Santa Fe Fellows Workshop on Metabolic Bone Diseases

The Santa Fe Fellows Workshop on Osteoporosis and Other Metabolic Bone Diseases was a two-day interactive educational program for fellows. It preceded the 22nd Annual Santa Fe Bone Symposium under the direction of the Osteoporosis Foundation of New Mexico. Drs. Michael McClung, John Bilezikian, and Michael Lewiecki. The Fellows’ workshop covered a broad spectrum of topics, including basic principles of bone metabolism, fracture risk assessment, an update of therapeutic approaches to osteoporosis, new guidelines for evaluation and therapy of primary hyperparathyroidism and hypoparathyroidism, as well as rare skeletal disorders such as hypophosphatasia, hypophosphatemia, and osteogenesis imperfecta. Faculty are internationally recognized in their field. Fellows were encouraged to submit an abstract to present at the Workshop. Four fellows were selected to give oral presentations of their abstracts during the 22nd Annual Santa Fe Bone Symposium.

The Santa Fe Fellows Forum in Osteoporosis and Other Metabolic Bone Diseases was a 2-day educational event for fellows that preceded the 2021 Virtual  Santa Fe Bone Symposium. Under the direction of Drs. McClung, Bilezikian, and Lewiecki, this interactive program covered a broad spectrum of topics, including new osteoporosis guidelines for evaluation and therapy, primary hyperparathyroidism, and rare skeletal disorders such as hypoparathyroidism, hypophosphatasia, and hypophosphatemia. Faculty are internationally recognized in their field. Several fellows were invited to give oral presentations of their abstracts during the Santa Fe Bone Symposium. Both the Forum for Fellows and the Santa Fe Bone Symposium, this year, were virtual events.