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Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Professor Aasis Unnanuntana is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand. He is also an immediate past president of the Fragility Fracture Network Thailand and past Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Osteoporosis and Fragility Fracture Society. Professor Aasis has earned recognitions and numerous awards for his works and research studies in bone health and total joint replacement at both national and international levels. He is an active member in many prestigious medical societies including the Royal College of Orthopaedic Surgeons Thailand, the Thai Osteoporosis Foundation, the Thai hip and knee society and the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons. Professor Aasis also took an initiative to digitalize osteoporosis education for general public including Siriraj Osteoporosis Center on YouTube channel.
Geriatrician
Dr Tan is a Geriatrician at RIPAS Hospital, Brunei. He undertook his specialist medical training in the United Kingdom, where he completed a clinical research fellow post in Ortho-geriatrics. He has a special interest in frailty and bone health and aspires to improve fragility fracture services locally.
Professor, Consultant Geriatrician
Dr. Ding-Cheng (Derrick) Chan is the executive supervisor of the Taiwanese Osteoporosis Association (TOA) in Taipei, Taiwan. His research focuses on drug-related problems, frailty, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis.
Occupational Specialist
Faridah Binti Mohammed Ramli is an occupational therapist at the University Malaya Medical Centre, specializing in the treatment of hand and upper extremity injuries. She qualified as an occupational therapist from University Technology Mara in 2006. She completed a Master in Health Sciences (Occupational Therapy) in 2019. Faridah has 12 years of experience in hand and upper limb.
Assoc Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Frede Frihagen is an orthopaedic trauma surgeon from Oslo, Norway. His interests include fragility fractures, interdisciplinary care, and secondary fracture prevention. He is the President of the Fragility Fracture Network.
Geriatrician
Dr Hannah Seymour is a Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Director for the EMR Program in WA Health. Dr Seymour has been a Consultant Geriatrician since completing her training in Western Australia in 2005. She has worked in Acute Orthogeriatrics at Fiona Stanley Hospital since 2015 where she shares the care of older people with orthopaedic surgeons. Hannah is passionate about using data to improve the care of older people with fractures across the world by working on the Steering Committee of the ANZ Hip Fracture Registry and as Past President of the Fragility Fracture Network. She has presented internationally on the care of older people with fractures. Hannah has held a number of leadership positions in Western Australia currently she is the Clinical Director of the state wide EMR Program. Most recently she was the Clinical Nominee on the Sustainable Health Review which was published in April 2019 and Medical Director at FSFHG. Hannah is striving to improve the health of West Australians by obtaining funding for an Electronic Medical Record across WA Health.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Deputy Chief Physician of Orthopedics at the National Center for Orthopedics and Shanghai 6th People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Full faculty of ISCD for CCD since 2010. Chair of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) China Panel and President of the Chinese Fragility Fracture Alliance. Chairman of the Expert Committee on Bone Density Measurement and Osteoporosis Diagnosis in China. Specializes in trauma orthopedics. Awarded as ISCD Clinician of the Year 2020. Currently focused on research of osteoporotic fractures and standardized diagnosis and prevention of fragility fractures. Also involved in national volunteer projects since 2012 and awarded for outstanding contributions.
Assoc Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Assoc Prof Dr Irewin Tabu is the current president of Fragility Fracture Network – Philippines and the Chair of FFN Regionalization Committee. He graduated from the UP college of Medicine in 2003 and seubsequently trained at the University of Philippines – Philippine General Hospital Department of Orthopaedics. Currently he is the Chief of the UP-PGH Orthopedic Trauma Division and the Head of the POA Osteoporosis and Orthogeriatric Working Group. He is also a council member of the Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis and Fragility Fracture Section, as well as the Philippine Orthopedic Trauma Society, the Philippine Hip and Knee Society and an AO Trauma Philippines Faculty
Adj Asst Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
As the head of orthopaedic trauma service and clinical lead of the orthogeriatric service since 2017, Dr Ivan Chua has been a passionate surgeon who has been driving and advancing orthogeriatric care and secondary fracture prevention at his hospital and beyond.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dato' Dr. Lee Joon Kiong, currently serving as the Deputy Medical Director and Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at Beacon Hospital in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, holds distinguished roles within several organizations dedicated to osteoporosis and fracture management. Notably, Dato' Dr. Lee serves as the President of the Asia Pacific Osteoporosis & Fragility Fracture Society (APOFFS), a section of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA), demonstrating leadership in regional orthopedic care. Additionally, Dato' Dr. Lee holds the position of President for the Fragility Fracture Network Malaysia (FFNM) and the Malaysian BONe-health Optimization Network (MyBONe), highlighting commitment to advancing bone health initiatives within the country. With a history of leadership roles, Dato' Dr. Lee has previously served as President of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD), the Osteoporosis Awareness Society of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (OASKLS), and the Malaysian Osteoporosis Society (MOS), reflecting extensive experience in the field. Further showcasing dedication to osteoporosis advocacy, Dato' Dr. Lee chairs the Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Committee for the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and co-chairs the Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance (APFFA). Dato' Dr. Lee also contributes expertise as a board member of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN), solidifying comprehensive involvement in promoting bone health and fracture prevention initiatives on regional and international levels.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Arbatin is the Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics of Chong Hua Hospital Mandaue, Head of the Spine Section, and the Training Officer of the first Orthopedic Spine Fellowship Program in the Philippines. He is a the Scientific Committee Lead of FFN Philippines.
