endocrinology Center, 36 Whiting St. Plainville.