Created from frustration

The idea for the American Society of Osteoporosis Providers was born years ago

Dudley’s Story

When I started building a bone health clinic, the mountains of research, knowledge, and clinical process were overwhelming — and that was before trying to figure out how to actually train staff to see and treat patients at the level the work required. It became clear very quickly that no one-stop resource for training, knowledge, and support existed. Certificate programs raised more questions than they answered. Building a network of established providers was critical, but proved difficult and time-consuming.

Anne Lake, one of my earliest and most trusted mentors, became a cornerstone of that network along with two members of my management team who were equally committed to building something exceptional. As my program became more established, I found myself becoming part of that network for other providers across the country — fielding calls, answering questions, helping people figure out what I had already figured out the hard way.

Two questions sat with me for years. First, what would happen if there were a one-stop training and support network for new and established bone health providers at every credential level and across every specialty? And second, how do we take what the leaders in this field have learned and turn it into something actionable at the provider level — for any provider, not just the ones lucky enough to know the right people?

After years of discussion, Anne and I founded ASOP to answer both of those questions.

What We Are Building

ASOP exists to build the workforce pipeline and knowledge standard that bone health care has never had. A structured, credential-bearing curriculum available to any provider, at any credential level, across any specialty. A certification that defines what bone health clinical competency looks like and means something across the entire care team. The infrastructure that allows bone health programs to survive and scale without depending on any single person to hold them together.

If you are here, you are part of that build.