Advances in the Treatment of Osteoporosis

April 6, 2007 — 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
UAMS, Bldg. EDII, Room B107

This free video teleconference, jointly sponsored by the AGEC, the GRECC at CAVHS and the Reynolds Institute on Aging at UAMS, requires no participant pre-registration. Attendees to this VTC will receive 2 hours of CE credits.

For information regarding receiver sites, please call Kelly at (501) 257-5543.

Objectives
At the completion of this 2-hour video teleconference attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe the metabolism and mechanisms of bone loss in older adults;
  2. Discuss the value of early detection of bone loss and methods for diagnosis;
  3. Relate the newest therapies and their mechanisms of action; and
  4. Select appropriate interventions for the treatment of osteoporosis.

Tentative Schedule:

11:00 – 11:05
 Opening Remarks — Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, FADA
11:05 – 11:50
 Osteoporosis: Process, Detection & Diagnosis – Donald L. Bodenner, MD, PhD
11:50 – 12:00
 Break
12:00 – 12:45
 Osteoporosis: Treatment – Donald L. Bodenner, MD, PhD
12:45 – 12:55
 Q&A
12:55 –  1:00
Closing remarks — Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, FADA

Faculty:

Donald Lee Bodenner, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Geriatrics in the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics and a staff physician at the Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock. Dr. Bodenner is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology.  He holds memberships in the Endocrine Society, American Federation of Clinical Research, American College of Physicians and American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

Target Audience: All health professionals and the interested lay public.