Efforts of the Russian Association on Osteoporosis in 2021

The Russian Association on Osteoporosis was established in 1995 and by now it has regional branches in 53 cities of the ­Russian Federation with total 116 members. The Association also includes the Society of Patients OSTEORUS (­Chairman — OB ­Ershova). Association and OSTEORUS are full members of the Committee of National Societies of the International ­Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF).At the general meeting of regional branch delegates, held in September 2020, the following members of the presidium were elected: President prof. OM Lesnyak (St. Petersburg), vice-president prof. OB Ershova (Yaroslavl), members of the presidium: dr. AF Akhatov (Kazan), prof. IA Baranova (Moscow), PhD ZE Belaya (Moscow), IG Belenky (St. Petersburg), KYu Belova (­Yaroslavl), LP Evstigneeva (Yekaterinburg), IE Zazerskaya (St. Petersburg), EG Zotkin (Moscow), PhD NA Ibragimova (Omsk), TL Karonova (St. Petersburg), IN Kiseleva (Cheboksary), prof. AYu Kochish (St. Petersburg), fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences prof. VI Mazurov (St. Petersburg), PhD LA Marchenkova (Moscow), prof. LV Menshikov (Irkutsk), PhD RZ Nurlygayanov (Ufa), prof. EN Otteva (Khabarovsk), prof. SS Rodionova (Moscow), prof. LYa Rozhinskaya (Moscow), IA Skripnikova (Moscow), prof. ON Tkacheva (Moscow), NV Toroptsova (Moscow), prof. SV Yureneva (Moscow). The next meeting of the RAOP Presidium was held on December 18, 2021, at which the results of work in 2021 were summed up and plans for 2022 were outlined.