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Osteoanabolic Approaches to the Treatment of Osteoporosis (available for CE credit; not available for CME credit)
Program Code:
020
Date:
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Time:
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
EST
SPEAKER
:
John Bilezikian,
MD, Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology,
Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital
John Bilezikian, MD is the Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silberberg Professor of Medicine at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University and is Chief of the Endocrinology Division and Director of Metabolic Bone Diseases. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. His books include Editor-in-Chief of The Parathyroids (1994, 2001), and co-editor of The Aging Skeleton (1999), Dynamics of Bone and Cartilage Metabolism (1999,2006), and Principles of Bone Biology (1996, 2002, 2008). He is the recipient of the Distinguished Physician Award of the Endocrine Society, the Frederic C. Bartter Award of the ASBMR and the First Annual Global Leadership Award of the ISCD.
Disclosures:
Consulting: Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Alliance for Better Bone Health, NPS Pharmaceuticals
Research: NPS Pharmaceuticals, GSK
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Description
This session presents the latest information and research on the use of current FDA-approved medications for osteoporosis prevention and/or treatment. The focus of this session will be on anabolic agents and biologic therapy. It will explore what a biologic is and how it differs from a medication, mechanism of action of anabolic agents and biologics, clinical issues with PTH and denosumab, when to consider these therapies, and patient management and followup - when & how to monitor.