Since 2005, our Founder and Managing Director, Adjunct Professor Paul Mitchell, has been at the forefront of developing policies, clinical standards and registries, and systematic approaches to the care and prevention of fragility fractures globally.

Paul has an extensive publication record as an author and editor of peer-reviewed journal publications, book chapters, reports and web-based materials, which is available in full on request. Examples of this body of work include the following:

A Bone Health Optimization Framework for Malaysia: a position paper by the Malaysian Bone Health Optimization Network (MyBONe). Lee JK, Leong JF, Thong FY, Sharifudin MA, Abbas AA, Kamudin NAF, Rampal S, Yasin NF, Loh KW, Chan CK, Mitchell PJ. Archives of Osteoporosis. 2024 Sep 21;19(1):88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-024-01448-6

Survey of awareness and attitudes to the management of fragility fractures among the membership of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association. Lee JK, Mitchell PJ, Ang SB, Mercado-Asis LB, Rey-Matias R, Li J, Flicker F, Leung E, Choon D, Chandrasekaran SK, Close JCT, Seymour H, Cooper C, Halbout P, Blank RD, Zhao Y, Malhotra R, Unnanuntana A, Woo YL, Noor Z, Yang R-S, Tabu I, Islam SS, Chinoy MA, Pande S, Thapa B, Wong RMY, Pande K, Chan D-C(D); Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance and the Asia Pacific Osteoporosis and Fragility Fracture Society. Archives of Osteoporosis. 2024 Apr 2;19(1):24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-024-01375-6

Quality improvement initiatives in the care and prevention of fragility fractures in the Asia Pacific region. Mitchell PJ, Ang SB, Mercado-Asis LB, et al, on behalf of the Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance. Archives of Osteoporosis. 2022;17(1):115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-022-01153-2

Hip Fracture Registry Toolbox: A collaboration between the APFFA Hip Fracture Registry Working Group and the FFN Hip Fracture Audit Special Interest Group. Close JC, Seymour H, Mitchell PJ, et al, on behalf of the Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance and the Fragility Fracture Network. Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance. Editors: Lee JK and Chan D-C. Publisher: Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association. Kuala Lumpur. 2021. eISBN 978-967-19711-0-9. https://apfracturealliance.org/hfr-toolbox/

Development of the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) Framework: clinical standards of care for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis in the Asia-Pacific region. Chandran M, Mitchell PJ, Amphansap T, et al, on behalf of the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO). Osteoporosis International. 2021 Jul;32(7):1249-1275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05742-0

FFN Clinical Toolkit. Mitchell PJ, Magaziner J, Costa M, et al, on behalf of the Fragility Fracture Network. Zurich: Fragility Fracture Network. 2020. https://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/resources-categories/toolkits/

Mind the (treatment) gap: a global perspective on current and future strategies for prevention of fragility fractures. Harvey NC, McCloskey EV, Mitchell PJ, et al. Osteoporosis International. 2017 May;28(5):1507-1529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-016-3894-y

Life-course approach to nutrition. Mitchell PJ, Cooper C, Dawson-Hughes B, Gordon CM, Rizzoli R. Osteoporosis International. 2015 Dec;26(12):2723-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-015-3288-6