Pierre Delmas Award
The Pierre Delmas Award, formerly named IOF President's Award, will be presented every year in rotation during the IOF-ECCEO congresses or IOF Regionals. The award, named in honour of the late Professor Pierre D. Delmas, IOF's Founding President, honors an individual who has made a significant and unstinting contribution to the advancement of the work of the IOF, through furthering one or more of the mission statements and/or goals of the Foundation. IOF members are invited to nominate candidates for the award. Its winner will be presented with a statuette, plus CHF1,500 in prize money.
2010 Pierre Delmas Award
Professor José Zanchetta, a member of the IOF Board and long standing leader of the IOF Latin American Programme, was the recipient of the prestigious Pierre Delmas Award in 2010. The award is granted by IOF in memory of Pierre D. Delmas, IOF’s renowned founding president who was instrumental in the growth of the Foundation and osteoporosis advocacy worldwide. Presenting the award at the World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010, IOF President John Kanis said, "As a longtime board member José Zanchetta has shown great commitment to IOF and has played a significant role in the development, implementation and expansion of IOF programmes in the Latin American region. With great dedication and by virtue of his excellent collaboration with other organizations in the region, he has helped to raise awareness of osteoporosis as a serious health care issue in the region."
Prof. Zanchetta is a researcher and specialist in osteology and nephrology, and is CEO and Principle Investigator at the Instituto de Investigaciones Metabolicas (IDIM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has published widely in the bone arena and is the recipient of numerous awards.
2008 Pierre Delmas Award
Professor Jean-Yves Reginster of Belgium, a founding member of the IOF Board and IOF General Secretary from 1998 to 2007, was awarded the prestigious Pierre Delmas Award. The award was presented by Professor Cyrus Cooper, Chair of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors, at an award ceremony held on at the opening of the ECCEO9-IOF Meeting in Athens on March 18, 2009.
At the presentation of the award, Professor Cooper stated, “This award is given to an individual who has made a significant and unstinting contribution to the advancement of the work of the International Osteoporosis Foundation. Jean-Yves Reginster has been instrumental in the creation and growth of IOF, placing his great expertise in the service of IOF and the osteoporosis community as a whole.”
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2006 IOF President's AwardThe first winner of this prestigious award is Dr. Ghassan Maalouf, from, Lebanon. The award ceremonies were held during the 2006 IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) in Toronto, Canada. In presenting the award, Professor Pierre Delmas (at the time IOF President) noted, "Dr. Ghassan Maalouf has worked tirelessly to broaden the membership of the IOF. He has been one of the most active members of the IOF Board and is a rare individual able to bring together members of patient societies, scientists and politicians." |
Dr. Maalouf is an orthopaedic surgeon at Saint George Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. Since the inception of IOF, he has served as a regional member of the IOF Board and is the Chairman of the IOF Board nominations working group. Dr. Maalouf is also the Chairman of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors Orthopaedic Surgeon Working Group and amongst his many representations for IOF, Dr. Maalouf serves as the IOF representative to the Bone & Joint Decade.
