ISCD Learning
December 2025 - Quality Bone Densitometry: Performance, Interpretation, and Clinical Application for Clinicians
Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 12/06/2025 at 10:00 AM (EST)
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- Non-Member - $800
- Full Member - $500
- MOC Only - $800
- Community Member - $800
- Professional Member - $800
Course Date
December 6 & 7, 2025.
Course Description
The core elements of this course serve to educate healthcare providers about bone densitometry and osteoporosis and to apply standard practices to assure quality performance and interpretation of bone densitometry studies. The course is offered in two parts. The first day sets the standard to perform Quality DXA interpretation. Day 2 focuses on the clinical assessment, prevention, treatment and management of osteoporosis and the essential role that high-quality DXA plays in treatment initiation decisions and monitoring of osteoporotic patients.
Target Audience
The course is most appropriate for those involved in the performance and interpretation of DXA scans and those managing patients with osteoporosis. It is open to MDs, PhDs, DOs, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants. Technologists may attend if they have previously taken the ISCD Quality Bone Densitometry for Technologists Course.
Learning Objectives
After attending the course, participants should be better prepared to:
- Describe appropriate clinical evaluation of patients at risk for fragility fracture.
- Summarize the value and importance of quality bone densitometry for the diagnosis of osteoporosis, assessment of fracture risk, and monitoring of BMD.
- Recognize errors in DXA analysis and reporting.
- Explain new and emerging guidelines that provide evidence-based information regarding skeletal health.
- Describe the use of current and new pharmacologic therapies for the management and treatment of osteoporosis, including adverse effects.
Method of Participation
This activity will be offered live streamed via Zoom, allowing the learner to watch and ask questions in a live format on December 6 & 7, 2025. The course will NOT be recorded for future viewing, so attendees must be present during the scheduled times. Learners will be asked to complete a post-course survey to indicate what they will change in their practice as a result of this activity.
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Cancellation Policy
Attendee Cancellation Policy All changes in registration must be made in writing to education@iscd.org. Cancellations received 30 days prior to the start of the program are eligible for a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the start of the course will not be refunded.
Course Changes or Cancellations ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program, change dates and/or meeting location. If a program is canceled, all program fees will be refunded automatically unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program. Participants will be notified of any changes within 21 days of the course start date.
ACCME Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and ISCD. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM for physicians.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Deadline to Claim Credit
Participants will have 90 days from the live activity end date to complete the activity survey and claim continuing education credit. The last day to claim credit or access materials for this course is March 10, 2026 @ 11pm EDT.
Schedule - December 6th, 2025 - All times Eastern Standard Time (NYC/USA)
Schedule - December 7th, 2025 - All times Eastern Standard Time (NYC/USA)
Neil Binkley MD, CCD
Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin Madison
Dr. Neil Binkley is a Professor in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. He is Director of the UW Osteoporosis Clinical Research Program, Associate Director of the UW Institute on Aging, past President of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry and a member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation Committee of Scientific Advisors. He has published over 380 peer-reviewed manuscripts, virtually all of which are related to osteoporosis diagnosis/treatment, Orthopedic bone health management prior to elective surgery or following fracture and nutrition including vitamin D status/measurement.
Steven M. Petak, MD, JD, MACE, FACP
Division Head and Clinical Service Chief Endocrinology - retired
Houston Methodist Hospital
Dr. Steven Petak is a clinical and academic endocrinologist in Houston,Texas.
He is a past president of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American College of Endocrinology (www.aace.com), and the International Society for Clinical Densitometry(www.iscd.org). He is an associate clinical professor at Weill-CornellMedical College at the Houston Methodist Hospital and recently retired division chief. He has been a bone densitometry and endocrine consultant to NASA at the Johnson Space Center for the past18 years and has been a part of the bone summit planning long duration space missions.
His awards include Master of the American College of Endocrinology, Yank Coble Public Service Award of the American College of Endocrinology, the ISCD Paul Miller Public Service Award, and ISCD Clinician of the Year. He has authored and co-authored articles, editorials and guidelines in endocrinology and reproductive medicine.
He received his MD from the University of Illinois in Chicago and has his JD from the University of Houston (Magna cum Laude). He had his internship,residency, medical chief residency, and fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Texas at Houston. He was at the Texas Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology in Houston for 26 years before joining the academic endocrine group at Methodist in May 2013. He is board certified in internal medicine as well as endocrinology and metabolism.
S. Bobo Tanner, MD, CCD
Director
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Osteoporosis Clinic
S. Bobo Tanner, MD, graduated cum laude from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a BA in History and Science, and received his medical degree with honors from Bowman Gray Medical School of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
He completed his Internal Medicine residency and fellowships in Rheumatology and in Allergy/Immunology at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville TN.
He founded and is the Director of the Vanderbilt Osteoporosis Clinic in the Division of Rheumatology.
He is a past president and board member of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) where he teaches the Quality Bone Density course and helps develops professional guidelines for the use and reporting of DXA. He was recognized as the ISCD Clinician of the Year in 2007 and received the President’s Award from the Tennessee Rheumatology Society in 2017. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Irish Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry Society in 2024 and the Paul Miller MD Educator of the Year Award at the Santa Fe Bone Symposium, 24th Annual Meeting in 2024.
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Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain a discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. ISCD does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of any organization associated with this activity. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for a discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
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Attendance Cancellation Policy
All changes in registration must be made in writing to education@iscd.org. Cancellations received 30 days prior to the start of the program are eligible for a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the start of the course will not be refunded.
Course Changes or Cancellations
ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program, change dates, how the course is taught, and/or meeting location. If a program is canceled, all program fees will be refunded unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program. Participants will be notified of any changes within 21 days of the course start date.
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