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><p>Membership of the Board of the FFN is designed to ensure input from the spectrum of health professionals who work directly with fragility fracture patients through the 3 Clinical pillars of acute care, rehabilitation and secondary prevention including physicians, nurses and allied health professionals as well as researchers. Global membership is also considered ensuring representation from the 4 active regions: Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and North America.</p></div></div></div></section><section id="section-107-144" class=" ct-section sigteam_sec2" ><div class="ct-section-inner-wrap"><h2 id="headline-109-144" class="ct-headline">Chairs</h2><div id="code_block-110-144" class="ct-code-block" ><h3 class="bd_head">Executive Committee</h3> <ul class="gallery-items"> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="296" height="300" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hertz-296x300-2.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <h3>Karen Hertz President</h3> <h4>Nurse UK</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Karen Hertz President</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Nurse UK</h3> <p>Karen Hertz is a registered nurse, working in the UK NHS as an advanced nurse practitioner (ANP).</p> <p>She has worked for 36 years in a variety of roles in Trauma and orthopaedics, however her passion is for fragility fracture nursing and interdisciplinary care. She has co-authored a number of Journal articles, book chapters and books on Fragility fracture management and allied subjects. Including co-editing Fragility Fracture and Orthogeriatric Nursing: Fragility Fracture and Orthogeriatric Nursing Holistic Care and Management of the Fragility Fracture and Orthogeriatric Patient.<br /> She is actively involved with the professional development and education of nurses, including educational activities within FFN.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="1551" height="1799" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/t.-sawaguchi-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/t.-sawaguchi-1.jpg 1551w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/t.-sawaguchi-1-259x300.jpg 259w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/t.-sawaguchi-1-883x1024.jpg 883w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/t.-sawaguchi-1-768x891.jpg 768w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/t.-sawaguchi-1-1324x1536.jpg 1324w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1551px) 100vw, 1551px" /> </div> <h3>Takeshi Sawaguchi, President Elect, AO Trauma representative</h3> <h4>Orthop surgeon Japan</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Takeshi Sawaguchi, President Elect, AO Trauma representative</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop surgeon Japan</h3> <p>See bio <a href="https://fragilityfracturenetwork-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/communications_fragilityfracturenetwork_org/EcwQN0aumoxGrG3iq0vpC50BByisP0nz2twrpzB3f4noCw?e=B5N0Er">here</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="441" height="564" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/frede-frihagen-1.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/frede-frihagen-1.png 441w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/frede-frihagen-1-235x300.png 235w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px" /> </div> <h3>Frede Frihagen Past President</h3> <h4>Orthop Surgeon Norway</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Frede Frihagen Past President</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop Surgeon Norway</h3> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW193590954 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193590954 BCX0">Frede Frihagen is an orthopaedic trauma surgeon at </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW193590954 BCX0">Østfold</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW193590954 BCX0"> Hospital Trust and Associate professor at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has been involved in FFN activities since the first Expert Meeting in Berlin in 2011. Frede is the founding President of the Fragility Fracture Network Norway. His main research interests are fracture treatment in old people, foremost hip fracture, and osteoporosis. He co-authored the Norwegian Guidelines for Secondary Fracture Prevention and the Guidelines for Interdisciplinary Hip Fracture Care.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW193590954 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="1117" height="1587" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/picture_ljy-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/picture_ljy-1.jpg 1117w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/picture_ljy-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/picture_ljy-1-721x1024.jpg 721w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/picture_ljy-1-768x1091.jpg 768w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/picture_ljy-1-1081x1536.jpg 1081w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px" /> </div> <h3>Jae Young Lim General Secretary</h3> <h4>Rehabilitation Physician South Korea</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Jae Young Lim General Secretary</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Rehabilitation Physician South Korea</h3> <p><span data-contrast="none">Prof Jae-Young Lim is a Professor of the Seoul National University College of Medicine and serving as the Board of Trustees of the Korean Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (KARM) and the Korean Geriatric Society (KGS). He is a Chief of Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, and a Director of Division of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. Currently, he is an Editor-in-Chief of “Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research” and an Associate Editor of “PM & R”. </span><span data-contrast="auto">As a member of the Development Group for Sarcopenia and Low Back Pain in World Health Organizations’s (WHO), he has contributed to developing WHO Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation (PIR). He is also an active member of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia and of the Asian Working Group for Cachexia, and active board member of Fragility Fracture Network. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":true,"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">As a specialist in musculoskeletal and geriatric rehabilitation, his primary research interest is to investigate the critical mechanisms of functional restoration and adaptation after injury, chronic diseases, or aging in humans. Prof. Lim has played an essential role in the Korean Longitudinal Study of Health and Aging (KLoSHA), which is a large government-funded study on aging. He has contributed seminal research findings on muscle quality to assess frailty and sarcopenia as well as conducted modality-specific intervention studies for the old population. He is also interested in developing integrated rehabilitation methods for fall prevention and fragility fracture care in older adults. Over the past several years, he worked on several research projects focused on the rehabilitation intervention and standard management for sarcopenia and fragility fractures of older adults as a principal investigator. