Conference Director

Ronald C. Hamdy, MD, FRCP, FACP, is Professor of Internal Medicine and holder of the Cecile Cox Quillen Chair of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and is also Director of the Osteoporosis Center at East Tennessee State University. In 1988, he was appointed Associate Chief of Staff for Extended Care at the VA Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. He is Past-President of the Southern Medical Association and is the Editor of Southern Medical Journal. He is actively involved in research and practices at University Physicians Practice Group in Johnson City. He has published four books, written more than 100 articles in medical journals and numerous chapters in medical texts.

Faculty

E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, FACP, FACE
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Director of New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, Albuquerque, NM

Sarah Morgan, RD, MD
Professor, Departments of Nutrition Sciences and Medicine, Director, Division of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

JoAnn V. Pinkerton, MD
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Midlife Health Center and Division, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

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