Annual Meeting

The Meet-the-Professor Sessions are informal sessions designed to provide an opportunity for meeting attendees to interact with experts in an intimate setting and discuss specific clinical and research topics.

Friday, September 12, 2008

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Basic Sessions:

Mechanicotransduction in Bone
Randall Duncan, Ph.D., University of Delaware

Osteoimmunology: Interactions of the Immune and Skeletal System
Joseph Lorenzo, M.D., University of Connecticut Health Center

Clinical Sessions:

Epidemiology of Osteoporosis
Cyrus Cooper, D.M., FRCP, MedSci, University of Southampton (UK)

Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis
Peter Ebeling, M.D., FRACP, University of Melbourne (Australia)

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)
Eileen Shore, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Anorexia Nervosa and Bone Loss
Anne Klibanski, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital

What's New in Paget's Disease of Bone?
Stuart Ralston, MBChB, M.D., University of Edinburgh (UK)

Saturday, September 13, 2008

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Basic Sessions:

Signaling Pathways in Skeletal Development and Homeostasis
FanXin Long, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine

Space Travel: Mechanisms of Microgravity Effects on Bone
Jay McDonald, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Clinical Sessions:

Bisphosphonates in Metabolic Bone Diseases
Nelson Watts, M.D., University of Cincinnati Osteoporosis Center

Calcimimetics
Dolores Shoback, M.D., San Francisco VA Medical Center

Osteoporosis in Men
Eric Orwoll, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University

Vascular Calcification
Eduardo Slatopolsky, M.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Rheumatic Diseases and Inflammatory Bone Disease
Steven Goldring, M.D., Hospital for Special Surgery

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Basic Sessions:

Molecular Regulation of Osteogenic Lineage Progression
David Rowe, M.D., University of Connecticut Health Center

Bone Imaging and Biomechanics for Small Animal Models
Matt Silva, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Clinical Sessions:

Diagnosis and Management of Children at Risk for Bone Fragility
Laura Bachrach, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine

Hypovitaminosis D in Clinical Practice
Henry Bone, M.D., Michigan Bone and Mineral Clinic

Approach to the Patient with Skeletal Dysplasia
Michael Whyte, M.D., Shriners Hospital for Children

Renal Stones
David Bushinsky, M.D., University of Rochester

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2: New Therapeutic Strategies for Treatment
Robert Gagel, M.D., University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Familial Hyperparathyroidism
Steve Marx, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Sunday, September 14, 2008

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Special Session:

Growing Your Career and Balancing Life
Sponsored by the ASBMR Women in Bone and Mineral Research Committee

Basic/Translational Sessions:

Molecular Biology of Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Joan Marini, M.D., Ph.D., National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Apoptosis of Bone Cells
Robert Jilka, Ph.D., and Stavros Manolagas, M.D., Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Clinical Sessions:

Epidemiology of Osteoporosis
Cyrus Cooper, D.M., FRCP, MedSci, University of Southampton (UK)

Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis
Peter Ebeling, M.D., FRACP, University of Melbourne (Australia)

Anorexia Nervosa and Bone Loss
Anne Klibanski, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital

Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA) using DXA
Harry Genant, M.D., UCSF/Synarc

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Basic Sessions:

Osteoclast Biology
G. David Roodman, M.D., Ph.D., VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Mechanisms of Synovial Joint and Articular Cartilage Formation In Developing Mouse Limbs
Marizio Pacifici, Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University

Clinical Sessions:

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)
Eileen Shore, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

What's New in Paget's Disease of Bone?
Stuart Ralston, MBChB, M.D., University of Edinburgh (UK)

Bisphosphonates in Metabolic Bone Diseases
Nelson Watts, M.D., University of Cincinnati Osteoporosis Center

Osteoporosis in Men
Eric Orwoll, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University

Rheumatic Diseases and Inflammatory Bone Disease
Steven Goldring, M.D., Hospital for Special Surgery

Monday, September 15, 2008

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Special Session:

Obtaining Your First Faculty Position
Sponsored by the ASBMR Membership Development Committee

Basic/Translational Sessions:

Biology of Bone Trauma: Toward Treatments that Accelerate Healing
Ed Puzas, Ph.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine

Fracture Repair
Louis Gerstenfeld, Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine and Thomas Einhorn, M.D., Boston Medical Center

Clinical Sessions:

Approach to the Patient with Skeletal Dysplasia
Michael Whyte, M.D., Shriners Hospital for Children

Renal Stones
David Bushinsky, M.D., University of Rochester

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2: New Therapeutic Strategies for Treatment
Robert Gagel, M.D., University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Calcimimetics
Dolores Shoback, M.D., San Francisco VA Medical Center

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Basic Sessions:

Osteoclasts and Immune Cells: Dangerous Liaisons
Roberta Faccio, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine

Osteoblastic/Hematopoietic Regulatory Interactions in the Bone Marrow
Laura Calvi, M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine

Clinical Sessions:

Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA) using DXA
Harry Genant, M.D., UCSF/Synarc

Familial Hyperparathyroidism
Steve Marx, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Vascular Calcification
Eduardo Slatopolsky, M.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Diagnosis and Management of Children at Risk for Bone Fragility
Laura Bachrach, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine

Hypovitaminosis D in Clinical Practice
Henry Bone, M.D., Michigan Bone and Mineral Clinic