MANAGING OSTEOPOROSIS PATIENTS DURING COVID-19

Original Air Date : June 1, 2020

This webinar featured an expert panel and was intended for Healthcare Professionals on managing osteoporosis patients during COVID-19. View this thought-provoking discussion focusing on challenges and solutions for managing your patients with osteoporosis during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Take the opportunity to hear expert panelists answers questions based on our three key topics:

Considerations around fracture prevention in older adults in the midst of other urgent clinical priorities.
Challenges with continued osteoporosis therapy and supporting evidence/experience-based recommendations for case-by-case clinical judgement.
Practical approaches and tips to help support virtual management of osteoporosis patients for specialists and PCP’s.

MODERATORS

Dr. Famida Jiwa

MHSc, CHE, D.C.

PANELISTS

Dr. Rick Adachi

MD, FRCPC

Professor, Department of Medicine McMaster University St. Joseph Healthcare Hamilton

Dr. Jacques Brown

Senior Researcher CHU de Québec Research Centre Clinical Professor of Medicine Laval University

Dr. Aliya Khan

MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACE

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Geriatrics Director, Calcium Disorders Clinic & Fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease McMaster University

Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou

BScN, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP

Professor of Medicine, McMaster University Executive Director, GERAS Centre for Aging Research

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