International Society for Clinical Densitometry

International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) is a professional community of physicians with more than 2,700 individual members from over 25 countries.[1] The society advocated an advance in the assessment of musculoskeletal health through education, certification and facility accreditation. The association is established in 1993 and headquartered in Middletown, Connecticut, United States.

International Society for Clinical Densitometry
Founded1993
Location
FieldsMedicine
Densitometry
Key people
George Helmrich (President)
Websiteiscd.org

Conferences

The International Society for Clinical Densitometry periodically hosts both Annual Meetings and Position Development Conferences (PDC). The Annual Meetings are held in demonstration of Society's mission of "advancing high-quality musculoskeletal health assessments in the service of superior patient care".

The purpose of the Position Development Conferences is to gather experts in the field of skeletal measurement and update the Society’s Official Positions, which pertain to the use of bone mass measurement and other skeletal health assessment technologies inclusive of the performance, interpretation, reporting, and clinical relevance of those technologies.[2] The Official Positions are intended to serve as guidance to the field of osteoporosis assessment and as a foundation for elements of the ISCD’s education, certification, and facility accreditation activities. The positions are disseminated in official ISCD publications and widely cited peer-reviewed literature. The first adult PDC was held in July 2001.[3]

Former presidents

[4]

  • Sanford Baim[5]
  • John Bilezikian
  • Neil Binkley
  • Robert Blank
  • John Carey
  • Didier Hans
  • David Kendler
  • Diane Krueger
  • Andrew Laster
  • William Leslie
  • Michael Lewiecki
  • Paul Miller
  • Sarah Morgan
  • Steven Petak
  • John Schousboe
  • John Shepherd
  • Christopher Shuhart
  • S. Bobo Tanner
  • Nelson Watts

Sister organizations

Publications
  • Journal of Clinical Densitometry[6]

References
  1. Kung, Annie W.C.; Wu, Chih-Hsing; Itabashi, Akira; Lee, Joon Kiong; Park, Hyoung Moo; Zhao, Yanling; Chan, Wing P.; Kendler, David L.; Leib, Edward S. (2010-10-01). "International Society for Clinical Densitometry Official Positions: Asia-Pacific Region Consensus". Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 13 (4): 346–351. doi:10.1016/j.jocd.2010.05.006. PMID 20663696. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  2. Shuhart, Christopher R.; Yeap, Swan Sim; Anderson, Paul A.; Jankowski, Lawrence G.; Lewiecki, E. Michael; Morse, Leslie R.; Rosen, Harold N.; Weber, David R.; Zemel, Babette S. (2019-10-01). "Executive Summary of the 2019 ISCD Position Development Conference on Monitoring Treatment, DXA Cross-calibration and Least Significant Change, Spinal Cord Injury, Peri-prosthetic and Orthopedic Bone Health, Transgender Medicine, and Pediatrics". Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 22 (4): 453–471. doi:10.1016/j.jocd.2019.07.001. PMID 31400968. S2CID 198288474. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  3. Lenchik, Leon; Leib, Edward S.; Hamdy, Ronald C.; Binkley, Neil C.; Miller, Paul D.; Watts, Nelson B. (2003-07-01). "Position Development Conference". Southern Medical Journal. 96 (7): 724–725. doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000074555.82339.40. PMID 12940333. S2CID 2838613. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  4. "Committee Home Page". my.iscd.org. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  5. "How A Bone Disease Grew To Fit The Prescription". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  6. "Densitometry: Journal of Clinical Densitometry". JAMA: 1759–1760. 1999-05-12. doi:10.1001/jama.281.18.1759-JBK0512-5-1. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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