Long Term Osteoporosis Treatment [transcript][audio]

Guest: Dr. Michael McClung

Presenter: Neal Howard

Guest Bio: Dr. Michael McClung is the founding director of the Oregon Osteoporosis Center AND Professorial Fellow at the Institute for Health and Ageing, University of Melbourne in Australia. He graduated from Rice University in Houston and from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. After his training in Internal Medicine at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, he completed a fellowship in Endocrinology at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Since then, he has held several academic appointments and has been actively involved in the training of young physicians at the Oregon Health Sciences University and in the Department of Medical Education at Providence Portland Medical Center. Dr. McClung serves on the editorial board of several journals in the bone field and on the Boards of the International Osteoporosis Foundation and North American Menopause Society and has been involved in the development of clinical guidelines for several national osteoporosis societies.

Segment Overview: Dr. Michael McClung, MD, founding director of the Oregon Osteoporosis Center, discusses his presentation at the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia (Oct 2017) on long-term treatment of osteoporosis.