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in reputed international journals and written 15 book chapters. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":0,"335559740":360}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> </div> <h3>JK Lee Treasurer</h3> <h4>Orthop Surgeon HK-China</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">JK Lee Treasurer</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop Surgeon HK-China</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="1920" height="2560" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image2021-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image2021-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image2021-225x300.jpg 225w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image2021-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image2021-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image2021-1536x2048.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /> </div> <h3>Katie Sheehan SciCom Chair</h3> <h4>Physiotherapist UK</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Katie Sheehan SciCom Chair</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Physiotherapist UK</h3> <p>Professor Katie Sheehan is based at Bone & Joint Health, Queen Mary University of London. She is a health services researcher and physiotherapist with experience from Ireland, Canada, and the UK. Her research focuses on improving access to- and delivery of- quality rehabilitation across the care continuum to optimise outcomes of fragility fractures in older adults. She has a strong track record in secondary analysis of linked audit data, qualitative interview studies, and complex intervention development to meet this focus. Professor Sheehan is the Chair-elect of the Scientific Committee of the Global Fragility Fracture Network, and Chair of the National Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme Scientific and Publications Committee. She is a Fellow of both the UK Young Academy and the Young Academy of Europe where she advocates for clinical academics and early career researchers.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="309" height="426" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/μ.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/μ.png 309w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/μ-218x300.png 218w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px" /> </div> <h3>Monica Perracini EduCom Chair</h3> <h4>Physiotherapist Brazil </h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Monica Perracini EduCom Chair</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Physiotherapist Brazil </h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Mrs Perracini is an Associate Professor in the Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy at Universidade Cidade de São Paulo and a Research Fellow in the Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Gerontology at the Universidade de Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil. In the past twenty years, she has led many studies regarding frailty, falls and fractures, and balance and mobility problems in older people, including population-based cohort studies. She is the leader of a research network investigating trajectories of life-space mobility in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic (Remobilize) and the co-leader in a network studying fall prevention and implementation strategies (PrevQuedas Brazil). In addition, she is a consultant for the Ageing and Health Unit at WHO on Long-term Care. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">She is a member of the Global Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) and one of the researchers participating in the World Fall Guidelines (working group for LMICs).</span><b><span data-contrast="auto"> </span></b><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="227" height="227" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/tabu_img.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/tabu_img.jpg 227w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/tabu_img-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px" /> </div> <h3>Irewin Tabu RegCom Chair</h3> <h4>Orthopaedic Surgeon Philippines</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Irewin Tabu RegCom Chair</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthopaedic Surgeon Philippines</h3> <p>Irewin A. Tabu, MD, FPOA<br /> Associate Professor, Consultant and Chief of Orthopedic Trauma Division – Department of Orthopedics University of the Philippines Manila-Philippine General Hospital, Philippines</p> <p>President, Fragility Fracture Network-Philippines</p> <p>Chair, Regionalization Committee- Fragility Fracture Network Global</p> <p>Council Member, Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis and Fragility Fracture Society</p> <p>Affiliate Research Associate Professor: Institute of Aging- National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila</p> <p>Head, Orthogeriatric and Osteoporosis Working Group- Philippine Orthopedic Association</p> <p>Board member, Philippine Orthopedic Trauma Society</p> <p>AO Trauma Philippines Faculty</p> <p>International Member, Orthopedic Trauma Association</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="216" height="190" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/a.maclullich-1.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <h3>Alasdair Maclullich ComsCom Chair</h3> <h4>Geriatrician UK</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Alasdair Maclullich ComsCom Chair</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Geriatrician UK</h3> <p>Alasdair MacLullich is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He is trained in medicine and psychology. Following a PhD in cognitive ageing he became Lecturer then MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow before taking up his present post. Alasdair works clinically (50%) in acute orthogeriatrics and acute geriatrics. His research interests include the clinical assessment and care of delirium, and the use of large scale routine data to understand delirium and hip fracture outcomes. He is the main author of the 4AT delirium detection tool (www.the4AT.com) used widely in routine care internationally including as part of several hip fracture registries. He also has developed neuropsychological research tools including the Observational Scale of Level of Arousal (OSLA). Alasdair is active in education, advocacy, and clinical implementation in delirium and hip fracture care. He is Chair of the Scottish Government Hip Fracture Audit. He co-founded the European Delirium Association, and co-chaired the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Group (SIGN) national delirium guidelines committee. Twitter: @a_maclullich.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="235" height="253" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/olof_gudny_geirsdottir_151118.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <h3>Olof Guony Geirsdottir Secretary-Elect</h3> <h4>Dietitian, Iceland</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Olof Guony Geirsdottir Secretary-Elect</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Dietitian, Iceland</h3> <p class="yiv3700057748MsoNormal">Professor of nutrition at the University of Iceland's Faculty of Food and Nutrition.