Thursday, 7 April 2005: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Ballroom (Marriott Wardman Park Hotel)
Opening Session and Keynote: The Undermanagement of Osteoporosis
Official:	Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD
Co-chairs:	Deborah T. Gold, PhD Robert Lindsay, MBChB, PhD, FRCP
8:00 AM			Welcome Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD
8:10 AM			General Information Deborah Gold, PhD
8:15 AM			Introduction of Keynote Speaker Robert Lindsay, MBChB, PhD, FRCP
8:20 AM			Keynote Address: The Under-Management of Osteoporosis: A Global Problem  John Eisman, MBBS, PhD
9:00 AM			Overview: The Surgeon General’s Report on Osteoporosis and Bone Health  Joan A. McGowan, Ph.D, Lawrence G. Raisz, MD
9:20 AM			Severity of Vertebral Fracture Reflects Deterioration of Trabecular Bone Microarchitecture  Harry K. Genant, MD, Javier San Martin, MD, Peiqi Chen, PhD, Yebin Jiang, PhD, Pierre D. Delmas, MD, PhD, Gail P. Dalsky, PhD, Erik Fink Eriksen, MD
9:30 AM			Incidence and Economic Burden of Osteoporotic Fractures in the United States, 2005-2025  Russel T. Burge, PhD, Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, Alison B. King, PhD, Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH, Ana Tosteson, ScD, John B. Wong, MD
9:40 AM			Opening Session: Q & A Deborah Gold, PhD

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