Awards

ISCD Announces 2006 Award Winners at Annual Meeting

SAN DIEGO – February 2, 2006 – The International Society for Bone Densitometry (ISCD) announces the winners of their annual awards in conjunction with the Society’s 2006 Annual Meeting in San Diego, February 2-5, 2006.

The awards and recipients are as follows:

Dr. Paul D. Miller ISCD Service Award Presented for distinguished service and dedication Mike Lewiecki	Clinician of the Year Presented for distinguished service and dedication Didier Hans
Technologist of the Year Presented for distinguished service and dedication Jan Van Pelt	Oscar S. Gluck ISCD Humanitarian Award Presented for outstanding service to those in need Walter Briney
Technologist Instructor of the Year Presented to highest rated instructor of the Society’s Bone Density Courses. JoAnn Caudill	ISCD Super Tech Presented to a technologist member for exhibiting and maintaining high standards as a densitometry technologist Joyce Bemiller
Clinician Instructor of the Year Presented to highest rated instructor of the Society’s Bone Density Courses. Kathryn Diemer	ISCD Global Leadership Award Presented to an ISCD member for distinguished service and leadership in the global promotion of the field of bone densitometry and the ISCD. John Bilezikian
VFA Instructor of the Year Award Presented to the highest rated “full” Vertebral Fracture Assessment Course instructor. Neil Binkley

ABOUT ISCD: ISCD is a not-for-profit multidisciplinary professional society with a mission to enhance knowledge and quality of bone densitometry among healthcare professionals, to provide continuing education courses for clinicians and technologists, to increase patient awareness and access to bone densitometry, and to support clinical and scientific advances in the field. Information on the Official Positions of ISCD is available on the organization’s web site at www.iscd.org, where all the positions are listed and a PowerPoint presentation of the positions may be viewed and downloaded. This web site also contains a link to the electronic version of the Journal of Clinical Densitometry, which has articles with the background and rationale for each of the positions.

ABOUT CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY: Osteoporosis or bone loss that can lead to fractures is a disease that affects 44 million Americans, causing 1.5 million fractures each year, with an annual healthcare cost of about $17 billion. Osteoporotic fractures can result in chronic pain, disability, loss of independence, and even death. Early detection of low bone density before fractures occur is the key to successful management. With medications now available and under development, experts feel that osteoporosis is a preventable and treatable disease.

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For more information, please contact:

Christer Osterling at 860.508.9433 or costerling@iscd.org