On this episode of Bone Talk, Claire Gill, CEO of the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) talks with Dr. Andrea Singer, Chief Medical Officer for BHOF. Dr. Singer is also an associate professor and chief of the Division of Women's Primary Care and director of bone densitometry, in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Singer joins this episode to reflect on the work done at BHOF over the past year.

In May 2022, during the Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month, BHOF virtually held its annual clinical conference, the Interdisciplinary Symposium on Osteoporosis (ISO). This symposium is the premier annual clinical meeting discussing foundational topics, new developments, and studies for clinicians with osteoporosis patients.

Part of what Dr. Singer does as a practicing clinician and as the Chief Medical Officer of BHOF is to attend clinical conferences and symposiums. In May she gave a plenary talk at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting where she spoke on the updated guidelines of multiple societies and organizations. In August she spoke at the Santa Fe Bone Symposium. And in October she spoke at the Annual Meeting of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

BHOF also hosts the Healthy Bones/Healthy Cities program, which is centered around providing education and patient management support for family physicians, internal medicine doctors, gynecologists, ER physicians, and advanced practice providers to help diagnose and treat osteoporosis. This program aims to go to different geographic locations across the US to engage a medical cohort to educate them and start a three-year commitment to ongoing learning.

In January of 2023 a new patient pathway website tool, Your Path to Good Bone Health, will be launched. It is being developed to help people better navigate their way to understanding their own risk for osteoporosis and what to do if they have been diagnosed or have been living with the disease.

Dr. Singer closes by encouraging everyone to take charge of their own bone health, and not just wait for a clinician to ask about their bones. Consider your own health, know your risk factors, and be proactive about it.