Own the Bone hosts in-person symposia to highlight the knowledge necessary to develop successful secondary fracture prevention programs.

Own the Bone Symposium: Bone Health and Fragility Fractures

(June 17, 2022 Providence, RI)

Speakers: Laura Boineau, FNP-BC, Kevin Kirk, DO, FAOA, Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA, Brett Freedman, MD, FAOA, Neil Binkley, MD, Leslie Goudarzi, MS, RD, Susan Bukata, MD, FAOA, Joseph Lane, MD, FAOA, Stacey Rothwell, PA-C, Jessica Hickey, MSN, RN, ONC, Lori Fitton, NP, PhD, Mary Greve, PA-C, Stephen Kates, MD, FAOA

Own the Bone Symposium: Bone Health and Fragility Fractures

(March Pre-event, May & June, 2021 Virtual)

Speakers: Laura Tosi, MD, FAOA, Laura Boineau, FNP-BC, Simon Mears, MD, FAOA, Stephen Kates, MD, FAOA, Paul Anderson, MD, FAOA, Cynthia Emory, MD, FAOA, Gregory Brown, MD, PhD, FAOA, Stacey Rothwell, PA, Kristyn Hare, PA, Albert Shieh, MD, Mike Lewiecki, MD, Susan Bukata, MD, FAOA, Anne Lake, DNP, Elaine Yu, MD, Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA, Joshua Patt, MD, FAOA, Daniel Layon, MD, Earl Bogoch, MD, FRCSC, Julie Switzer, MD, FAOA, Thomas Fischer, MD, FAOA

Own the Bone Symposium: Bone Health and Fragility Fractures

(June & July, 2020 – Virtual)

Speakers: Laura Boineau, FNP-BC, Laura Tosi, MD, FAOA, Joan McGowan, PhD, Julie Switzer, MD, FAOA, Susan Bukata, MD, FAOA, Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA, Stephen Kates, MD, FAOA, Christina Morganti, MD, Marc Hochberg, MD, MPH, Nelson Watts, MD, Paul Anderson, MD, FAOA, Jay Magaziner, PhD, Daniel Mendelson, MD

Own the Bone Symposium: Bone Health and Fragility Fractures

(June 28, 2019 – San Diego, CA)

Speakers: Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN, Susan Bukata, MD, FAOA, Andrew Bunta, MD, FAOA, Clifford B. Jones, MD, FACS, FAOA, Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA, Laura Boineau, NP, Marisa R. Swain, MSN, RN, Albert Shieh, MD, Susan Bukata, MD, FAOA, Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA, Kevin Kirk, MD, FAOA, Michael Lewiecki, MD, Jennifer Brandon, PT

Own the Bone Fragility Fracture Symposium and Workshop

(June 28, 2018 – Boston, MA)

Speakers: Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN, Kathleen Forti-Gallant, FNP, RNFA, Laura Boineau, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CherylCurtis, PT, WCS, BCB-PMD, Doug Dirschl, MD, FAOA, Eeric Truumees, MD, FAOA, Fred Redfern, MD, FAOA, Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA, Neil Binkley, MD, Joe Lane, MD, FAOA, Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA, Alan Malabanan, MD, Susan Bukata, MD, FAOA

Own the Bone Charlotte Symposium: Fragility Fracture Care Coordination and Secondary Fracture Prevention

(June 23, 2017 – Charlotte NC)

Speakers: Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN, Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA, Douglas Dirschl, MD, FAOA, James Goulet, MD, FAOA, Kevin Kirk, MD, FAOA, Laura Boineau, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, Rick Placide, MD, Julie Switzer, MD, FAOA, Glenn Gaston, MD, Laura Tosi, MD, FAOA, Jay Lieberman, MD, FAOA, Kevin Bzic, MD, FAOA, William Mallon, MD, FAOA, Charles Goldfarb, MD, FAOA, Melinda Block, RN, Douglas Lundy, MD, FAOA, Susan Bukata, MD, FAOA, Madhav Karunakar, MD, FAOA, Anna Miller, MD

Own the Bone Mini-Symposium at OTA Annual Meeting: Fragility Fractures and Bone Health: What You Need to Do to Establish and Run a Fragility Fracture Program

