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GeriMedRisk - Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology Rounds

GeriMedRisk offers free monthly webcast accredited educational rounds on topics related to safe prescribing for older adults. For more information please join our mailing list. Registration is required to attend.

GeriMedRisk July Rounds

July 8, 2025 | 12:00-1:00 PM EST

Title:
Best Practices for Fracture Prevention
Presenter:

Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou BScN, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), FACP, FCGS

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Objectives:

What is the Osteoporosis Canada’s diagnostic and treatment pathways?
When do you use anti-resorptive treatment?
When do you use anabolic treatment?
What is the duration of pharmacologic treatment?

Presenter:

Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou BScN, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), FACP, FCGS

Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou is a Professor of Medicine (Division of Geriatrics) at McMaster University, a Geriatric Medicine Specialist at Hamilton Health Sciences and Executive Director of the Geras Centre for Aging Research. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine and Healthy Aging. She is the lead clinician-scientist of the Canadian Geriatrics Society Frailty working group and a member of the Global Frailty Network. Dr. Papaioannou is the Chair of the Regional Geriatric Program Central and past Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at McMaster University. She is the recipient of the 2025 Department of Medicine's Irene Turpie Award and 2023 CIHR Institute of Aging Betty Havens Prize for Knowledge Mobilization in Aging. Dr. Papaioannou has 416 peer-reviewed publications, 20 book chapters and 466 published abstracts (h-index 78; 26,000+ citations, i10-index 273). She has mentored 150+ research trainees from undergraduate to post-doctoral fellows many of whom have received nationally-funded awards. Her program of research is focused on bringing the best research evidence to the frontlines of care for older adults to age with dignity and independence.

Missing July 8th Rounds?

We will be hosting an additional webinar session that will broadcast a recording of Dr. Papaioannou's presentation: "Best Practices for Fracture Prevention". Please register to attend the replay session.

Replay session: July 9 at 7 pm EST

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Please note: this session will not be interactive.

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Accreditation Statement:

GeriMedRisk- Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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