Panel & speakers
The National Training Scheme for Bone Densitometry is managed by the Bone Densitometry Training and Advisory Panel (BDTAP) of the National Osteoporosis Society. This is a group of voluntary Scientific Advisors who are responsible for overseeing the Training Scheme.
Members of the BDTAP who speak on the lecture course and are involved in the examination and portfolio marking process:
Ms Hilary Arden
Training & Professional Development Manager
National Osteoporosis Society
Mrs Judith Wraight
Training Scheme Administrator
National Osteoporosis Society
Professor Francis Ring
Director of Medical Imaging Research Unit
Faculty of Advanced Technology
University of Glamorgan
Dr Neil Gittoes
Consultant Endocrinologist &
Associate Medical Director
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham
Mrs Jill Griffin
Consultant Practitioner – Bone Densitometry
Healthy Bones Service
Derriford Hospital
Plymouth
Dr Nicky Peel
Consultant in Metabolic Bone Medicine
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Wil Evans
Consultant Physicist
University Hospital of Wales
Chair, Bone Densitometry Training & Advisory Panel
Mrs Rebecca Pettit
Principal Clinical Scientist
University Hospital of Wales
Cardiff
Dr Karen Knapp
Senior Lecturer,
Dept of Medical Imaging, College of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences
University of Exeter
Dr Amelia Moore
Research Fellow in Osteoporosis and Osteoporosis Unit Manager
Guy’s Hospital
London
Dr David Pye
Consultant Clinical Scientist
Queen’s Medical Centre
Nottingham
Dr Jacqueline Shipley
Clinical Scientist
Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
Bath
Dr Andrew Pearson
Consultant Radiologist
Borders General Hospital
Melrose
Dr Nicola Crabtree
Principal Clinical Scientist in Bone Densitometry
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Mrs Pamela Coates
Advanced Practitioner - Bone Densitometry
Nightingale Centre and Genesis Prevention Centre
Wythenshawe Hospital
Manchester