(October 7, 2016 – Washington, DC)

Speakers: James A. Goulet, MD; Marc Swiontkowski, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Clifford B. Jones, MD, Joseph M. Lane, MD; Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN

Own the Bone Seattle Symposium: Care Coordination for Secondary Fracture Prevention

(June 23, 2016 – Seattle, WA)

Speakers: James Goulet, MD, Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN, Lisa Taitsman, MD, Douglas R. Dirschl, MD, Kyle J. Jeray, MD, Julie Carkin, MD, Robert Clawson, MD; Sue Williams-Judge, ARNP, David Jacofsky, MD, Julie Switzer, MD, Paul Anderson, MD, Susan Bukata, MD, Peter Rigby, PT, MPH

Own the Bone Mini-Symposium at OTA Annual Meeting:
Getting your Fragility Fracture Program Off the Ground: A Primer for the Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon

(October 9, 2015 – San Diego, CA)

Speakers: James A Goulet, MD; Kyle J Jeray, MD; Clifford B Jones, MD; Joseph M Lane, MD; Debra Sietsema, MD

Own the Bone Providence Symposium: Comprehensive Post Fracture Management in the Older Adult

(June 27, 2015 – Providence, RI) 

Speakers: Julie A, Switzer, MD; Stephen L. Kates, MD; Kevin J. Bozic, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Michele Haryanto, RN-BC, MBA, ONC; Clifford B. Jones, MD, FACS; Karen Cummings, PA; James A. Goulet, MD; Susan Bukata, MD; Charles Price, MD; Tom Berkery, DPT

Own the Bone Mini Symposium at OTA Annual Meeting: How to Establish and Run a Fragility Fracture Program

(October 18, 2014 – Tampa, FL)

Speakers: James A. Goulet, MD; Peter Althausen, MD; Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN; Karen Cummings, PA-C; Joseph M. Lane, MD; Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD

Own the Bone Mini-Symposium at OTA Annual Meeting: How to Establish and Run a Fragility Fracture Program

(October 4, 2013 – Phoenix, AZ)

Speakers: James A. Goulet, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Clifford B. Jones, MD; Joseph M. Lane, MD; Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD

Rocky Mountain Regional Educational Symposium: Hot Topics in Bone Health and Post Fracture Management

(June 14, 2013 – Denver, CO)

Speakers: Laura Tosi, MD; Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN; Andrew Bunta, MD; Joseph Lane, MD; Kyle Jeray, MD; James Goulet, MD; Douglas Dirschl, MD; Freda Hannafon, MSN, FNP-C; Richard Dell, MD; Blair Filler, MD; Paul Battle, PA-C; Robert Haralson, MD; Stephen Kates, MD; Steven Garfin, MD; David Wong, MD

Own the Bone Mini-Symposium at OTA Annual Meeting: How to Establish and Run a Fragility Fracture Program

(October 5, 2012 – Minneapolis, MN)

Speakers: James A. Goulet, MD; Clifford B. Jones, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD 

Own the Bone East Coast Regional Symposium: Hot Topics in Bone Health

(June 29, 2012 – National Harbor, MD)

Speakers: Laura Tosi, MD; Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Richard M. Dell, MD; Theresa Kehoe, MD; Chad T. Price, MD; Joseph M. Lane, MD; Stephen L. Kates, MD

Own the Bone Texas Regional Symposium: Own the Bone Pre-Meeting Course at OTA Annual Meeting

(October 12, 2011 – San Antonio, TX)

Speakers: Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Clifford B. Jones, MD

Own the Bone New England Regional Symposium: The Own the Bone New England Regional Symposium Convenes Multi-disciplinary Group to Discuss Post-Fracture Care

 (June 25, 2011 – Boston, MA)

Speakers: Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Meryl LeBoff, MD; Eric D. Newman, MD; William B. Macaulay, MD

Own the Bone Midwest Regional Symposium: Orthopaedic Surgeons and Osteoporosis: How to Engage in Post-Fracture Care

(November 12, 2010 – Chicago, IL)

Speakers: Clifford B. Jones, MD; Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN; William B. Macaulay, Jr., MD; Douglas R. Dirschl, MD; Linda Hightower, RN; John D. Kaufman, MD; Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD; Beatrice Edwards, MD; Andrew D. Bunta, MD

Below is an overview of various presentations given at society meetings that have featured Own the Bone.

