OSTEOPOROSIS CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT (PB 2008)

Sarah Hall Gueldner, DSN, RN, FAAN, FGSA, FNAP, FAGHE, is Professor of Nursing and fellow in the Institute of Primary and Preventative Health Care at Binghamton University, in Binghamton, New York, and the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Visiting Professor of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University (2006-2007).

Theresa N. Grabo, PhD, ARNP, BC, is Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Graduate Program at Binghamton University, in Binghamton, New York. She is also a fellow in the Institute of Primary and Preventative Health Care at the University. Dr. Grabo practices at Valley Gyn Specialists in Luzerne, Pennsylvania.

Eric D. Newman, MD, has been on staff at Geisinger Medical Center since 1988, and has been Director of Rheumatology since 1997. In 2002 he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Division of Medicine. In 2006 Dr. Newman was named Director of the Clinical Trials Office for the Geisinger Health Care System. He is very active in clinical research, focusing on clinical trials and outcomes research in rheumatology. Dr. Newman developed and maintains the Rheumatology Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes Database, which currently has information on 30,000 patients encompassing over 220,000 clinic visits.

David R. Cooper, MD, is the director of The Knee Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and his orthopedic practice specializes in the care and treatment of knees, including arthroscopic surgery and knee replacement. He has personally performed over 6,000 arthroscopies and 500 knee replacements in his career. He is an adjunct professor at Kings' University in Wilkes-Barre, and at the Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University. He is also the attending orthopedic surgeon at the Pocono Raceway for the NASCAR events each year.