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OSTEOPOROSIS: CLINICAL UPDATES NEWSLETTER
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DISCLOSURE OF COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
It is the policy of the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) to
ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its
sponsored publications and programs.  NOF requires the disclosure of
the existence of any significant financial interest or any other relationship
the sponsor, Editorial Board or Guest Contributors have with the
manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) discussed
in an educational presentation.  All authors and contributors to this
continuing education activity have disclosed any real or apparent
interest that may have direct bearing on the subject matter of this
program.  For specific disclosure information for any member of the
Editorial Board or Guest Contributor, please contact the National
Osteoporosis Foundation, Department of Patient and Professional Education
at (202) 223-2226.

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR, STAFF DISCLOSURES

Editor-in-Chief
Angelo A. Licata, MD, PhD, FACP, FACE, Research Director at the Osteoporosis/Metabolic Bone Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
NOF Affiliation: Education Committee
Disclosure: Research Support: Merck, Eli Lilly, Procter & Gamble, Aventis                       

Senior Editorial Consultant
Lawrence G. Raisz, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, the Associate Director of The Musculoskeletal Institute, Director of the University of Connecticut Center for Osteoporosis, University of Connecticut Health Center
NOF Affiliation: Board of Trustees, Science and Research Committee, Education
                      Committee
Disclosure: Research Support: Servier International
                      Speakers Bureau: Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Pfizer, Omeros
                       Consultant: Pfizer Laboratories, Procter & Gamble

Members
Louise Acheson, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, CWRU and University Hospitals of Cleveland
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Retired)
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Richard Bauer, MD, Chief of Staff at South Texas Veterans Health Care System
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Retired)
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Adrienne Berarducci, PhD, ARNP, BC, CCD, Associate Professor, University of South Florida Colleges of Medicine and Nursing
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: Grant/Research Support: Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
                     Speaker’s Bureau: Proctor & Gamble, sanofi-aventis

Carolyn J. Bolognese, RN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Bethesda Health Research Center
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Miriam Delaney, MD, Associate Director, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases at the Cleveland Clinic
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Retired)
Disclosure:  Disclosure information unavailable

Peggy Doheny, PhD, RN, ONC, Professor, College of Nursing at Kent State University,  Director of the Learning Resource Center
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Susan L. Greenspan, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center, Program Director of the General Clinical Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Braddock
NOF Affiliation: Scientific Advisory Board, Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: Grant/Research Support: Merck, Lilly, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Amgen
                       Consultant: Merck, Lilly, Procter & Gamble, Amgen

Vernon J. Hershberger, MD, ABFM, Family Physician with Daystar Clinical Research, Inc., Akron, Ohio
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: Consultant: Roche Diagnostics
                      Speaker’s Bureau: Novartis
                      Research Support: GSK, Wyeth

Anthony B. Hodsman, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Retired)
Disclosure: Disclosure information unavailable

Barbara Lukert, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Genetics, Dept. of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Director, Hiatt Osteoporosis Center, University of Kansas 
NOF Affiliation: Scientific Advisory Council, Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: Consultant: Merck and Procter & Gamble
                       Honoraria: Amgen
                       Research Support: Merck, Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline
                       Speakers Bureau: Merck

Michael Maricic, MD, Chief, Section of Rheumatology, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Retired)
Disclosure: Advisory Board: Novartis, Merck, Lilly, Procter & Gamble

Paul D. Miller, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Colorado Center for Bone Research, Distinguished Professor, Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: Research Support: Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, sanofi-aventis,
                      Roche, Eli Lilly, Merck & Co., Novartis, Amgen
                      Speakers Bureau: Procter & Gamble, sanofi-aventis, Merck, Eli Lilly, Amgen,
                                                        NPS, Novartis, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline
                      Honoraria: Procter & Gamble, sanofi-aventis, Merck, Eli Lilly, Amgen, Novartis,
                                          Roche, GlaxoSmithKline

Morris Notelovitz, MD, Consultant, Adult Women’s Clinic, Gainesville, Florida
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Retired)
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Jeri Wanzor Nieves, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University and Helen Hayes Hospital 
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Martin G. Radvany, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, USUHS and Chief, Interventional Radiology Service at Brooke Army Medical Center
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Retired)
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Karen A. Roberto, PhD, Professor, Director, Center for Gerontology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Retired)
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Carol Sedlak, PhD, RN, ONC, Professor, College of Nursing, Kent State University
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Kathy M. Shipp, PhD, PT, MHS, Assistant Research Professor, Physical Therapist, Duke University Medical Center, Senior Fellow at the Duke Center for Aging.
NOF Affiliation: Scientific Advisory Council, Education Committee,
                            Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: Speakers Bureau: Eli Lilly, Akros Pharma

Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, CCD, Director, Women’s Health Center, Associate Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine, CWRU
NOF Affiliation: Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: No Relationships to disclose

Felicia Cosman, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia, Osteoporosis Specialist and Clinical Scientist at the Helen Hayes Hospital
NOF Affiliation: NOF Clinical Director, Editorial Board (Active)
Disclosure: Speakers Bureau: Eli Lilly, Merck, Novartis
                      Consultant/Advisor: Lilly, Merck, Novartis
                      Research Support: Eli Lilly, Merck, Novartis

Guest Contributor
Francis Bonner, Jr., MD, Medical Director and CEO, Rehabilitation Hospital of South Jersey
NOF Affiliation: Retired Guest Reviewer
Disclosure: Disclosure information unavailable

Mary Bouxsein, PhD, Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
NOF Affiliation: Scientific Advisory Council, Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: Research Support: Merck
                      Speakers Bureau: Merck, Procter & Gamble, Roche
                      Consultant: GlaxoSmithKline

Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, Professor, Medicine, Director, Bone Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging, Tufts University
NOF Affiliation: Board of Trustees, Science and Research Committee,
                            Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Robert F. Gagel, MD, Professor, Division Head, Internal Medicine, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
NOF Affiliation: Board of Trustees, Science and Research Committee,
                            Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: Speakers Bureau: Merck, Procter & Gamble, Eli Lilly, Novartis

Ana O. Hoff, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
NOF Affiliation: Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: Grant Support: Novartis

Paul Labinson, DO, Endocrinologist/ Diabetes Specialist, Connecticut Multispecialty Group, P.C.
NOF Affiliation:  Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Craig B. Langman, MD, the Isaac A. Abt, MD Professor of Kidney Diseases at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Head, Kidney Diseases, Children’s Memorial Medical Center
NOF Affiliation: Scientific Advisory Council, Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Michael A. Levine, MD, FACS, Physician-in-Chief, The Children’s Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
NOF Affiliation: Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Isador H. Lieberman, MD, Orthopaedic & Spinal Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
NOF Affiliation: Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: Disclosure information unavailable

Marjorie M. Luckey, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Medical Director, Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease Center, St. Barnabus Ambulatory Care Center 
NOF Affiliation: Scientific Advisory Council, Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: Research Support: Roche & Co., Merck, Aventis, Procter & Gamble, Amgen
                   Consultant: Eli Lilly, Procter & Gamble, Roche & Co., Amgen

Robert R. Recker, MD, MACP, FACE, Professor of Medicine, Director, Osteoporosis Research Center, School of Medicine, Creighton University
NOF Affiliation: Board of Trustees, Chairman, Research Grant Committee,
                           Active Guest Reviewer
Disclosure: Consultant and Speaker: Merck, Lilly, Wyeth, P&G, Amgen, Roche, GSK,
                      Novartis, NPS Allelix

Clifford J. Rosen, MD, Director, Maine Center for Osteoporosis Research and Education
NOF Affiliation: Scientific Advisory Council, Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: Research Support: Novartis, Lilly, Merck
                      Speakers Bureau: Procter & Gamble

Francisco A. Sylvester, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
NOF Affiliation: Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Pamela Taxel, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UConn Health Center
NOF Affiliation: Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

 Nelson B. Watts, MD, FACP, MACE, Professor Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Director, University of Cincinnati Bone Health and Osteoporosis Center
NOF Affiliation: Retired Guest Contributor
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

NOF STAFF SUPPORT
Roberta Biegel, MA, NOF’s Senior Director of Public Policy and Government
NOF Affiliation: Staff Contributor
Disclosure: No Relationships to disclose

Sandra Lockhart, RN, NOF’s Health Education Manager
NOF Affiliation: Staff Reviewer
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Audrey Shively, MSHSE, CHES, NOF’s Research and Professional Education Manager
NOF Affiliation: Production Manager
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Susan Randall, RN, MSN, CFNP, NOF’s Senior Director of Education
NOF Affiliation: Program Manager
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

Kelly Trippe, MS
NOF Affiliation: Consultant, Osteoporosis: Clinical Updates Newsletter Managing Editor
Disclosure: No relationships to disclose

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