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- EIN 85-0477162
- (505) 855-5525
- 300 Oak St Ne Albuquerque NM 87106-4725 USA
- www.ofnm.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Health, Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases
Mission: To educate healthcare providers and the public, to increase awareness, and to support research on osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease.
Programs: Santa fe bone symposium - the santa fe bone symposium is an annual forum devoted to advances in the science and economics of osteoporosis, metabolic bone disease, and assessment of skeletal health. This meeting is for healthcare providers, scientists, and researchers with a special interest in bone disease, and for bone densitometry technologists who seek a high level of knowledge in their field. Attendance is over 200. Publications include enduring material (cme web sites and newsletters). This meeting has been offered annually since 2000.
new mexico bone club - the new mexico bone club has held over 50 scientific presentations since 1997 devoted to clinical aspects of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. Meetings are held three times a year.
bone health teleecho(extension for community healthcare outcomes), is a telementoring program for osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease developed by project echo (http://echo. Unm. Edu/) at the university of new mexico health sciences center and the osteoporosis foundation of new mexico (http://www. Ofnm. Org). This consists of weekly virtual clinics every tuesday from 12:00 noon to 1:15 pm mountain time. The sessions can be attended from any location with internet access through computer video connections, with options to join by telephone or in-person at the echo center in albuquerque, if desired. Participants in these sessions are called bone health echo learning partners.