2019

The Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) 35th Annual Meeting: Fragility Fractures and Bone Health: Current State of the Art

(September 25-28, 2019 – Denver, CO)

Speakers: Clifford B. Jones, MD, FAOA, Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA, Joseph M. Lane, MD, FAOA

Western Orthopaedic Association (WOA) 83rd Annual Meeting: The American Orthopaedic Association’s Own the Bone® Program

(August 3, 2019)

Speaker: Fred C. Redfern, MD, FAOA

National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) 39th Annual Congress: Bringing It Home with Bone Health

(May 19, 2019 – Atlanta, GA)

Speaker: Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA

Lumbar Spine Research Society: The Evolving Landscape of Spine Surgery: Considerations on technology, aging patients, and outpatient surgery

(April 3, 2019 – Chicago, IL)

Panel Discussion: Spine Surgery for Elderly Patients

Speaker: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA

AAOS Annual Meeting: Own Your Patient’s Bone Health: Know how to Treat Prior to Spine Surgery

(March 13, 2019 – Las Vegas, NV)

Speakers: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA, John R. Dimar, II, MD, Joseph M. Lane, MD, Ronald A. Lehman, MD

AAOS Annual Meeting: Owning Osteoporosis Care in Your Practice

(March 15, 2019 – Las Vegas, NV)

Speakers: Clifford B. Jones, MD, FAOA, Kenneth A. Egol, MD, FAOA, Kyle J. Jeray, MD, FAOA, Laura L. Tosi, MD, FAOA

2018

The Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) 34th Annual Meeting: Fragility Fractures and Bone Health: Current State of the Art

(October 20, 2018 – Orlando, FL)

Speakers: Michael Gardner, MD, FAOA, Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA, Gregory Della Rocca, MD, FAOA, Clifford B. Jones, MD, FAOA, Kenneth Egol, MD

Geriatric Orthopaedic Fracture Conference: Keynote: Building a Fracture Liaison Service 

(September 28, 2018 – St. Paul, MN)

Speaker: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA

North American Spine Society 33rd Annual Meeting: Bone Health Optimization in the Spine Patient

(September 27, 2018 – Los Angeles, CA)

Speaker: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA

Physician Assistants in Orthopaedic Surgery (PAOS) – 19th Annual Conference: Keynote: Updates in Bone Health 

(September 4, 2018 – Nashville, TN)

Speaker: Karen S. Cummings, PA-C

Wisconsin Bone Club: Bone Health Optimization in the Spine Patient 

(June 9, 2018 – Madison, WI)

Speaker: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA

National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) 38th Annual Congress: Strategies for Success with Bone Health 

(May 21, 2018 – Albuquerque, NM)

Speakers: Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN, Kari Erikson, RN, Jenny Williams, RN, BSN

American Association of Neurological Surgeons: The Osteoporosis Epidemic:  Implications for Spine Surgery

(April 28, 2018 – New Orleans, LA)

Speaker: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA

Anchorage Orthopedic Society: Quality improvement, a call to arms

(April 20, 2018 – Anchorage, AK)

Speaker: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA

Lumbar Spine Research Society: Optimizing Outcomes After Lumbar Spine Surgery: Preoperative Optimization of Bone Health

(April 4, 2018 – Chicago, IL)

Speaker: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA

AAOS Annual Meeting: After the First Fracture: Interventions to Prevent Subsequent Fractures

(March 8, 2018 – New Orleans LA)

Speakers: Doug Dirschl, MD, FAOA, Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN, Eeric Truumees, MD, FAOA

AAOS Annual Meeting: Secondary Fracture Prevention

(March 7, 2018 – New Orleans LA)

Speakers: Doug Dirschl, MD, FAOA, Sandy Emery, MD, FAOA, Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA,  Joseph Lane, MD, FAOA, Debra Sietsema, PhD, Eeric Truumees, MD, FAOA

ISCD Annual Meeting: Fracture Liason Services

(February 28 – March 3, 2018 – Boston, MA)

