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Clinical Science Committee

Committee Chair

Willem Lems

Amsterdam UMC

Willem Lems is Professor of Rheumatology at Amsterdam UMC, where he is also currently the vice-chair and the Educational Officer of the Department of Rheumatology. Professor Lems completed his medical education in 1983 and qualified as Rheumatologist in 1993. Since then, his research into Metabolic Changes in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases has led to the publication of over 400 articles. Apart from Bone Diseases, his current research focusses on the early treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis as well as targeting phenotypes in hip- and knee osteoarthritis. He is the founding member of the Oslo-Truro-Amsterdam collaborative study, is on the editorial board of several journals, including Osteoporosis International, and served as member of the Scientific Committee for EULAR, IOF and ECTS and most recently as Clinical Co-Chair for ECTS 2021. He is a member of the ECTS corporate engagement group and, together with Astrid Bakker, organised the 2018 ECTS PhD training course.

Committee Role & Responsibilities

ECTS  achieve its mission by promoting and providing the science-based information that stakeholders need for their practice.  The Committee will work towards supporting the ECTS Strategic Plan to position ECTS as the main European authority on issues in the bone field and to develop clinical and basic science policies and consensus.

The Policies & Consensus Committee will:

  • Consider and comment on policies and topical issues that are relevant to the bone field and research in general
  • Develop guidelines and position papers
  • Respond to specific scientific queries where ECTS has been asked to give a view
  • Comment on topical issues
  • Assist with satisfying the educational requirements of ECTS members by working closely with the ECTS Education and Scientific Programme Committees to identify areas that require debate at the annual congress

Committee Structure & Composition

Clinical Practice Action Group

  • Athanasios Anastasilakis, Co-Chair
  • Julien Paccou
  • John Carey
  • Maria Yavropoulou
  • Anda Mihaela Naciu
  • Tim Rolvien, ECTS Academy
  • Stella D’Oronzo, ECTS Academy

Rare Bone Diseases Action Group

  • Martine Cohen-Solal, Co-Chair
  • Geert Mortier
  • Heide Siggelkow
  • Corinna Grasemann
  • Natasha Appleman-Dijkstra
  • Gavin Clunie
  • Raimann Adalbert, ECTS Academy
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