ECCEO 9 | ATHENS | GREECE | March 18 - 21, 2009 | Megaron Athens International Conference Centre
SATURDAY MARCH 21
| 09.00 - 11.45 | SCIENTIFIC SESSION V | |
| Chairs: René Rizzoli & Sharmila Majumdar | ||
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Plenary lecture 7 | |
| Debate: long-term treatment of osteoporosis with bisphosphonates: good | ||
| Speaker: Socrates Papapoulos | ||
| 09.30 - 10.00 | Plenary lecture 8 | |
| Debate: long-term treatment of osteoporosis with bisphosphonates: bad | ||
| Speaker: Steve Cummings | ||
| 10.00 - 11.45 | Oral communications selected from abstracts | |
| 12.15 - 13.45 | Lunch Symposium | Symposium |
| Amgen | International Menopause Society HRT for prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis : how safe and for how long? |
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| 13.45 - 15.00 | Poster Session & Exhibition Viewing | |
| 14.00 - 15.00/15.30 | MEET-THE-PROFESSOR SESSIONS - Amgen | ESCEO - GREES |
| Muscles and bones - Dieter Felsenberg | Management of hip fracture | |
| Diagnosis and management of hyperparathyroidism - John Bilezikian | ||
| Use and misuse of MRI in the diagnosis and management of ostheoarthritis - Jean-Pierre Pelletier | ||
| 15.00 - 18.30/16.30 | Meeting of the Greek National Scientific Societies | Management of osteoarthritis |
| Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from FARAN Under the auspices of the Hellenic Society for Rheumatology |
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| Chairs: Dimitris Karras & George Vayapoulos | ||
| Structure modification in osteoarthritis: where are we today? - Jean-Pierre Pelletier Epidemiology and burden of osteoarthritis in Greece - Styros Aslanidis Practice guidelines in osteoarthritis: a clinical review of the role of glucosamine sulfate - Lucio Rovati Roundtable |
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| 16.30 - 18.30 | Management of osteoporosis | |
| Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Servier Hellas Under the auspices of the Hellenic Foundation of Osteoporosis (HELIOS) |
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| Chairs: George Lyritis & George Trovas | ||
| The National Primary Care plan for a metabolic bone disease network of outpatient clinics - George Lyritis Mediterranean diet and bone health - Meropi Kontoyanni Prevention of bone disease in patients with thyroid dysfunction - Maria Alevizaki Management of the post-fracture disease - Theophilos Karachalios |
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