2009 NOF International Symposium on Osteoporosis
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Premenopausal Skeletal Development - Relationships between Birth Control, Depo Provera, Pregnancy, Lactation and Bone Health
Track
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Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Genetics
Program Code:
CC1-3
Date:
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Time:
3:50 PM to 4:15 PM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
Michael Kleerekoper,
MD, FACP, FACB, FACE, MACE, Endocrinologist,
Ann Arbor Endocrinology & Diabetes Assoc.
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Michael Kleerekoper, MD, FACB, FACP, MACE is an Endocrinologist, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, MI. Dr. Kleerekoper has been involved in bench and clinical research on biochemical markers of bone remodeling since his medical student days in Sydney, Australia. In 1974 he came to the United States to complete a Fellowship in Endocrinology in St. Louis, Missouri, and subsequently moved to Detroit, Michigan where he has been engaged in teaching, research, and clinical care. His current academic appointments are Clinical Professor of Medicine and of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wayne State University in Detroit. His clinical practice is with his colleagues at Ann Arbor Endocrinology Associates within the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital system. He is also the Chief Medical Officer of MicroMRI Inc., devoted to the study of bone micro-architecture non-invasively using high resolution MRI techniques.
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MaryFran Sowers,
MD, Professor of Epidemiology,
University of Michigan School of Public Health
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MaryFran Sowers, PhD is the John G. Searle Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and holds joint appointments in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Obstetrics/Gynecology. She directs the UM's Center for Integrated Approaches to Complex Diseases and is highly active in the interdisciplinary programs in women's health, aging, genetics and endocrinology at the UM. She has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Sowers is a PI of SWAN (Study of Women's Health Across the Nation), a longitudinal study of the menopause transition), PI for the SWAN Sleep Study, PI for the SWAN Study of Performance and Physical Functioning, and PI for the SWAN Repository where she directs the genetics program.
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Description
Peak bone mass accrual is a contributor to bone strength later in life. Adolescence is a critical time for skeletal growth and certain factors may influence peak bone mass accrual. Evidence also shows that fracture risk might be programmed during intrauterine life. This session explores the relationship between birth weight, weight in infancy, as well as adolescent and childbearing issues and bone mass in adulthood.