Master Clinician: Osteoporosis Challenges in Treatment

Session Description: Case-based session which will feature three expert panelists from other calcium and bone sessions discussing clinical scenarios in the management of osteoporosis.

Faculty: E. Michael Lewiecki, MD
New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center

Dolores M. Shoback, MD
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Thomas J. Weber, MD
Duke University Medical Center

Learning Objectives:

1. Determine optimal osteoporosis treatment based on patient characteristics.
2. Select patients for drug holidays and treatment discontinuations to minimize bone density loss and subsequent fractures.
3. Describe how to manage the patient with atypical femoral fracture.

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