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European Union Osteoporosis Consultation Panel

Prof. Juliet Compston
Prof. Juliet Compston, Consultation Panel Chair
Prof. Socrates Papapoulos
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

 

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