Pre-Operative Bone Optimization for Spine Fusion Surgery & Fracture Prevention with Anabolic Bone Medications (Non-CME)

The New York Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Presents:

April Lecture

 Pre-Operative Bone Optimization for Spine Fusion Surgery & Fracture Prevention with Anabolic Bone Medications

Guest Speaker:  

 Dr. Blossom Samuels

Residency Program Director , Westchester Medical Center  

Advisory Dean & Clinical Assistant Professor, New York Medical College 

Attending,  Bone Health & Rehabilitation Westchester Medical Center  

Wednesday April 12, 2023,

Lecture: 7:00 to 8:00 PM (EST)

via Zoom

*Board Review with Dr. Susan Stickevers
6:15 to 6:45 PM EST

Topic: Bone Metabolism / Bone Disorders

*(Non-CME event)

About our Speaker:

Dr. Blossom Samuels received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Samuels completed her residency training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at New York-Presbyterian-Columbia & Cornell Campuses.  She then completed a Fellowship in Metabolic Bone Disease at Hospital for Special Surgery. After fellowship, Dr. Samuels joined the faculty at Helen Hayes Hospital, a free-standing rehabilitation hospital and the Regional Bone Center for New York. At Helen Hayes she served as Assistant Clinical Professor at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Attending Physician in the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Outpatient Service, while chairing the hospital-wide Nutrition Committee.

In addition to her clinical work at Helen Hayes, Dr. Samuels served as a Principal Investigator for a CDC-funded grant, the “New York State Osteoporosis Prevention & Education Program” which allowed her to conduct clinical research to improve fracture prevention and treatment, supply the NY Dept. of Health and CDC with fact sheets and media content, and provide educational outreach to patients, physicians, and physical therapists, while running monthly support groups for osteoporosis patients. After two years, Dr. Samuels transitioned her career to Westchester Medical Center, where she founded a Bone Health and Rehabilitation Outpatient Service and is co-investigator for a NIH-funded clinical trial investigating bone building drugs.

Dr. Samuels is passionate about education, research, and clinical work in the areas of Osteoporosis, Sarcopenia, Prehabilitiation, and Women’s Health. Another important interest is teaching and mentoring medical students and residents. As such, Dr. Samuels is currently an Advisory Dean for New York Medical College, and recently became the founding Residency Program Director for the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency Program at Westchester Medical Center. In addition to several publications, she has co-authored the Osteoporosis Chapter of Harrison’s Priniciples of Internal Medicine 21st Edition and is currently working on the next edition. 

Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Requirements and Policies of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) through the joint providership of the Westchester Academy of Medicine and the New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The Westchester Academy of Medicine is accredited by MSSNY to provide Continuing
Medical Education for physicians.

The Westchester Academy of Medicine designates this Live Presentation activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement
Policies and standards of the Westchester Academy of Medicine, Medical Society of the State of New York and the Accreditation for Continuing Medical Education require that speakers and planners for continuing medical education activities disclose any relevant financial relationships they may have with commercial
interests whose products, devices or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity.

● The planners and faculty participants do not have any financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research or services may be discussed in these materials.

Funding Statements
● No commercial funding has been accepted for this activity.