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Every year FORE offers a wide range of meetings and seminars for healthcare professionals looking to stay on top of the latest information on osteoporosis. Some of our seminars offer CME credit; all offer important materials to assist you in your work to provide the best care for your patients.

Eric Orwoll , MD, FACP - Men and Osteoporosis 2008

Professor of Medicine
Program Director,
Bone & Mineral Unit
Director, Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute
Associate Dean for Research,
School of Medicine
Associate Vice President for Research,
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland Oregon

Dr. Orwoll completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan, received his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine at Providence Medical Center.  A fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism was completed at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland.

His appointments at the Oregon Health & Science University are numerous.  Dr. Orwoll is an Attending Physician, Director, Bone and Mineral Clinic and Densitometry Services; Director, Bone and Mineral Research Unit; Head, Bone and Mineral Section of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Clinical Nutrition; Professor of Medicine; Director, Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute; Associate Dean for Research in the School of Medicine and OHSU Associate Vice President for Research.

Dr. Orwoll's major research interests include the epidemiology, etiology and therapy of osteoporosis, the effects of sex steroids on skeletal biology, skeletal genetics and the regulation of the androgen receptor in osteoblasts.  He is the principal investigator on several research grants funded by the National Institutes of Health, including Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS), and is the author of over 150 peer reviewed publications, reviews, book chapters, and books.
He is assigned to several National Committees.  Dr. Orwoll is the Chairman of the West Coast Endocrine Club, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, National Osteoporosis Foundation and the has been a member of the Orthopedics Study Section, NIH.  He is a member of a variety of professional societies, including the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Endocrine Society, American Society for Clinical Nutrition and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

His editorial posts have included membership on the editorial boards of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Clinical Densitometry.  Currently, Dr. Orwoll serves on the editorial boards of The Journal of Men’s Health and Gender, Endocrinology, and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Orwoll is reviewer for over a dozen journals, including Bone, Osteoporosis International, Journal of Clinical Investigation, JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine and Annals of Internal Medicine.

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David Feldman, MD - Clinical Update on Vitamin D: The many benefits of Vitamin D

Dr. David Feldman is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is both a basic science investigator and clinician in the field of endocrinology.  He has been at Stanford since 1974 and was Chief of the Division of Endocrinology for 10 years from 1981 to 1990. Dr. Feldman's laboratory focuses on the role of steroid hormone receptors, particularly the vitamin D receptor, in the mechanism of action of hormones and their role in health and disease.

In recent years his research has investigated the role of vitamin D and its analogs to prevent and/or treat cancer with a focus on prostate and breast cancer, the two cancers that initially are hormone dependent. He is a member of prestigious medical scientific societies, reviews for and serves on the editorial boards of a number of medical and scientific journals, and has been a member of several national grant review panels. Dr. Feldman has authored more than 240 medical research articles, reviews, editorials, and book chapters. Together with co-editors, he edited the first, second and third editions of "Osteoporosis".and the first and second editions of "Vitamin D", both are the major texts in their respective fields.

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