Day One Monday December 9

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

Plenary Session One

Chair: tbc

09:30Keynote address
Professor Kassim Javaid, Associate Professor, University Lecturer in Metabolic Bone Disease, University of Oxford
10:00Questions to Kassim
10:10Advances in personalized fracture risk assessment: FRAX and beyond
Professor Nick Harvey, Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton
10:40Questions to Nick
10:50Overview of treatment options
Dr Terry Aspray, Consultant in Metabolic Bone Disease at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital, Newcastle  
11:20Questions to Terry
11:30Coffee and tea break and homemade cakes in exhibition room

Plenary Session Two

Chair: tbc

12:00Meet the experts session
Case-based discussions covering clinical scenarios:

12:50Clinical relevance of micronutrients on muscle and bone
13:10Questions
13:30Hot lunch in exhibition room

Plenary Session Three

Chair: Dr Fouz Rahmeh, University Hospitals Dorset, Poole

14:20Vertebral fractures - who to xray
14:50Questions
15:00Frailty and fragility fractures
Dr Rachel Bradley, Consultant Geriatrician, University of Bristol Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol & Dr Madhavi Vindlacheruvu, Consultant Orthogeriatrician, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
15:30Questions to Rachel and Madhavi
15:40Grab a coffee/tea in the exhibition room
16:00Romosozumab and cardiovascular risk
Dr Sarah Hardcastle, Consultant Rheumatologist, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath
16:30Questions to Sarah
16:40Artificial Intelligence in patient management
Dr Nicholas Fuggle, Associate Professor in Rheumatology, University of Southampton, Southampton
17:10Questions to Nicholas
17:20End of first day

Day Two Tuesday December 10

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

Plenary Session One

Chair: tbc

09:30Osteoporosis secondary conditions and their impact
10:00Questions
10:10Managing eGFR and bone
Professor Richard Keen, Consultant in Metabolic Bone Diseases, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore
10:40Questions to Richard
10:50Case-based discussions on the management of patients with severe osteoporosis and how to adapt the guidelines
Professor Mike Stone, Consultant Physician & Director of Bone Research, Bone Research Unit, Cardiff University Academic Centre, University Hospital Llandough, Penarth  
11:20Questions to Mike
11:20Coffee and tea break and homemade cakes in exhibition room

Plenary Session Two

Chair: tbc

12:00International perspectives on nutrition and bone health
Dr Alexandra Mavroeidi, Head of Department, Department of Occupational Therapy, and Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow                    
12:30Questions to Alexandra
12:40Understanding BMD and DXA measurements
13:10Questions
13:20Hot lunch in exhibition room

Plenary Session Three

Chair: tbc

14:20Importance of achieving peak bone mass in adolescence
Professor Elaine Dennison, Professor of Musculoskeletal Epidemiology and Honorary Consultant
in Rheumatology, Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of
Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton   
14:50Questions to Elaine
15:00The role of exercise in prevention of osteoporotic fracture
Dr Alex Ireland PhD, Reader in Musculoskeletal Physiology, Orthopaedic Research UK Early Career Fellow, Research Centre for Musculoskeletal Science & Sports Medicine, Department of Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester     
15:30Questions to Alex
15:40Grab a coffee/tea in the exhibition room
16:00Osteoporosis in pregnancy
16:30Questions
16:40Bone health in patients with learning disabilities
17:10Questions
17:20End of conference

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Programme

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An innovative and dynamic programme held over two days.

Conference Videos

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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.