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Speakers
 
Professor Mary Bouxsein
Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Presentations:
- Non- Invasive Assessment of Bone Strength and Fracture Risk.
- Effect of Osteoporosis Therapies on Bone Strength.
   
Professor Ego Seeman
Melbourne, Australia
Presentations:
- Treatment of Bone Fragility- Why, Who, When, What Drug,
   How Long to Treat?
- Bone quality- The Material and Structural Basis of Bone Strength
   
Professor Socrates Papapoulos
Nederland.
Presentations:
- Excessive Suppression of Bone Turnover by Bisphosphonates :
  Weighing the Evidence.
- Identification of Molecular Defects of Rare Bone Diseases
  Provides Targets for Development of Novel Osteoporosis Therapies.
   
Professor Rene Rizzoli
Médecin-Chef du Service des maladies osseuses
Centre collaborateur de l’OMS pour la prévention de l’ostéoporose
Chef du Département universitaire de réhabilitation et gériatrie
Hôpital cantonal, Genève
Presentations:
- Bone health Throughout Puberty.
- News in the Management of Osteoporosis.
   
Professor Serge Ferrari
Prof. of Medicine, Division of Bone Diseases, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Presentations:
- Genetics of Osteoporosis.
- Challenges in Male Osteoporosis.
   
Prof. John Kanis
Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Presentations:
- Fracture Risk Assessment.
- Epidemiology of Osteoporosis.
   
Professor Aliya Khan
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Divisions of Endocrinology and
Geriatrics, McMaster University, Oakville, Canada.
Presentations:
- Bone Densitometry, Advances in Research.
- Osteonecrosis of the Jaw and its Relationship to Bisphosphonates.
   Prevention and Management Guidelines.
   
Professor Ghassan Maalouf
Prof. of Clinical Orthopedics, Lebanon.
Presentations:
- Fragility fractures, the size of the problem.
- Challenges in treating fragility fractures.
   
Dr. AbdulRahim Al Suhaili
Associate Professor, Consultant & Head of Nuclear Medicine,
Dubai Hospital, UAE
Presentation:
- Bone Densitometry, local issues for consideration
   
Professor Hussein Saadi
Senior Consultant Endocrinologist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE.
Presentation:
- Osteoporosis and Vitamin D Deficiency in Arab Women.
   
Professor Samir Elbadawy
Professor of Rheumatology, Cairo University, Egypt
Presentation:
Osteoporosis in The Arab Countries
   
Professor Leith Zakraoui, Tunisia.

 

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