</p> <p class="yiv3700057748MsoNormal">My research interests are the nutritional status of older adults and how nutrition can affect age-related loss of function. To gain insight into how dietary choices and nutritional status can impact the well-being and abilities of older individuals, particularly after hospitalization.</p> <p class="yiv3700057748MsoNormal">In addition, I have been part of the working group to publish the Icelandic recommendations for food and nutrition for older age groups Service (<a href="https://island.is/naering-radleggingar-landlaeknis/naering-eldra-folk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">https://island.is/naering-radleggingar-landlaeknis/naering-eldra-folk</a> ) and was part of the new Nordic recommendations for protein intake (<a href="https://www.norden.org/en/publication/nordic-nutrition-recommendations-2023" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">https://www.norden.org/en/publication/nordic-nutrition-recommendations-2023</a> ).</p> <p class="yiv3700057748MsoNormal"><a href="https://iris.rais.is/is/persons/%C3%B3l%C3%B6f-gu%C3%B0n%C3%BD-geirsd%C3%B3ttir" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">Ólöf Guðný Geirsdóttir — (rais.is)</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="300" height="300" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/javaid-300x300-1.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/javaid-300x300-1.png 300w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/javaid-300x300-1-150x150.png 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> </div> <h3>Kassim Javaid Treasurer-Elect</h3> <h4>Rheumatologist UK</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Kassim Javaid Treasurer-Elect</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Rheumatologist UK</h3> <p>Dr Javaid is an honorary consultant adult rheumatologist and Associate Professor in metabolic bone disease at the University of Oxford. He specializes in common and rare metabolic bone diseases. He is the clinical lead for Oxford Fracture Prevention Service, and the national Fracture Liaison Service Audit for England and Wales and co-chairs the Capture the Fracture programme. He is the clinical lead for the Oxford Rare bone disease service for adults and the Musculoskeletal Genomic Clinical Interpretation partnership. His research interests include the epidemiology of musculoskeletal diseases with a focus on rare bone disorders, vitamin D and secondary fracture prevention.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="928" height="955" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/khor-e1694618866827-1.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/khor-e1694618866827-1.png 928w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/khor-e1694618866827-1-292x300.png 292w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/khor-e1694618866827-1-768x790.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px" /> </div> <h3>Hui Min Khor SciCom Chair-Elect, RegCom AP</h3> <h4>Geriatrician Malaysia</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Hui Min Khor SciCom Chair-Elect, RegCom AP</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Geriatrician Malaysia</h3> <p>Dr Khor Hui Min is a consultant geriatrician and senior lecturer in University of Malaya, Malaysia. She received her medical degree from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2005 and became a member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) since 2009.</p> <p>Dr Khor has special interests in orthogeriatric care, dementia and frailty in the older person. She is currently the Vice President of the Fragility Fracture Network of Malaysia (FFNM). She has presented many of her research findings both locally and abroad as part of the Ageing and Age-Associated Disorders Research Group.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="959" height="1294" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dr.-jack-bell.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dr.-jack-bell.jpg 959w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dr.-jack-bell-222x300.jpg 222w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dr.-jack-bell-759x1024.jpg 759w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dr.-jack-bell-768x1036.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px" /> </div> <h3>Jack Bell EduCom Chair-Elect</h3> <h4>Dietician Australia</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Jack Bell EduCom Chair-Elect</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Dietician Australia</h3> <p>Jack is Principal Research Fellow and Advanced Dietitian at The Prince Charles Hospital in Australia, and an adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland. He is a world leader in hip fracture research in malnutrition, nutrition risk assessment, and hospital patients with demonstrated impact across knowledge advancement, policy and practice. He loves growing avocadoes, and spending time with his family in remote locations where there is no mobile phone or internet access.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="480" height="480" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/drviveros.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/drviveros.jpg 480w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/drviveros-300x300.jpg 300w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/drviveros-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /> </div> <h3>Juan Carlos Viveros RegCom Chair-Elect, RegCom LA</h3> <h4>Geriatrician Mexico</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Juan Carlos Viveros RegCom Chair-Elect, RegCom LA</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Geriatrician Mexico</h3> <p>An Internist and Geriatrician from Mexico.</p> <p>He is the current chair of the Regionalization committee for Latin America, and one of the deputy chairs of the Regionalization Committee. He graduated from the Anahuac University in Mexico City, and has the specialty in internal medicine, and geriatrics in Universidad de Guanajuato. He has a fellowship in orthogeriatrics in Madrid, Spain and is one of the mexican leaders in orthogeriatrics and secondary fracture prevention in México.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="225" height="225" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/αρχείο-λήψης-34.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/αρχείο-λήψης-34.jpg 225w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/αρχείο-λήψης-34-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /> </div> <h3>Cristina Ojeda-Thies ComsCom Chair-Elect</h3> <h4>Orthopaedic Surgeon Spain</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Cristina Ojeda-Thies ComsCom Chair-Elect</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthopaedic Surgeon Spain</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="201" height="268" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/carmelindaruggiero.