The Clinician’s Role in Resolving Disparities in Osteoporosis Care - and - Transplant Osteoporosis
A 25-minute talk regarding disparities in osteoporosis treatment. Then, a review of treatment for GIOP prevention in heart and lung transplant patients.
OBJECTIVES
The Clinician’s Role in Resolving Disparities in Osteoporosis Care:
- Provide at least two examples of racial/ethnic disparities in screening for or treatment of osteoporosis.
- Identify at least two changes to clinical practice that will address racial/ethnic disparities in screening for or treatment of osteoporosis.
- Re-examining risk factors for osteoporosis and their impact on health disparities.
Transplant Osteoporosis:
- Understand the many causes of bone loss and specific metabolic bone issues in patients following heart and lung transplant.
- Create an approach to managing these patients.
- Discuss treatment options.
Sherri-Ann Burnett-Bowie, MD, MPH
Physician, Associate Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Sherri-Ann M. Burnett-Bowie MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a clinical investigator in the Massachusetts General Hospital Endocrine Unit, where her research focuses on the epidemiology of menopause and clinical trials of treatments for osteoporosis. She cares for patients seen at the Mass General Endocrine Associates and the Mass General Bone Density Center. Dr. Burnett-Bowie is Associate Director of the Mass General Center for Diversity and Inclusion and the Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Board in the Department of Medicine. Teaching and increasing diversity and inclusion are central to her mission.
Sarah Keller, MD
Rheumatologist and Assistant Professor
Cleveland Clinic, Lerner School of Medicine
Dr. Sarah Keller is a Rheumatologist at the Cleveland Clinic and Assistant Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine. Her main area of clinical focus is osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. She attended medical school and the University of Rochester and graduated with a focus in clinical research and medical humanities. She completed her internship, residency, and fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has previously done research in gout but now focuses on osteoporosis and specifically in the area of transplant osteoporosis and fracture prevention.