Back Talk | Spine Education

In January, Dr. Kevin Macadaeg will be co-presenting at the continuing medical education meeting sponsored by the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians  He will be giving a presentation on osteoporosis.  This continuing medical education program, entitled Back to Basics, will be held in Indianapolis. 

Dr. Macadaeg, a minimially invasive spine specialist with Indiana Spine Group will be speaking with Dr. Michael Stack.  Dr. Stack is a rheumatologist with Diagnostic Rheumatology and Research. 

During their talk on The Osteoporotic Spine, a few key topics they will discuss are:
• The medical management of osteoporosis.
• Recognizing the patient presenting with an osteoporotic spine fracture.
• The nonoperative management of osteoporotic spine fractures.
• Understanding when to refer for vertebral augmentation (vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty).
• How vertebral augmentation is performed.

For more information, about this conference here is the link to the Indiana Academy of Family Physician's continuing medical education page.