Open to members and supporters upon registration

1.       January 19th 2012 Thursday 6:00 p.m.

Speaker: David Goltzman, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine and Physiology

Director, McGill Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research

Senior Physician, Endocrine Division of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)

Past president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Member, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Title: “Vitamin D Actions: Musings from Mice and Men”

Educational objectives:

• • To appreciate how genetic mouse models can elucidate vitamin D physiology

  • To understand the new Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin D as developed by the Institute of Medicine

  • To understand the implications of the Dietary Reference Intakes

Location: Georgetown University Warwick Evans Room Bldg D, 4000 Reservoir RD NW Washington DC 20007. Catered by Occasions

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2.      February 16th 2012 Thursday 6:00 p.m.

Speaker: Nelson B. Watts, MD

Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati

Director, University of Cincinnati Bone Health and Osteoporosis Center

Title: “What Old Means to Bone” 

Educational objectives:

• • Understand connection between oxidative stress and aging

  • Discuss treatment options for senile osteoporosis

  • Understand how to prevent and manage corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis

Location: Cafe Renaissance 163 Glyndon Street, SE Vienna, VA 22180

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4.    June 14th 2012 Thursday 6:00 p.m.

Speaker: John P. Bilezikian, MD

Silberg Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pharmacology

Chief, Division of Endocrinology

Director, Metabolic Bone Diseases Program, Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians & Surgeons,

Columbia University New York, NY

Title: “Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Parathyroid Diseases”

Educational objectives:

• Understand the clinical and skeletal features of too much parathyroid hormone (primary hyperparathyroidism) and too little parathyroid hormone (hypoparathyroidism)

• Discuss the evolving clinical spectrum of primary hyperparathyroidism

• Consider medical approaches to both disorders

Location: Marriott Hotel 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda MD 20814

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5.      September 20th 2012 Thursday 6:00 pm

Speaker: Neil C. Binkley MD

Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

Director, Osteoporosis Clinical Center

Title: “A Hazardous Duet: Sarcopenia and Osteoporosis”

Educational objectives:

• Understand the importance of sarcopenia and learn to diagnose it in patients with osteoporosis

• Discuss treatment options for sarco-steoporosis

• Learn to assess clinical improvement in patients with sarco-osteoporosis

Location: Ruth's Cris Steak House, 2231 Crystal Drive, Arlington VA 22202

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6.      October 25th 2012 Thursday 6:00 p.m.

Speaker: Anne Klibanski, M.D.

Laurie Carrol Guthart Professor of Medicine

Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research

Harvard Medical School

Chief, Neuroendocrine Unit

Massachusetts General Hospital

Title: “Bone Loss in Anorexia Nervosa and Pre-Menopausal Estrogen Deficiency”

Educational objectives:

• • Understand the pathogenesis of bone loss in anorexia nervosa and other states of pre-menopausal estrogen deficiency

  • Recognize the impact of disordered eating on bone heath

  • Recommend currently available therapeutic options for patients with this disorder

Location: Nora Restaurant 2132 Florida Avenue Northwest  Washington, DC 20008