Committee Chair
Bo Abrahamsen
Bo Abrahamsen is an endocrinologist at Holbæk Hospital in Denmark and primarily treats patients with osteoporosis, metabolic bone diseases and parathyroid disorders. He is also a professor of clinical database studies at the University of Southern Denmark. He attended Medical School in Odense, Denmark, the B.Sc. Hons Course in Experimental Pathology at St. Andrews, UK, and part of his PhD lab work at UMASS Medical Center, Worcester, MA. Main research interests include absolute fracture risk, secondary osteoporosis, fracture epidemiology and safety of anti-osteoporotic drugs and supplements. He served on both ASBMR Task Forces on Atypical Femur Fractures. Dr Abrahamsen is the clinical co-chair for the ECTS 2019 annual meeting SPC and Deputy Editor of JBMR plus. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and Associate Editor of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
Committee Role & Responsibilities
The Executive Committee supervises the implementation of the business plan and the daily management of ECTS and ensures the follow-up on the implementation of the strategy and budget.
Committee Composition & Structure
- Bo Abrahamsen, President
- Anna Teti, Past President, Co-Chair
- Chris Meier, Treasurer
- Geet Carmeliet, Secretary
The Executive Committee is also responsible for the running of the following Action Groups:
Global Links Action Group
- East-Meets-West: Salvatore Minisola (chair), Claus Glueer, Oei Ling, Wang Ning, Joon-Soon Kang
- IFMRS: Geert Carmeiliet (chair), Nuria Guanabens, Elizabeth Winter, Katerina Jaehn, Jon Tobias
Nominations Action Group
- Anna Teti
- Bo Abrahamsen
- Chris Meier
- Geert Carmeliet
Central Europe Action Group
- Radmila Matijevic (co-chair)
- Petar Milovanovic (co-chair)
- Judith Donath
- Amina Valjevac
- Richard Pikner
- Janna Belaya
- Janja Marc