Speaker: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA

Events and Society Presentations Archive

2017

AANS Annual Scientific Meeting 2017: You Are Never Too Old for Surgery: Spine Management in an Aging Population
(April 23, 2017 – Los Angeles, CA)
Speakers: Paul A. Anderson, MD, FAOA

2016

NASS 31st Annual Meeting: Own the Bone®: Establishing a Fragility Fracture Service and Preventing the Next Vertebral Fracture
(October 26, 2016 – Boston, MA)
Speakers: Christopher M. Bono, MD; Kyle J. Jeray; Joseph M. Lane, MD

Wisconsin Orthopaedic Society 2016 Update: Secondary Fracture Prevention Program
(October 14, 2016 – Madison, WI)
Speakers: Paul Anderson, MD; Neil Binkley, MD; Robert Blank; Karen Cummings, PA, Felicia Cosman, MD; Jim Goulet, MD; Jon Henry, MD

PAOS 17th  Annual Conference: Post Fracture Management and AOA’s Own the Bone Program
(August 25, 2016 – Scottsdale, AZ)
Speakers: Karen Cummings, PA; Clifford Jones, MD; Dan Coll, PA-C; Dagen Cloutier, PA

Spine Intervention Society’s 24th Annual Scientific Meeting: Own the Bone
(July 29, 2016 – New Orleans, LA)
Speakers: Paul Anderson, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Douglas Beale, MD

NAON 36th Annual Congress: Improving Patient Centered Geriatric Fracture Care
(May 22, 2016 – Orlando, FL)
Speakers: Debra Siestsema, PhD, RN and Stephen Kates, MD

AAOS/OTA/AOA Fragility Fractures Course: Establishing a Liaison Service and Treating Patients at Risk
(April 16, 2016 – Rosemont, IL)
Speakers: Joseph M Lane, MD; Julie A Switzer, MD; Susan V Bukata, MD; Veronica Carson, DNP, GNP-BC; Patricia Donohue, ACNP-BC, ONP-C; Kirsten Grueter, RN; Kyle J Jeray, MD; Stephen L Kates, MD; Anne F Lake, DNP, ONP-C, FNP-C, CCD, Anna N Miller, MD; Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN; Michael Suk, MD

Spine Summit 2016: 32nd Annual Meeting of the CNS/AANS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves:“Own the Bone”:  The Spine Practitioner Taking Ownership of the Bone
(March 8, 2016 – Orlando, FL)
Speakers: Paul Anderson, MD; Justin Smith, MD; Christopher Ames, MD; Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Tylerk Koski, MD; David Polly, MD

AAOS 2016 Annual Meeting: Controversies in Geriatric Orthopaedic Care in the Elderly
(March 2, 2016 – Orlando, FL)
Speakers: Kyle J. Jeray, MD; Julie A. Switzer, MD; Stephen L. Kates, MD

2015

2015 Chicago Trauma Symposium: Osteoprosis – “Own the Bone” – AOA Strategies
(September 12, 2015 – Chicago, IL)
Speaker: James A. Goulet, MD

PAOS 16th Annual Conference: Comprehensive Post-Fracture Management and AOA’s Own the Bone Program
(August 20, 2015 – Chicago, IL)
Speakers: Douglas R. Dirschl, MD; Karen Cummings, PA; Ankit Shah, PT

NAON 35th Annual Congress: Nuts, Bolts, and Rx of Osteoporotic Fracture  
(May 17, 2015 – Nashville, TN)
Speakers: Debra L. Sietsema, PhD, RN; Douglas W. Lundyy, MD, MBA

33rd Mid-American Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting: Bone Health and Fragility Fractures: How Can Something So Simple Be So Difficult?
(April 23, 2015 – Hilton Head, NC) -Speaker: Douglas R. Dirschl, MD

Michigan Orthopaedic Society 2015 Annual Orthopaedic Trauma Meeting: University of Michigan Fragility Clinic: Establishing a Foothold 
(April 17, 2015, Plymouth, MI)
Speaker: Karen Cummings, PA-C

