NEPEAN BLUE MOUNTAINS LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT & SYDNEY MEDICAL SCHOOL NEPEAN

Invite you to the celebration of the 5th anniversary of our

Falls & Fractures Clinic

to the launch of the

Nepean Osteoporosis and Frailty (NOF) Study

&

Professor Michael Peek, Associate Dean of the Sydney Medical School Nepean

Dr. Anita Sharma, Director of the Department of Geriatrics at Nepean Hospital

and

Professor Gustavo Duque, Director of the Ageing Bone Research Program,

Sydney Medical School Nepean

warmly invite you to attend the 5th anniversary of the Falls & Fractures Clinictogether with the launch of the Nepean Osteoporosis and Frailty (NOF) Study

WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 20135:00pm – 7:00pm

62 Derby StreetPENRITH

PROGRAM:5:00pm - 5:05pm:

Welcome remarks - Mrs. Kay Hyman, Chief Executive NBMLHD 5:05pm - 5:15pm:

“�is is �e Year �at Was” - Professor Gustavo Duque5:15pm - 5:35pm:

“Longevity vs. Disability: �e importance of Frailty” - Prof. Leocadio Rodriguez-Mañas (Spain)

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm:

Wine and Cheese at the atrium

Ms. Kay Hyman, Chief Executive of the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

5:55pm - 6:00pm:Closing Remarks

Free AdmissionRSVP to Mrs Brooke KeoghSydney Medical School NepeanLevel 5, South Block, Nepean HospitalPO Box 63PENRITH NSW 2751Phone: (02) 4734 4278Facsimile (02) 4734 2614

Main Conference Room (Level 2), Sydney Medical School Nepean Building

5:35pm - 5:55pm:“Falls Prevention: An Evidence Update” - A/Prof. Catherine Sherrington (Australia)

brooke.keogh@sydney.edu.au

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PROF. LEOCADIO RODRIGUEZ-MAÑASHead of the Department of Geriatrics at Hospital Universitario de Getafe (Madrid)President of the Research Committee at Hospital Universitario de Getafe Co-ordinator of the Spanish Collaborative Research Network on Aging and Frailty

Prof. Leocadio Rodríguez Mañas (MD, PhD) is the past Director of the Foundation for Biomedical Research at the Hospital Universitario de Getafe in Madrid, Spain. He is the co-ordinator of the Spanish Collaborative Research Network on Aging and Frailty – RETICEF (Ministry of Scienceand Innovation), Co-director of the epidemiologic study ‘Toledo Study on Healthy Ageing’ that is being carried out on 2.495 community-dwelling elderly people, member of the European Academy for Medicine of Aging and Secretary of the Special Group of Interest in Diabetes of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society. He is also involved in drafting Guidelines and Statement Position Documents on Diabetes in older people. He is a member of Evaluating Committees of several Spanish public research organisms. Advisor of the PAHO (WHO) in topics related to Health in Old Age. Member of the Committee of the Global Initiative for Old People with Diabetes (EASD-IAGG-AMDA). He is a Principal Investigator in 26 research projects sponsored by public agencies andindustry. At the present time he is the Principal Investigator in two European Projects, one of them (FOD-CC) aimed to �nd a clinical de�nition of frailty, while the other one is a two-stage project(MID-FRAIL) aimed at examining the e�cacy of a multimodal intervention in prefrail/frail older patients with type 2 diabetes to prevent the development of further frailty or disability.

A/PROF. CATHERINE SHERRINGTON

�e George Institute & �e University of SydneyPrincipal Research Fellow

A/Prof. Sherrington is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at �e George Institute and at the University of Sydney. She is an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales.

Her research focuses on the design and evaluation of exercise programs for the prevention of fallsand disability in older people. Recent and current studies include clinical trials, systematic reviewsand cohort studies.

Cathie is a Chief Investigator for several current NHMRC Grants. Prior to completing her PhD and Masters of Public Health Cathie was a clinical physiotherapist in aged care and rehabilitation. She is the author of multiple publications in the �eld of falls prevention in older persons.

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