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <h3>Carmelinda Ruggiero EU Co-Chair</h3> <h4>Orthogeriatrician Italy </h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Carmelinda Ruggiero EU Co-Chair</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthogeriatrician Italy </h3> <p>Dr. Ruggiero is professor of Geriatrics-Internal Medicine at University of Perugia, Italy. She is founder and head of the Orthogeriatric Unit of the Academic Hospital in Perugia, formally established in 2016, and of the Falls and Fracture Prevention Service, accredited as Post-Fracture Care Service by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and by the International Osteoporosis Foundation, since 2017. She has been studying frailty, inflammation as underlying mechanism of age-related diseases, focusing on osteoporosis, bone-muscle interaction, fragility fractures and orthogeriatric acute and post-fracture care models. She developed and conducted regional educational programs in Orthogeriatrics for HC professionals and established Orthogeriatric curricula for Nursing Master Degree. Recipient of many National and International research grants. She is listed among top Italian scientists (150 publications in peer-review journal, 4200 citations and H-index 36). Dr Ruggiero is founder member and Past President of FFN Italy and the Co-Chair of the FFN European region.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="200" height="200" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nik.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nik.jpg 200w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nik-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /> </div> <h3>Anastasios Nikolaides EU Co-Chair</h3> <h4>Orthopaedic Surgeon UK </h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Anastasios Nikolaides EU Co-Chair</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthopaedic Surgeon UK </h3> <p>Dr A. Nikolaides is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specialised in Hip Trauma, Lower Limb Periprosthetic Trauma, Paediatric Trauma as well as Reconstructive Surgery of the Knee and Hip.<br /> He graduated from Thessaloniki Medical School in 1990 and started his internship in Orthopaedics and Trauma the same year in the United Kingdom.<br /> He is the Head of the Femoral Fragility Fracture Service based at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital the biggest in UK treating 1200 Hip and Periprosthetic Fractures annually with a special interest in MIPPO techniques.<br /> Since 2023 he is the Director of a Femoral Fragility Fellowship the only one currently available in UK.<br /> He is a Guest Editor of Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Journal.<br /> He is a dedicated Lower Limb Arthroplasty with a special interest in Kinematic Alignment Total Knee Arthroplasty and Hip Arthroplasty.<br /> He is Honorary Associate Clinical Professor Birmingham University and Member of the Academy of Medical Educators in recognition of his achievements as e Medical Educator.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <h3 class="bd_head">Board members</h3> <ul class="gallery-items"> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="480" height="621" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/johansen-antony-may-23-.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/johansen-antony-may-23-.jpeg 480w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/johansen-antony-may-23--232x300.jpeg 232w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /> </div> <h3>Antony Johansen</h3> <h4>Orthogeriatrician UK</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Antony Johansen</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthogeriatrician UK</h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Antony Johansen was the first UK consultant to be appointed as a full time orthogeriatrician, and has worked in the trauma unit of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff since 1997.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">He has championed the specialty of orthogeriatrics; co-authoring the British Orthopaedic Association’s ‘Blue Book’ on Fragility Fracture, and the NICE Guidelines on Hip Fracture. Since 2013 he has been clinical lead for the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) at the Royal College of Physicians, London. He is co-chair of the FFN Hip Fracture Audit SIG. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">As an honorary professor in Cardiff University his research interests embrace the whole field of geriatric medicine, with a focus on quality improvement for older trauma patients.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="212" height="318" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/j-thain-western-faculty-photo-2.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/j-thain-western-faculty-photo-2.jpg 212w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/j-thain-western-faculty-photo-2-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px" /> </div> <h3>Jenny Thain</h3> <h4>Geriatrician Canada</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Jenny Thain</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Geriatrician Canada</h3> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" xml:lang="EN-CA" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">Dr. Jenny</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> Thain is an Assistant Professor within the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Western University</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">Her </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">area</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">s of clinical interest</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> include</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> osteoporosis and bone health</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> with a particular interest in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">orthogeriatric care</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">She is the chair of the Canadian Geriatrics Society Osteoporosis and Bone Health Special Interest Group</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">, a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> member of the</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">FFN Scientific Committee</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> Osteoporosis Canada Scientific Advisory Council</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">and the Geriatric clinical lead of the Hip Fracture Unit at Victoria Hospital</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW216640865 BCX0"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW216640865 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> </div> <h3>Paul Anderson</h3> <h4>Orthop surgeon USA</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Paul Anderson</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop surgeon USA</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="264" height="345" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/荒井先生写真-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/荒井先生写真-1.jpg 264w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/荒井先生写真-1-230x300.jpg 230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px" /> </div> <h3>Hidenori Arai </h3> <h4>Geriatrician Japan</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Hidenori Arai </div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Geriatrician Japan</h3> <p>Hidenori Arai (MD, PhD) is a geriatrician and the President of the National Center for<span class="yiv1631929048gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG), Japan. He is also<span class="yiv1631929048gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>the President of the Japan Federation of Gerontological Societies and the Japanese Association on Sarcopenia and Frailty. After graduating from Kyoto University School of Medicine in 1984, he became a Professor in the Department of Human Health Science at Kyoto University School of Medicine in 2009. Then, he moved to NCGG<span class="yiv1631929048gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>as the Deputy Director in 2015. He became the Director in 2018 and the President of NCGG in 2019. He is a Board Member of FFN-J. He is also a co-chairman of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia and the Asian Working Group for Cachexia and is President-elect of the IAGG-Asia Oceania Region.