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?

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
  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
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)
  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