National Osteonecrosis Foundation
Room 201, The Good Samaritan Professional Building
5601 Loch Raven Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21239
Phone: 410-532-5985
Fax: 410-532-5908
Web: http://www.nonf.org/The mission of the Center is to advance the knowledge of the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of osteonecrosis. It hopes to accomplish this with the development of a nationwide database and by coordinating multi-center studies.
Objectives and Purposes of the Center : 1. Through epidemiological research, to define people who are at risk to develop osteonecrosis. This All involve gathering patient information from several clinical centers and entering the results into a database. 2. To conduct research projects that focus on the development or improvement of diagnostic techniques for the early diagnosis of osteonecrosis. 3. To coordinate basic science and multi-center research projects pertaining to the study of the pathogenesis of osteonecrosis. 4. To coordinate multi-center studies which are designed to test potential medical and surgical treatments.