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Meet the Expert Sessions

Saturday June 3, 2006

Each Session is held both at 11:30 – 12:30 and 13:15 – 14:15

Jonathan D. Adachi
 
Corticosteroid-induced Osteoporosis
Steven Boonen Clinical Aspects of Osteoporosis in the Oldest Old
Steve R. Cummings Future Treatments for Osteoporosis
John A. Eisman Genetic Aspects of Osteoporosis
Dieter Felsenberg Disuse, Low gravity and Bone
Harry K. Genant Vertebral Fracture Assessment
F. Jiwa and Alexandra Papaioannou What makes a successful osteoporosis strategy?
A model for Government and Societies
Marius Kraenzlin Practical Use of Osteodensitometry
Paul Lips Evaluation of Quality of Life
L. Joseph Melton Epidemiology of Osteoporosis: Study Design
Lawrence G. Raisz Practical Use of Biochemical Markers
Ego Seeman Bone Architecture, Matrix Properties and Fracture Risk
Elisabeth Shane Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis

Sunday June 4, 2006

Each Session is held both at 11:30 – 12:30 and 13:15 – 14:15

John P. Bilezikian
 
Bone Anabolic Treatments and its Monitoring
Jean-Philippe Bonjour Bone Growth in Childhood and Adolescence
Peter Burckhardt Calcium and Vitamin D in Osteoporosis Management
Juliet E. Compston Management of Osteoporosis before Menopause
Judith Cranford and Karen Ormerod Actions to Make Osteoporosis a Priority on Payers' Healthcare Agenda
Bess Dawson-Hughes Nutrition Counselling of Osteoporotic Patients
Richard Eastell Compliance to Osteoporosis Therapy
David Marsh Post Fracture Management
M. Pfeifer Physical Rehabilitation and Prevention of Falls
Eric Orwoll Osteoporosis in Men
Jean-Yves Reginster Current Management of Osteoarthritis
Ethel Siris Place of HRT in the management of osteoporosis

Monday June 5, 2006

Each Session is held both at 11:30 – 12:30 and 13:15 – 14:15

Jonathan Adachi and Anthony B. Hodsman Cost-Utility of Anabolic Treatment
Silvano Adami
 
Management of Osteogenesis Imperfecta in Adults
Claude Arnaud Combination or Sequential Therapy in Osteoporosis
Fredrik Borgström Cost-Utility of Osteoporosis Treatment
Maria Luisa Brandi Pharmacogenetics
Cyrus Cooper Epidemiology and Health Impact of Osteoarthritis
David Goltzman New Therapeutic Targets in Osteoporosis
To be announced Burden of Osteoporosis and Health Economics
Robert G. Josse Cancer Treatment-induced Bone Loss
Uri Liberman Case-Solving Studies
Paul D. Miller Bisphosphonates in Renal Osteodystrophy
Nelson B. Watts How Long Should We Treat?

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