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Karen Hertz is a nurse with extensive experience in clinical practice working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in a UK trauma unit of a large University Hospital. She has a track record of national and international networking that includes membership of various boards and committees relevant to her practice and has edited books and co-authored several book chapters related to orthogeriatric nursing.
Prof, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon
Matthew Costa PhD, FRCS, FMedSci. Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Matt’s research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal trauma interventions. He is Lead Investigator for a series of randomised trials and associated studies supported by grants from the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). His work has been cited widely and informs many guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Matt is the NIHR National Specialty Lead for Trauma and Emergency Care and an NIHR Senior Investigator. He is also Associate Editor for Trauma and Research Methods at the Bone and Joint Journal. Matt is past President of the UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society and past President of the Global Fragility Fracture Network.
Prof, Geriatrician
Dr Tan Maw Pin is a Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Universiti Malaya. She is currently the Principal Investigator of the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia Long-Term Research Grant Scheme funded project, TrAnsforming CoGnitivE Frailty into Later-lifE Self-Sufficiency (AGELESS), and is the current President of the Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine. Her main research interest is falls prevention, and she was a member of the core committee for the World Falls Guidelines published in October 2022 and is also among the founding protem committee of the World Falls Society formed at the recent second World Falls Conference in Perth in December 2023.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Yang is a consultant orthopaedic trauma surgeon in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, National Center of Orthopaedics in China, and general secretary of FFN-China.
Physiotherapist
Dr Mitchell Sarkies is a Senior Lecturer, Sydney Horizon Fellow, and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow who leads implementation research to enhance evidence-informed models of care for hip fracture
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Mohd Yusof Ibrahim is an Orthopaedic and Arthroplasty Consultant at Hospital Sultan Zainab II, Kota Bharu. He graduated as Medical Doctor (M.D) from UKM in 1994 and Master in Orthopedic (M.S Ortho) in 2001 in HUSM. He underwent subspecialty Arthroplasty training under MOH Malaysia in 2005 in HKL and oversea training for 1 year at Singapore General Hospital Dr Yusof is the chief subspecialty Arthroplasty training programme for MOH Malaysia since 2018. He was also the chairman for the developmental group CPG of Geriatric Hip Fracture MOH Malaysia that was recently launched
Assoc Prof, Anaesthetist
"Associate Professor Dr Loh Pui San is a Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist and the Head of Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya. She specializes in the clinical field of transplant anaesthesia and perioperative medicine, in particular geriatric anaesthesia. A lecturer in University Malaya Medical Centre since 2011, she was also a Fellows in Australia and Cambridge, UK under the prestigious Commonwealth Medical Award. Dr Loh believes as the world population ages and increasingly more older individuals require surgery at the end of their lifetimes, this is a field that deserves attention with equal focus, similar to the other extreme of age in children. She hopes to build the field of geriatric anaesthesia with multidisciplinary colleagues working in both public and private institutions via her active involvement in the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists, Fragility Fracture Network and Ministry of Health. She is part of an expert panel in the National Clinical Practice Guideline for Hip Fractures in the Elderly. Naturally, her research interest includes perioperative management of the elderly focusing on finding suitable risk assessment methods to institute early prevention and the effects of anaesthesia on neurocognitive function. By collaborating with both local and international investigators, Dr Loh hopes to increase the medical evidence in literature to provide the safest care for our older patients in the future
Senior Consultant Geriatrician
Dr Rani Ramason is a Senior Consultant in Geriatric Medicine in Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore with an interest in Falls Prevention. She also runs the Orthogeriatric Service in TTSH, with her colleague and fellow Geriatrician Dr Chen Shuyu and works closely with Dr Ivan Chua who is the Head of Trauma in Tan Tock Seng Hospital to manage Elderly Hip and Lower Limb Fragility Fractures. She was the Co-director of MOH – HSDP funded Integrated Hip Fracture Program (2011-2016) and subsequently TTSH Co-director of MOH Hip Fracture Bundled Program (2016-2019).