34th Cherry Blossom Seminar: “Own the Bone”: The Management of Osteoporosis  
(April 11, 2015, Rosslyn, VA)
Speaker: Laura Tosi, MD

2014

North American Spine Society 2014 Annual Meeting:  “Own the Bone”: The Spine Practitioner Taking Ownership of the Bone 
(November 14, 2014, San Fransisco, CA)
Speakers: Paul A. Anderson, MD; Joe Lane, MD; Charles Reitman, MD; Robert Hart, MD; Serena Hu, MD

Eastern Orthopaedic Association 2014 Annual Meeting: AOA Report on Own the Bone
(October 24. 2014, Amelia Island, FL)
Speaker: Brian Galinat, MD


PAOS 15th Annual Conference: Atypical Fractures & Bisphosponates

(October 1, 2014, Orlando, FL)
Speaker: Karen Cummings, PA

16th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium: Osteoporosis – “Own the Bone” –  AOA Strategies

(September 4, 2014, Chicago, IL
Speaker: Andrew D. Bunta, MD

NAON 34th Annual Congress: Coordinating a Bone Health Program: Also Known as Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) Using Own the Bone
(May 18, 2014, Las Vegas, NV
Speakers: Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN; Kyle Jeray, MD

ACR State of the Art 2014: Pipeline Osteoporosis Therapies & Difficult Osteoporosis Management
(April 26, 2014, Chicago, IL)
Speaker: Beatrice J Edwards, MD

NOF Interdisciplinary Symposium on Osteoporosis 2014
(April 24-25, 2014, New Orleans, LA)
Addressing Clinical Challenges: FLS Programs and System Challenges
Speaker: Douglas R. Dirschl, MD
FLS Team Based Care
Speakers: Clifford B. Jones, MD; Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN

33rd Cherry Blossom Seminar: “Own the Bone”:  The Management of Osteoporosis

(April 4, 2014, Rosslyn, VA)
Speaker: Laura Tossi, MD

Michigan Orthopaedic Society 2014 Annual Orthopaedic Trauma Meeting: Univ. of Michigan Fragility Clinic One Year Later
(April 2, 2014, Plymouth, MI)
Speaker: Karen Cummings, PA-C

IOF-ISCD Skeletal Health 2014:  Secondary Fracture Prevention: Where We Are,  North American Trends in Fracture Prevention
(February 21, 2014, Orlando, FL)
Speaker: Bob Adler, MD

2013

USBJI’s 2013 Musculoskeletal Summit (November 19, 2013 – Washington, DC)
Establishment of a Fracture Liaison Service: Challenges of the Open vs. Closed System
Speaker: Laura L. Tosi, MD
What Are Best Practices for Managing Osteoporosis?
Speaker: Debra Sietsema, PhD, RN

ACR 2013 Annual Meeting: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Post Fracture Management
(October 29, 2013 – San Diego, CA)
Speakers: John T. Schousboe, MD, PhD; Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH; Colleen M. Watkins, MD

NAON 33rd Annual Congress: Implementing a Bone Health Program: AKA Fracture Liaison Service (FLS)
(May 19, 2013, San Antonio, TX)
Speaker: Debra L. Sietsema, PhD, RN

NOF Interdisciplinary Symposium on Osteoporosis 2013: It’s Time for Everyone to Own the Bone
(April 21, 2013, Chicago, IL)
Speaker: Andrew D. Bunta, MD

Mid-American Orthopaedic Association 31st Annual Meeting: Patients with Fragility Fractures Need More Than Just Fracture Care: Own the Bone, a Post-Fracture, Systems-Based Initiative 
(April 20, 2013, Amelia Island, FL)
Speakers: James A. Goulet, MD; Clifford B. Jones, MD; Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD

Lumbar Spine Research Society 2013 Annual Meeting: The Osteoporosis/Bone Metabolism Symposium
(April 11, 2013, Chicago, IL)
Speakers: Bob Heary, MD; Lou Jenis, MD; Andrew Bunta, MD; Paul Anderson, MD; Edward Benzel, MD

32nd Cherry Blossom Seminar: “Own the Bone”:  The Management of Osteoporosis
(April 6, 2013, Rosslyn, VA)
Speaker: Laura Tosi, MD