European Union Osteoporosis Consultation Panel
 Prof. Juliet Compston, Consultation Panel Chair |
 Prof. Socrates Papapoulos, Consultation Panel Senior Advisor |
In 2002, with support from the European Union (EU), the EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel was convened, bringing together policy makers and osteoporosis experts from the member states, and mandating them to work with stakeholders at both national and EU levels to implement practical, cost-effective strategies to improve access to diagnosis and proven therapies before the first fracture. IOF continues to support the activities of the EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel, including their annual meetings held in conjunction with the European Parliament (EP) Osteoporosis Interest Group.
The initial 18-month project, a key building block in implementing recommendations outlined in the EC 1998 ‘Report on Osteoporosis in the European Community - Action for Prevention’ and the subsequent "Call to Action" by the EP Osteoporosis Interest Group, has been continued and is making strides in encouraging policy officials to focus attention on osteoporosis at the EU and national levels.
During 2008, IOF will be working with the EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel in order to conduct a comprehensive EU-wide audit of the prevalence of osteoporosis and the status of its management in Europe. Read report of the latest meeting held in Brussels on April 16, 2008 (PDF, 214.9 KB)
List of European Union Osteoporosis Consultation Panel Members
(as of January 2007)
Consultation Panel Chair
Prof. Juliet Compston
Metabolic Bone Disease, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine;
Board Member, International Osteoporosis Foundation
Consultation Panel Senior Advisor
Prof. Socrates Papapoulos
Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Leiden;
Board Member, International Osteoporosis Foundation
Consultation Panel Co-ordinator
Margaret Walker
Policy Manager, International Osteoporosis Foundation
National Members
Austria
Prof. Gerold Holzer
University of Vienna Medical School; Austrian Menopause Society
Hon. Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögel
Federal Ministry of Health and Women
Belgium
Prof. Jean-Yves Reginster
WHO Collaborating Center, Liege
Dr Stefan Goemaere
Belgium Bone Club
Bulgaria
Dr Roussanka Kovatcheva-Gueorguieva
Bulgarian League for the Prevention of Osteoporosis (BLPO)
Cyprus
Dr George L. Georgiades
Cyprus Association for Musculoskeletal Diseases
Dr Christodoulos Kaisis
Ministry of Health
Czech Republic
Dr Milan Bayer
Czech Society for Metabolic Skeletal Diseases
Denmark
Dr Bente Lomholt Langdahl
Danish Bone Society
Estonia
Dr Ivo Valter
Centre for Clinical and Basic Research; Estonian Osteoporosis Society
Finland
Prof. Christel Lamberg-Allardt
University of Helsinki
Dr Olli Simonen
Government Ministerial Advisor
France
Prof. Liana Euller-Ziegler
Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Nice;
Bone & Joint Decade French Network Co-ordinator
Dr Benoit Lavallart
Directorate-General of Health, Bureau of Chronic Diseases of Childhood and Ageing
Prof. Thierry Thomas
Head of Rheumatology Department, General Secretary of GRIO, INSERM, University Hospital
Germany
Prof. Helmut Minne
Klinik der Fürstenhof Center of Endocrinology; German Academy of the Osteological & Rheumatological Sciences
Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth
Former President of the Bundestag, Head of the Parliamentary Assembly Delegation of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Greece
Dr Costas Phenekos
Designated Representative of the Ministry of Health and Welfare; Director, Red Cross Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Prof. George Lyritis
Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation
Hungary
Prof. Istvan Marton
Hungarian Osteoporosis Patients Association and Hungarian Society for Osteoporosis and Osteoarthrology
Ireland
Prof. Moira O’Brien
Irish Osteoporosis Society
Italy
Prof. Sergio Ortolani
Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS
Latvia
Dr Ingrida Circene
Member of Parliament, Latvia
Ms. Inese Ergle
President of Latvia Osteoporosis Patient and Invalid Association
Lithuania
Dr Vidmantas Alekna
President, Lithuanian Osteoporosis Foundation
Luxembourg
Dr Marco Hirsch
Luxembourg Association for the Study of Bone Metabolism and Osteoporosis (ALEMO)
Dr Simone Steil
Chief Medical Officer, Division of Preventable Diseases, Ministry of Health
Malta
Prof. Mark Brincat
Designated Representative of the Ministry of Health
Dr Raymond Galea
President, Malta Osteoporosis Society
The Netherlands
Ms. Elisabeth de Boer-Oosterhuis
Chief Executive, Osteoporosis Society
Prof. Huibert A. P. Pols
Internist, Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam
Dr Pepita Groeneweld
Ministry of Public Health
Poland
Prof. Roman Lorenc
Professor of Biochemistry and Experimental Medicine, President of the Multidisciplinary Osteoporotic Forum
Portugal
Dr Viviana Tavares
Rheumatologist, Consultant for the Working Group for the National Plan Against Rheumatic Diseases, General Directorate of Health
Romania
Dr Andrea Ildiko Gasparik
Association for Prevention of Osteoporosis in Romania (ASPOR)
Slovakia
Dr Eugen Nagy
Slovak Ministry of Health
Prof. Juraj Payer
Slovak Osteoporosis Society
Slovenia
Dr Dusa Hlade Zore
President of the Slovene Osteoporosis Patient Society
Assoc Prof. Tomaz Kocjan
Slovenia Bone Society
Spain
Prof. Jorge B. Cannata Andia
Service of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Istitute Reina Sofia of Investigation, Oviedo
Dr Sagrario Mateu Sanchis
Chief, Mother and Child Health, Ministry of Health
Sweden
Ms. Caroline Akerhielm
Swedish Rheumatism Association
United Kingdom
Ms. Angela Jordan
National Osteoporosis Society
Mr. John Austin
Member of Parliament
Ms. Anne Simpson
National Osteoporosis Society, Development Manager for Scotland
Ms. Jeanette Owen
National Osteoporosis Society, Development Manager for Northern Ireland and Wales
European Union
Ms. Mary Honeyball
Member of the European Parliament, UK
Ms. Angelika Niebler
Member of the European Parliament, Germany
Dr Aushra Shatchkute
World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Europe
Ms. Peggy Maguire
Project Partner, European Institute of Women's Health
International
Prof. Kristina Akesson
Project Partner, Bone & Joint Decade 2000-2010
Prof. David Marsh
Project Partner, International Society for Fracture Repair
Dr Daniel Navid
CEO, International Osteoporosis Foundation