<span class="yiv1631929048gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="380" height="464" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot-2024-12-12-at-3.34.14-pm.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot-2024-12-12-at-3.34.14-pm.png 380w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot-2024-12-12-at-3.34.14-pm-246x300.png 246w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px" /> </div> <h3>Ronald Wong</h3> <h4>Orthop surgeon, HK-China</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Ronald Wong</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop surgeon, HK-China</h3> <p><span class="yiv7304594150">Dr. Wong is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and</span><span class="yiv7304594150"> is currently a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.</span><span class="yiv7304594150"> </span><span class="yiv7304594150">Dr. Wong has published > 80 international peer-reviewed journals </span><span class="yiv7304594150">including in Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Acta Biomaterialia, Obesity Reviews, Journal of Orthopaedic Translation and Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.</span><span class="yiv7304594150"> </span><span class="yiv7304594150">He has many invited presentations at conferences and has obtained numerous competitive grants as PI for innovative research. He is currently the President of Asian Association for Dynamic Osteosynthesis and President of Fragility Fracture Network Hong Kong SAR. </span><span class="yiv7304594150">His major research interests are in Fragility Fractures, Osteoporosis, and Sarcopenia.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="249" height="351" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/gio.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/gio.png 249w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/gio-213x300.png 213w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px" /> </div> <h3>Eligio Razalan </h3> <h4>Nurse, Philippines</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Eligio Razalan </div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Nurse, Philippines</h3> <p>Gio is currently the President of the Gerontology Nurses Association of the Philippines, Inc. (GNAP) and a Council Member of the Fragility Fracture Network Philippines. He played an important role in the implementation of the Geriatric and Gerontology Training Program (GGNTP) of the Department of Health (DOH) under the Nurse Certification Program (NCP), serving as Program Director, Core Faculty/Resource Facilitator-Trainer, and Lead Clinical Preceptor. He is also the Program Director, core instructional program developer, expert panelist-facilitator of the GGNTP Module Evaluation, and Clinical Teaching and Preceptorship Training as well as assessor for the DOH NCP's competency certification of GGNTP graduates. He worked in a variety of capacities at the GNAP national conventions, programs and webinars. He served as a nurse reactor for the FFN AP Virtual Pocket Meetings, FFN Secondary Fracture Prevention SIG, and Pre-Congress of the virtual FFN Global Congress. He is an Associate Professor and multi-site clinical nurse faculty-preceptor. Gio recognizes the importance of advancing and embedding Orthogeriatric Nursing and FFN programs in nursing education and practice in the Philippines, with the goal of serving as a model for other Asia Pacific countries.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="2085" height="2433" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/0bc965_bbe9f9b942bd445a91ef18aaaa3622aa_mv2.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/0bc965_bbe9f9b942bd445a91ef18aaaa3622aa_mv2.jpg 2085w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/0bc965_bbe9f9b942bd445a91ef18aaaa3622aa_mv2-257x300.jpg 257w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/0bc965_bbe9f9b942bd445a91ef18aaaa3622aa_mv2-878x1024.jpg 878w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/0bc965_bbe9f9b942bd445a91ef18aaaa3622aa_mv2-768x896.jpg 768w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/0bc965_bbe9f9b942bd445a91ef18aaaa3622aa_mv2-1316x1536.jpg 1316w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/0bc965_bbe9f9b942bd445a91ef18aaaa3622aa_mv2-1755x2048.jpg 1755w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2085px) 100vw, 2085px" /> </div> <h3>Lene Solberg</h3> <h4>Orthop Surgeon Norway</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Lene Solberg</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop Surgeon Norway</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="407" height="492" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/marsha-profiel-foto.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/marsha-profiel-foto.jpg 407w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/marsha-profiel-foto-248x300.jpg 248w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px" /> </div> <h3>Marsha van Oostwaard </h3> <h4>Nurse Netherlands</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Marsha van Oostwaard </div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Nurse Netherlands</h3> <p>Marsha van Oostwaard is an advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) working in the Netherlands. She has worked as a nurse for more than 30 years in various departments, and has been working at an FLS since 2005. She earned her master’s degree in Nursing in 2014. She is working at the VieCuri Expert Centre of Metabolic Bone Disorders and is currently in a PhD program at Maastricht University. She participated in the development of national guidelines on osteoporosis and fracture prevention, including unique guidelines for first-line nurses and nurse practitioners. She has co-authored several journal articles and book chapters on fracture prevention and allied subjects, including two chapters in the first and second editions of the Fragility Fracture and Orthogeriatric Nursing Book. She is actively involved with the Dutch Organisation for Nurses (V&VN), including the professional development and education of FLS nurses, as well as in educational activities within the FFN.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="256" height="315" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/thumbnail_image007.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/thumbnail_image007.jpg 256w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/thumbnail_image007-244x300.jpg 244w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px" /> </div> <h3>Beatrix Wong Ling Ling</h3> <h4>Geriatrician Singapore</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Beatrix Wong Ling Ling</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Geriatrician Singapore</h3> <div>Dr. Beatrix Wong is a geriatrician at Changi General Hospital in Singapore and the founding Vice Chairman of Fragility Fracture Network Singapore. She is dedicated to helping older adults age comfortably and independently, Dr. Wong emphasizes preventive, holistic, and well-coordinated care to improve their quality of life.