The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and its members were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Professor Rubem Lederman on April 16, 2012 at the age of 76. Rubem was a long-serving IOF Board Member from 1999 to March 2012. He will be greatly missed and warmly remembered as a valued friend and supporter of IOF. His important accomplishments in education, training and public advocacy will continue to serve the cause of osteoporosis patients in Brazil and in the Latin American region. …