Bone Abstracts

Background: A minority of children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) seen within the Sheffield National Severe, Complex and Atypical Service (SCAOI) were also identified as showing symptoms consistent with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (Balasubramanian et al. 2018). Diagnosis of ASD in conjunction with OI may be delayed due to presenting problems being inappropriately attributed to OI resulting in specialised ASD input not being received by children.<p class="...

Biographical DetailsCatherine M Gordon, MD, MSc is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and is Director of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. She is board-certified in adolescent medicine and pediatric endocrinology. She is on the Board of Directors for the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, and direc...

Biographical DetailsDr John Herzenberg graduated from Boston University Medical School and trained at Duke University for Orthopaedics and Toronto Sick Kids for Pediatric Orthopaedics. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of adult and pediatric patients with congenital abnormalities, joint contractures, neuromuscular disorders, non-unions, malunions, deformity, and bone defects. ...

Biographical DetailsSandy Burnham received his MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) in 1997 and completed his Pediatrics Residency in 2000 and General Pediatrics and Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowships in 2004 at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He received his Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from UPENN in 2006. Dr...

Biographical DetailsM Kassim JavaidAfter completing medical training at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, I specialized in adult rheumatology at the Wessex Deanery. During that time, I completed a PhD examining the maternal determinants of intra-uterine bone growth as part of an ARC Clinical Fellowship at the University of Southampton fo...

Biographical DetailsSogol Mostoufi-MoabI am an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and board certified in pediatric oncology and endocrinology. I have advanced epidemiology training and my research program is focused on bone, body composit...

Biographical DetailsMichael P Whyte is Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Genetics at the Washington University School of Medicine, a staff member of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and Medical-Scientific Director at the Center for Metabolic Bone Disease and Molecular Research, Shriners Hospital for Children in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.<p class="abst...

Dedicated occupational therapy and physiotherapy service for children and families with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital were set up in September 2017 to provide multidisciplinary management.Objectives: The aim is to assess if the newly established specialist paediatric occupational therapy and physiotherapy service is meeting the needs of the patients and their families.Method: A paper ...

Biographical DetailsAfter completing medical training at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, I specialized in adult rheumatology at the Wessex Deanery. During that time, I completed a PhD examining the maternal determinants of intra-uterine bone growth as part of an ARC Clinical Fellowship at the University of Southampton. In my last year of clinical training, I was fortunate to...

Biographical DetailsDr Yasemin Alanay, MD, PhD is a Pediatric Geneticist, Professor of Pediatrics at Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul. She studied medicine at Hacettepe University, Ankara, completed her residency in Pediatrics in 2002. Completed Pediatric Genetics Fellowship at Hacettepe Ihsan Dogramaci Children’s Hospital. In 2006, she was mentored by Prof. D Rimoin ...