</div> <div></div> <div> <p>She graduated with honours from Monash University, Melbourne, and obtained her postgraduate qualification from the Royal College of Physicians, London and Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) from the National University of Singapore. She is currently a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Dr. Wong's clinical and research interests include orthogeriatrics, frailty, falls prevention, hip fracture value-driven care and osteoporosis. She was awarded the <span lang="EN-US">Hospital Management Asia Gold Awards 2024, Best in Financial Improvement category and </span><span lang="EN-US">Enabling Quality Improvement in Clinical Practice Best Project Award for her work in the field. </span>In addition to her clinical and research work, Dr. Wong is an advocate for medical education and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to advance hip fracture care standards regionally and globally.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="166" height="217" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dr.-lauren-beaupre.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <h3>Lauren Beaupre</h3> <h4>Physio Canada</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Lauren Beaupre</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Physio Canada</h3> <p>Dr. Lauren Beaupre is a Professor and Dr. David Magee Endowed Chair for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Alberta. She is the past President of the Fragility Fracture Network and is currently the co-Deputy Chair for the FFN North America Regional Group. Her research interests are in implementation science and included the evaluation of Fracture Liaison Services in Alberta that led to province-wide implementation of the programs. Lauren also co-chairs the Research Committee of the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute, a provincial data institute that produces quarterly provincial Key Performance Indicator reports around the care of patients with hip fracture to hospital providers in Alberta to encourage ongoing quality improvement. She was co-chair of Bone and Joint Canada until Fall 2024.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> <h3 class="bd_head">Co-opted Board members</h3> <ul class="gallery-items"> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="1707" height="2560" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kristina-akesson_dsc9885©ruona-19-1-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kristina-akesson_dsc9885©ruona-19-1-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kristina-akesson_dsc9885©ruona-19-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kristina-akesson_dsc9885©ruona-19-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kristina-akesson_dsc9885©ruona-19-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kristina-akesson_dsc9885©ruona-19-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kristina-akesson_dsc9885©ruona-19-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px" /> </div> <h3>Kristina Åkesson, IOF</h3> <h4>Orthop surgeon Sweden</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Kristina Åkesson, IOF</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop surgeon Sweden</h3> <p>Kristina Åkesson MD, PhD, Professor of Orthopedics and senior consultant at the Department of<br /> Orthopedics at Skåne University Hospital Malmö and the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University,<br /> Sweden. She is currently Dean at the Faculty of Medicine and has previously held a number of faculty<br /> appointments.<br /> Her research uses a translational approach to identify risk factors for osteoporosis and fracture<br /> including genetics, bone markers and epidemiology. This has been accomplished through several<br /> large cohorts and the advantage of working within orthopaedics. Research is closely linked to<br /> improving patient care as chief of the Centre for Osteoporosis and Fracture Prevention. Her research<br /> is supported by grants from the National Research Councils as well as a number of foundations. She is<br /> a member of the IOF committee of scientific advisors, co-chairing the Fracture working-group and the<br /> Capture the Fracture campaign. She is also member of the ASBMR Bone Marker working-group and<br /> former member of the Ethics committee; the board of ACTA Orthopedica, the editorial boards of<br /> BMC Geriatrics; Osteoporosis International; reviewer for national research councils, other funding<br /> bodies, international congresses and journals. Publications include over two hundred original papers,<br /> reviews, book chapters, in addition to guidelines and popular science contributions.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> </div> <h3>Simon Mears, ISFS</h3> <h4>Orthop surgeon USA</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Simon Mears, ISFS</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop surgeon USA</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> </div> <h3>Jim Waddell, SICOT</h3> <h4>Orthop surgeon Canada</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Jim Waddell, SICOT</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop surgeon Canada</h3> <p>See bio <a href="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cv_james.waddell_2022aug31.pdf">here</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="406" height="406" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/onder-aydingoz-scaled-1.png" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/onder-aydingoz-scaled-1.png 406w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/onder-aydingoz-scaled-1-300x300.png 300w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/onder-aydingoz-scaled-1-150x150.png 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px" /> </div> <h3>Önder Aydingöz, EFORT</h3> <h4>Orthop surgeon Turkey</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Önder Aydingöz, EFORT</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop surgeon Turkey</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="854" height="1024" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cq_foto.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cq_foto.jpg 854w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cq_foto-250x300.jpg 250w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cq_foto-768x921.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px" /> </div> <h3>Carmen Queiros, ICON</h3> <h4>Nurse Portugal</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Carmen Queiros, ICON</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Nurse Portugal</h3> <p>Carmen Queirós, a specialist in rehabilitation nursing at an orthotraumatology ward of a primary hospital in Porto, Portugal, is an invited associate teacher at Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Tâmega e Sousa - CESPU. She serves as the president of the Association of Portuguese Orthopaedics and Traumatology Nurses and as the general secretary of FFN – Portugal. Currently, she is enrolled as a doctoral student in the field of nursing sciences at the University of Porto. She earned her master's degree in nursing in 2013 and has been certified since 2016 as an expert in higher education. Her principal area of interest lies in nursing science, with a particular focus on rehabilitation, orthopaedics, fragility fractures, nursing informatics, the utilisation of technology in nursing, and evidence-based practice. She has coordinated events, authored articles and contributed to book chapters in her areas of interest.