Topic: Cellular senescence in the musculoskeletal system and potential clinical implications
Chair: Dr Lars Folkestad, Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Speaker: Prof Sundeep Khosla, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Endocrinology, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Date & Time: Thursday 9 March 2023, from 16.00-17.00hrs CET
Format: Live Webinar.

On-demand recording to be available to ECTS members 6 months after the live webinar.

Learning Objectives

After watching this webinar, participants will:

• Understand the cellular mechanisms of senescence
• Accept that aging it self is a disease risk factor
• Have better knowledge about the consequences of accelerated aging
• Understand how cellular senescence can cause musculoskeletal disease

Registration

This webinar is free and open to everyone with an interest in the field.

About the Speaker

Dr. Sundeep Khosla is the Dr. Francis Chucker and Nathan Landow Research Professor of Medicine and Physiology and a Mayo Foundation Distinguished Investigator. Dr. Khosla received his A.B. degree from Harvard College and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He was subsequently a resident in Internal Medicine and a fellow in Endocrinology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1988 he moved to Mayo Clinic, where his research has focused on mechanisms of age-related bone loss and osteoporosis. Dr. Khosla has served as Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Dean for Clinical and Translational Science at Mayo Clinic. He has also served as Chair of the NIH SBDD Study Section, on the Councils of the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and as President of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). Dr. Khosla has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the Frederic C. Bartter Award for Clinical Investigation and the William F. Neuman Award for Outstanding Scientific Contributions from the ASBMR, the presentation of the Louis V. Avioli Plenary Lecture at the ASBMR annual meeting, the Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award and Plenary Lecture from the Endocrine Society, the Frontiers in Science Award from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the Jacobaeus Prize for outstanding research in Endocrinology, and election to the ASCI and AAP.  Dr. Khosla currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Bone, has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and as a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bone, and Endocrine Reviews.

Accreditation

The ECTS webinar “Cellular senescence in the musculoskeletal system and potential clinical implications” streamed live, 9 March 2023 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 1 European CME credit (ECMEC®s).  Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME^® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

Information on the process to convert EACCME^® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME^® for ECMEC^®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

How to claim CME credits

Registered attendees that are logged in for the full duration of the live webinar and complete the evaluation form* will be able to access the CME Certificate.
Registered attendees have until 8 April to complete the evaluation form.

*The evaluation form will become available few hours after the conclusion of the live webinar

How to download your certificate

Certificate will be available within your user profile under the section CONTINUING EDUCATION.