OSTEOPOROSIS SYMPOSIUM:
A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR
PHYSICIANS
AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
a
special session in conjunction
with the
2nd International Medical Congress of Armenia
www.2imca.am
2nd International Medical Congress of Armenia
www.2imca.am
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Scientific-Research Center of Maternal and Child Health Protection
Mashtots Av. 22, Yerevan
Tuesday June 26, 2007 9 AM – 1 PM
| Director: | John
P. Bilezikian, MD Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Chief, Endocrinology Division Director, Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit Columbia University New York, NY USA |
| Mariam
Manoukian, MD, Ph.D. Private Practice Endocrinology Mountain View, CA USA |
Jerry
Manoukian, MD Private Practice Internal Medicine Mountain View, CA USA |
| Sam
Badalian, MD Clinical Associate Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY USA |
Lawrence
Mowat, RT Senior Applications Specialist Osteoporosis Assessment Hologic, Inc Bedford, MA USA |
| PROGRAM: |
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| Monday, June 25, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9:00-9:45 |
Basic elements of bone
metabolism and calcium homeostasis John Bilezikian, MD |
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| 9:45-10:30: | Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Risk
Factors John Bilezikian, MD |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | ||||||||||||||||
| 11:00-11:30 |
Bone Densitometry:
instrumentation and technical aspects Lawrence Mowat, RT |
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| 11:30-12:15 |
Nutritional aspects of
optimal skeletal health Jerry Manoukian, MD |
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| 12:15-1:00 | Causes of Osteoporosis Mariam Manoukian, MD |
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| 1:00-2:00 | Lunch | ||||||||||||||||
| 2:00-2:45 | The importance of screening and evaluating
the early postmenopausal woman Samuel Badalian, MD |
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| 2:45-3:30 | Quantitative Risk Assessment: a new
paradigm John Bilezikian, MD |
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| 3:30-4:00 | Panel Discussion, Q&A, and Review: entire faculty | ||||||||||||||||
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