Program


Scientific Program

 

Wednesday 28th April 2010

16.00 – 18.00
18.00 – 19.15

19.15 – 20.00





21.00

Registration
Opening Ceremony and Reception

Epidemiology and The need for therapy throughout the world
(Key Note Lecture)
Prof.  John Kanis - IOF President (United Kingdom)

Concert at the Opera House
 

 

Thursday 29th April 2010
   
 
Morning Session
   
Chairpersons:  
   
09.00 – 09.30

Molecular and cellular basis of bone biology, the main players in bone formation and resorption and how osteoporosis develops
Prof. Abdul B. Abou Samra (USA)
   
09.30 – 10.00 Bisphosphonates: benefits and risks
Prof. René Rizzoli (Switzerland)
   
10.00 – 10.20

Juvenile Osteoporosis
Dr. Majda Khoury (Syria) 
   
10:20 – 10.40
Drug-induced osteoporosis, corticosteroids excluded
Prof. Leith Zakraoui (Tunis)
   
10:40 – 11.00

Parathyroid hormone and osteoporosis
Dr. Gemma Adib (Syria)
   
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
   
11.30 – 12.00 Corticosteroids - induced Osteoporosis
Prof. Christian Roux (France)
   
12.00 – 13.00 Symposium by Leo Pharmaceutical Company
   
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
   
  Afternoon Session
   
14.00 – 15.00

Meet – the – Experts
Room One: Vertebral Fracture Diagnosis
Prof. Christian Roux (France)

Room Two: Vitamin D – how much?
Prof. Bess Dawsen- Hughes (USA)

Room Three: Osteoporosis in Men
Prof. Serge Ferrari (Switzerland)
   
15.00 – 15.30 Combined therapy in Osteoporosis
Prof. Jean-Yves Reginster (Belgium)
   
15.30 – 16.00 The State of Calcium Supplementation
Prof. Peter Burckhardt (Switzerland)
   
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
   
16.30 – 16.50

Hip Fractures in Lebanon
Dr. Yasser Yaghi (Lebanon)
   
16.50 – 17.10

Perspectives on  male osteoporosis from the Emirates
Dr. Haider M Al Attia (UAE)
   
17.10 – 17.30

Prevalence and awareness of osteoporosis among postmenopausal Palestinian women
Dr. Intissar Abd-Alhameed (Palestine)
   
16.30 – 17.30 (in more detail Oral 3 lectures)
   
17.30 – 18.30
Symposium by Servier Pharmaceutical Company
   
21.00 Gala Dinner at Khan Assaad Pacha
   
   

 

Friday 30th April 2010
   
 
Morning Session
   
Chairpersons:  
   
09.00 – 09.30

Role of nutritional intakes in bone growth
Prof. René Rizzoli (Switzerland)
   
09.30 – 10.00

Bone augmentation in osteoporosis -
An update on vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
Prof. Ghassan Maalouf (Lebanon)
   
10.00 – 10.20

Association of genetic marker polymorphisms in the VDR & MTHFR genes and BMD among postmenopausal Palestinian women
Dr. Hisham Darwish (Palestine)
 
10.20 – 10.40

The prevalence of osteoporotic hip fractures in Jordan
Dr. Basel Al Masri (Jordan)
   
10.40 – 11.00

Haemophilia & Osteoporosis in Syria
Dr. Maysoon Kudsi (Syria)
   
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
   
11.30 – 12.00 Vitamin D in Bone and Muscle
Prof. Bess Dawson-Hughes (USA)
   
12.00 – 14.00 Lunch
   
  Afternoon Session
   
14.00 – 15.00

Meet – the – Experts
Room One: Monitoring of PMO treatment
Prof. Jean-Yves Reginster

Room Two: Vertebral Fracture Diagnosis
Prof. Ghassan Maalouf (Lebanon)

Room Three: Osteoporosis in Men
Prof. Serge Ferrari (Switzerland)
   
15.00 – 16.00 Symposium by Novartis Pharmaceutical Company
   

16.00 – 16.20

Debate: 
Drug holiday in Osteoporosis therapy: No
Prof. Bess Dawson-Hughes (USA)
   

16.20 – 16.40

Drug holiday in Osteoporosis therapy: Yes
Prof. Serge Ferrari (Switzerland)
   
16.40 – 17.00

Future in Osteoporosis treatment
Prof. Serge Ferrari (Switzerland)
   
17.00 Closing Ceremony
   
 
           
 

Public Sessions

        
           
 

Wednesday 28th April 2010

Friday 30th April 2010

  
           
 

15.00 - 18.00  
18.00  
19.15 - 20.00
21.00  

Registration   
Opening Ceremony and Reception
Keynote Lecture
Concert at Opera House

9.00-13.00

Walk in Old Damascus with Media Celebrities
Bone Friendly Syrian Breakfast at the Citadel

  
           
 

Thursday 29th April 2010

      
           
 

9.00-10.30

Lectures and Workshop:
•The Size of the Problem
Prof. John Kanis  (United Kingdom)

•Life Expectancy and Fracture Risk in the Middle East
Prof. Ghassan Maalouf (Lebanon)

•State of Osteoporosis diagnosis in Our Region
Prof. Riad Sulaimani (Saudi Arabia)

•Osteoporosis Prevention Program
Dr. Elias Saba  (Palestine)

•Role of Nutrition in Osteoporosis
Dr. Raouia Al Chami (Syria)

•Mediterranean Diet and Calcium Intake
Prof. Sami Salman (Iraq)

      
           
 

10.30-11.00

 Coffee Break      
           
 

11.00-12.00

Lectures and Workshops:

•Role of Exercise and Prevention of Falls
Dr. Assaad Al Saad  (Syria)

•Treatment and Compliance
Prof. Samir Badaoui (Egypt)

      
           
 

12.00 - 13.00

Meet The Experts

      
 

 

 

      
 

13.00 - 24.00

Lunch

      
 

 

 

      
 

21.00 - 24.00

Gala Dinner