Day One Monday December 8

Registration in reception and coffee and tea in the exhibition room from 08:15

Plenary Session One

Chair: Dr Adam Wheldon, University Hospitals Dorset, Poole

09:30Keynote address
Barriers and solutions for global access to osteoporosis management: A Position Paper from the International Osteoporosis Foundation
Professor Nicholas Harvey, Director; Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology
MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton & President, International
Osteoporosis Foundation
10:00Questions to Nick
10:10Challenges of clinical trials for new osteoporosis medications
Professor Eugene McCloskey, Professor in Adult Bone Disease and Honorary Consultant,
Department of Oncology and Metabolism, Metabolic Bone Centre, University of Sheffield
10:40Questions to Eugene
10:50Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis
Professor Stuart Ralston, Versus Arthritis Professor of Rheumatology, Centre for Genomic and
Experimental Medicine Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
11:20Questions to Stuart
11:30Coffee and tea break and homemade cakes in exhibition room

Plenary Session Two

Chair:

12:00Meet the experts session
Case-based discussions covering clinical scenarios:
Professor Stuart Ralston, Professor of Rheumatology, Edinburgh;
Professor Eugene McCloskey, Professor in Adult Bone Disease and Honorary Consultant, Sheffield;
Professor Kassim Javaid, Associate Professor, Oxford;
Professor Richard Keen, Consultant in Metabolic Bone Diseases, Stanmore.
13:20Hot lunch in exhibition room

Plenary Session Three

Chair: Dr Fouz Rahmeh, University Hospitals Dorset, Poole

14:20Rare bone diseases – Diagnosis, management and patient quality of life
Professor Kassim Javaid, Associate Professor, University Lecturer in Metabolic Bone Disease,
University of Oxford
14:50Questions to Kassim
15:00Managing vertebral fragility fractures: A case-based approach to treatment decisions
Dr Madhavi Vindlacheruvu, Consultant Orthogeriatrician, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
15:30Questions to Madhavi
15:40Grab a coffee/tea in the exhibition room
16:00Secondary Osteoporosis in Young Adults: Diagnosis and Management
16:30
16:40Managing Osteoporosis in the Obese and Diabetic Patient: Myths, Pitfalls, and Practice
17:10
17:20End of first day

Day Two Tuesday December 9

Registration in reception and coffee and tea in the exhibition room from 08:15

Plenary Session One

Chair: Dr Marco Massarotti, University Hospitals Dorset, Christchurch

09:30Osteoporosis in men
Professor Peter Selby, Consultant Physician and Honorary Professor of Metabolic Bone Disease,
Associate Medical Director, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester
10:00Questions to Peter
10:10Anabolic Agents in Osteoporosis Management: Current Evidence and Future
Directions

Professor Richard Keen, Consultant in Metabolic Bone Diseases, Royal National Orthopaedic
Hospital, Stanmore
10:40Questions to Richard
10:50What’s new in falls prevention
Professor Tahir Masud, Consultant Physician at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
(NUH), Past President of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS). Nottingham
11:20Questions to Tahir
11:20Coffee and tea break and homemade cakes in exhibition room

Plenary Session Two

Chair:

12:00Dietary interventions for osteoporosis prevention and management
Dr Alexandra Mavroeidi, Reader and Head of Department of Allied Health Professions
School of Health & Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow                
12:30Questions to Alexandra
12:40From hormones to factures: The bone health consequences of prostate cancer treatment
Professor Janet Brown, Professor of Translational Medical Oncology and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology, Head of the Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, Deputy Director of the Mellanby Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield
13:10Questions to Janet
13:20Hot lunch in exhibition room

Plenary Session Three

Chair:

14:20Fighting Bone & muscle Loss with Food: The Role of Anti-Inflammatory Diets in
Osteoporosis & Sarcopenia Prevention
Dr Ailsa Welch, Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology, Norwich Medical School, Centre of
Population Health and Norwich Epidemiology Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich
14:50Questions to Ailsa
15:00The role of exercise in prevention of osteoporotic fracture: Evidence and Application
Professor Katherine Brooke-Wavell, Professor of Skeletal Physiology, Exercise and Ageing, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire
15:30Questions to Katherine
15:40Grab a coffee/tea in the exhibition room
16:00Managing long-term bisphosphonate therapy: When to Stop, Start or Switch
Dr Katie Moss, Consultant Rheumatologist, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust, London
16:30Questions to Katie
16:40DXA: Role, Pitfalls and Interpretation
Dr Tehseen Ahmed, Consultant Rheumatologist, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath
17:10Questions to Tehseen
17:20End of conference

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Programme

Programme

An innovative and dynamic programme held over two days.

Conference Videos

Conference Videos

Featuring the latest information on managing osteoporosis.

Exhibitors & Sponsors

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Some of the views expressed from delegates attending our 2019 annual medical conference

All excellent knowledgeable speakers who make the talks interesting and engaging.

This is always a brilliant forum for expanding and advancing my practice with gained knowledge.

Every year Osteoporosis Dorset provides us with excellent topics by excellent presenters and experts in this area.

An event well worth attending - so grateful that I could come for free!

My role is a rehab assistant in the falls team. Although some aspects were very in depth, I got a lot out of the day. It worked well for different levels of understanding and background knowledge.

The wide subject matter makes it overall a very worthwhile and interesting day.