Prof, Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Dr. Sabarul Afian Mokhtar is the Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery (Spine) at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He is the founding member and the past President of the Malaysia Spine Society. He is the council member and head of Special Interest Group for Education, Malaysian Orthopaedics Association. He obtained his Medical Degree and Orthopaedic Specialty training from UKM. He continued subspecialty training in the field of Spine Surgery with Professor Shoichi Kokubun at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan and a PhD Clinical Fellow for Spine Surgery at the Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney. He was the pioneer orthopaedic surgeon working and doing research at the Macquarie University Hospital and completed his PhD entitled “Development of a Model for Assessment and Predicting Outcome in Surgery for Degenerative Disorder of the Lumbosacral Spine” where his research and practices mainly focused on the ageing spine. He is currently the head of Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. He has served as the Deputy Dean at Faculty of Medicine UKM, Deputy Director of UKM Medical Centre and Deputy Director, Pro Vice Chancellor of Medical and Health Campus UKM. He is actively involved in the undergraduate and postgraduate education at both national and international level by being the member of the National Orthopaedic Curriculum Committee (NOCC) and ASEAN Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Education Committee. He has established the Fracture Liaison Service in Malaysia which was awarded the Silver Award in 2019 and Gold Award in 2022 by the International Osteoporosis Federation (IOF). He has presented and authored in a significant number of scientific papers that are testimony to his clinical and research interests in spinal disorders, pain management and osteoporosis. He has been conferred with numerous awards for his services, academic and research achievement in the field.
Prof, Internal Medicine Specialist
Chair Professor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Galle, Sri Lanka. Has special interest in research and clinical applications related to osteoporosis, sarcopenia and frailty. He has supported the development of intervention thresholds in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines
Consultant Endocrinologist
Dr Foo is the Head of Endocrine Unit at Selayang Hospital and visiting Consultant Endocrinologist at Subang Jaya Medical Centre. She also serves as the Honorary Treasurer of the Malaysian Endocrine & Metabolic Society.
Health Psychologist
Stefano Eleuteri is a Health Psychologist, Psychoterapist, Phd in Social and Developmental Psychology. He is the Chair of the Education Committee of the Fragility Fracture Network and of the FFN Italy.
Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Prof. Takeshi Sawaguchi is a professor of the Department of Traumatology, Fukushima Medical University. He is the president of FFN Japan and the chairman of the AO Trauma Asia Pacific. He, together with FFN Japan and other academic societies have succeded to change the policy of geriatric hip fracture and secondary fracture prevention in Japan.
Chief of Osteoporosis and Geriatric Excellence Center
Tanawat Amphansap is the chief of osteoporosis and geriatric excellence center, orthopedic department at Police General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. He is also the founder and leader of the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) at Police General Hospital and the president of Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) in Thailand. Dr. Tanawat is a steering committee of numerous societies, including the FFN (AP) Regionalisation, the South East Asia Bone Academy (SEA-BA), the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO), the Thailand Osteoporosis Foundation (TOPF), the Metabolic Bone and Orthogeriatric (MBOG) Section of the Royal College of Orthopedic Surgeons of Thailand (RCOST), and the FLS committee of Public Health in Thailand.
Phd Candidate, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health
Ms Venisa Kwok is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney. Venisa’s research focuses on improving function and preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people. She has been working as a physiotherapist with older people in the community and residential aged care.
Rehabilitation Medicine Physician
Dr Wan Najwa is a senior lecturer and consultant rehabilitation medicine physician currently serving with Faculty of Medicine UiTM and Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah UiTM. She did her clinical fellowship in spinal cord injury rehabilitation under University of Toronto that gave her in depth experience in bone health management for people with neurological impairment.