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="1200" height="1800" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/switzer-julie-2018-photo-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/switzer-julie-2018-photo-1.jpg 1200w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/switzer-julie-2018-photo-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/switzer-julie-2018-photo-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/switzer-julie-2018-photo-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/switzer-julie-2018-photo-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /> </div> <h3>Julie Switzer, IGFS</h3> <h4>Orthop surgeon USA</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Julie Switzer, IGFS</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop surgeon USA</h3> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 218pt;" width="291"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 15.0pt;"> <td style="width: 218pt; height: 15.0pt;" width="291" height="20">Julie A. Switzer, MD, FAOA, FAAOS, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with specialization in upper extremity and geriatric orthopedics. Dr. Switzer served as Co-Chair for the AAOS Clinical Practice Guideline Workgroup on Hip Fractures in Elderly Patients; is a founding member and board member of the International Geriatric Fracture Society (IGFS), presently serving as President; is on the Board of the Fragility Fracture Network; and is on the Steering Committee of the AOA’s Own the Bone Program. Dr. Switzer recently retired as an Associate Professor from the University of Minnesota Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. She is Medical Director, Geriatric Orthopedics and TRIA Healthy Aging, with the HealthPartners Care Group. In this role, Dr. Switzer has spent the majority of her 20 year orthopedic career dedicated to establishing and leading an interdisciplinary, protocol-driven Geriatric Fracture Care Program, with a primary career goal to make a substantive difference in the field of geriatric orthopedics. This has been accomplished through a focus on enhancing care for older fracture patients in the perioperative period; preventing subsequent fractures in elderly fracture patients; and working with vulnerable populations of elders with musculoskeletal problems. Her work on Healthy Aging focuses primarily on the comprehensive care of arthritis, the most common chronic musculoskeletal condition of aging. Dr. Switzer is Course Director of the bi-annual, Geriatric Orthopaedic Fracture Conference, started one of the first Geriatric Orthopedic Trauma Fellowships in the US, and has also been involved in multiple national and international presentations. She has over 70 publications and chapters mostly related to bone health and musculoskeletal care in the senior population.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="194" height="259" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/αρχείο-λήψης-4.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <h3>David Marsh, Lifetime member</h3> <h4>Orthop surgeon UK</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">David Marsh, Lifetime member</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Orthop surgeon UK</h3> <p>David Marsh is a retired professor of orthopaedic surgery, now living in Umbria, Italy. He was active in the field of fragility fractures in the UK, driving the establishment of the National Hip Fracture Database as the first co-chair of its steering group; the British Orthopaedic Association and the UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society awarded him Honorary Fellowships for this work. Internationally, he chaired the Osteoporotic Fracture Campaign of the International Society for Fracture Repair since 2002 and was then the founding president of the Fragility Fracture Network in 2011. Multidisciplinary care has always been his theme, particularly the collaboration between orthopaedics and geriatric medicine, tackling both fragility and frailty in the older fracture patient.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="1024" height="1434" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jay-photo-3.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jay-photo-3.jpg 1024w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jay-photo-3-214x300.jpg 214w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jay-photo-3-731x1024.jpg 731w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jay-photo-3-768x1076.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> </div> <h3>Jay Magaziner, RegCom NA</h3> <h4>Researcher USA</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Jay Magaziner, RegCom NA</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Researcher USA</h3> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">Jay Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0"> is professor and chair, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health in the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">U</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">niversity’s Center for Research on Aging. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">He served as president of the Fragility Fracture Network from 2019 – 2021 and has remained active in organizational leadership roles. </span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">He has been studying hip fracture outcomes for more than 40 years. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">His </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">research has been directed at identifying the consequences of hip fracture and on developing and evaluating the effects of interventions to improve outcomes He collaborates with other internationally recognized researchers and clinical experts on methods to collectively advance hip fracture care for older persons. He is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">Principal Investigator</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0"> of the UM-Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">a federally funded center for study of function in older persons and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">has been </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">funded continuously</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0"> by the National Institute on Aging (NIIA) since 1983</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">. H</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">is work on hip fracture recovery has earned me two consecutive MERIT Awards from the NIA</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW95768819 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW95768819 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="1154" height="1280" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/whatsapp-image-2024-04-04-at-10.35.44.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/whatsapp-image-2024-04-04-at-10.35.44.jpeg 1154w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/whatsapp-image-2024-04-04-at-10.35.44-270x300.jpeg 270w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/whatsapp-image-2024-04-04-at-10.35.44-923x1024.jpeg 923w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/whatsapp-image-2024-04-04-at-10.35.44-768x852.jpeg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1154px) 100vw, 1154px" /> </div> <h3>Maria Diehl RegCom LA</h3> <h4>Endocrinologist Argentina</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Maria Diehl RegCom LA</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Endocrinologist Argentina</h3> <p>María is an endocrinologist with Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires where she provides care to patients with bone diseases both in the inpatient and outpatient settings, leads the Fracture Liaison Service and participates in the Hip Fracture Institutional Audit. She is a professor in the <a href="https://aaomm.org.ar/carrera-de-especializacion/">Osteology Career</a> at the Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano and the Asociación Argentina de Osteología y Metabolismo Mineral (AAOMM) among other teaching activities.</p> <p>She is part of <a href="https://aaomm.org.ar/">AAOMM</a>'s Fracture Prevention and Rare Bone Diseases study groups.</p> <p>María coordinates the Argentinian Hip Fracture Network (RAFCA) and contributes to the development of the <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36098882/">Argentinian Hip Fracture Audit</a>. <a href="https://fundaciontrauma.org.ar/en/pasos_program/">"Programa Pasos". </a></p> <p>She is part of FFN's Regionalization Committee for Latin America and of the Secondary Prevention and Hip Fracture Audit advisory groups.</p> <p>She actively works to set up networks in order to promote registries and multidisciplinary models for fracture care and prevention, aiming at improving patient outcomes and resource utilization.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="711" height="931" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/foto_ruggiero_agosto-22_1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/foto_ruggiero_agosto-22_1.jpg 711w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/foto_ruggiero_agosto-22_1-229x300.jpg 229w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px" /> </div> <h3>Carmelinda Ruggiero, RegCom EU</h3> <h4>Geriatrician Italy</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Carmelinda Ruggiero, RegCom EU</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Geriatrician Italy</h3> <p>Dr. Ruggiero is professor of Geriatrics-Internal Medicine at University of Perugia, Italy. She is founder and head of the Orthogeriatric Unit of the Academic Hospital in Perugia, formally established in 2016, and of the Falls and Fracture Prevention Service, accredited as Post-Fracture Care Service by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and by the International Osteoporosis Foundation, since 2017. She has been studying frailty, inflammation as underlying mechanism of age-related diseases, focusing on osteoporosis, bone-muscle interaction, fragility fractures and orthogeriatric acute and post-fracture care models. She developed and conducted regional educational programs in Orthogeriatrics for HC professionals and established Orthogeriatric curricula for Nursing Master Degree. Recipient of many National and International research grants. She is listed among top Italian scientists (150 publications in peer-review journal, 4200 citations and H-index 36). Dr Ruggiero is founder member and President of FFN Italy.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallery-item"> <div class="gallery-contents gallery-trigger"> <div class="gallery-in"> <div class="thumbnail"> <img width="2560" height="1707" src="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/velde-nathalie-van-der-142437-7023-ala-1-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/velde-nathalie-van-der-142437-7023-ala-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/velde-nathalie-van-der-142437-7023-ala-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/velde-nathalie-van-der-142437-7023-ala-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/velde-nathalie-van-der-142437-7023-ala-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/velde-nathalie-van-der-142437-7023-ala-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/velde-nathalie-van-der-142437-7023-ala-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /> </div> <h3>Nathalie van der Velde, EUGMS</h3> <h4>Geriatrician Netherlands</h4> <a class="more_btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-expander"> <div class="gallery-expander-contents"> <div class="col"> <div class="title">Nathalie van der Velde, EUGMS</div> <div class="contents"> <h3>Geriatrician Netherlands</h3> <p>Nathalie van der Velde is a consultant and full professor at the Geriatrics Department of the Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands. She serves as principal investigator and leader of the research line ‘person-centered falls & fracture prevention’. Since 2022 she is a member of the Academic Board of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS).</p> <p>With regard to editorial tasks she has started as an Associate Editor for Age & Ageing in 2019 and has been appointed Deputy Editor-in-Chief in 2022. Furthermore, she is an Associate Editor of the Annals of Medicine.</p> <p>Nathalie is both nationally and internationally involved in activities to improve falls and fracture prevention. She chairs the EuGMS SIG Falls and Fractures and its Task and Finish Group on fall-risk-increasing drugs and starting this year she will represent the EuGMS at the board of the Fragility Fracture Network. She is also a co-chair of the steering group of the World Falls Guideline initiative, and co-lead its polypharmacy working group. Furthermore, She is a member of the organizing committee of the World Congress on Falls and Postural Stability.</p> <p>On a national level, she is co-founder and chair of the board of the annual Dutch Falls Symposium. Besides, she chairs the Dutch SIG on Falls prevention and she is a member of the board of the Dutch Syncope and Autonomic Disorders group and of the steering committee of the Dutch Falls and Dizziness Guidelines cluster. She has (co-)authored various book chapters on falls prevention, syncope/TLOC and pharmacology/deprescribing and has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles.</p> <p>She has received several awards: ‘top-cited article’ of JAMDA (2018); selection for several leadership programs (AMC: 2016; Dutch Geriatrics Society: 2015; Erasmus MC: 2009); best PhD Thesis in Geriatric Medicine (NVKG, 2007-2008); the British Journal Clinical Pharmacology prize best articles (2007); as well as several poster and presentation prizes.</p> <p>Scientific publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6477-6209</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div></div></section></div><section id="section-16-29" class=" ct-section join_sec" ><div class="ct-section-inner-wrap"><h2 id="headline-17-29" class="ct-headline">Join the FFN<br></h2><div id="text_block-18-29" class="ct-text-block" >To help make the FFN vision a reality in your country, join the FFN – for free – today <br></div><a id="link_button-19-29" 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