Campbell Clinic expands bone health center to curb fracture risk

Campbell Clinic has expanded its Center for Bone Health in Memphis to give more patients across the Mid-South access to osteoporosis evaluation, treatment and fracture-prevention care. The clinic is building a broader clinician team and standardized workflows to make specialized bone-health care more durable and easier to access.

Why it matters: - Osteoporosis often goes undiagnosed until a fracture happens, and a first break after age 50 can signal higher risk for a more serious injury later. - Campbell Clinic’s expanded bone-health program is aimed at helping patients prevent repeat fractures, protect mobility and preserve independence. - The need is broad: one in two women and one in four men over age 50 will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime. - Two of every three people who break a hip never live independently again.

What happened: - Campbell Clinic expanded its Center for Bone Health in Memphis on Oct. 9, 2026. - The expansion adds specially trained clinicians and broadens access to comprehensive bone-health care across Memphis and the Mid-South. - The center is accepting new patients, including referrals from physicians outside Campbell Clinic.

The details: - Patients can receive a comprehensive evaluation focused on identifying the cause of skeletal weakness and lowering future fracture risk. - Care may include review of prior fractures and medical history, bone-density testing, laboratory work, assessment for vertebral fractures, medication counseling and treatment, and ongoing monitoring. - The center serves patients who already had a fragility fracture, people identified as high risk before a fracture, and orthopaedic patients whose bone health may affect surgery, healing or recovery. - Campbell Clinic partnered with the American Society of Osteoporosis Providers, a nonprofit focused on bone-health education and standards. - Campbell clinicians completed ASOP’s first complete, sequenced bone-health curriculum designed to work across provider types. - Campbell combined that training with an internal conference series, clinical mentorship and standardized workflows. - Campbell Clinic says the goal is to identify risk, investigate why bone is weak, educate the patient, intervene with appropriate treatment and integrate bone health into long-term care. - For appointments and more information, visit Campbell Clinic Bone Health.

Between the lines: - Specialized bone-health programs often depend on one clinician with deep osteoporosis expertise, which can make access fragile if that person leaves or retires. - Campbell’s model spreads expertise across a larger team, which should make the program more resilient and less dependent on a single provider. - The expansion also reflects a larger gap between the number of people at risk and the number who ever get specialized evaluation and treatment. - Christopher Cosgrove, director of the Center for Bone Health, framed the effort as a chance to intervene between an early fracture and a future hip fracture that could permanently change a patient’s independence. - Dudley Phipps, CEO of ASOP, said the training model was built so the program does not rest on any single person.

What’s next: - Campbell Clinic plans to use the expanded team, ongoing education and standardized workflows to keep building bone-health capacity over time. - The center aims to serve patients earlier in the disease process, including people with osteoporosis, low bone density or other fracture risk factors before the next break occurs. - Campbell Clinic says the program is designed to remain available and consistent for years to come.

The bottom line: - Campbell Clinic is turning bone-health care from a single-specialist service into a broader regional system built to catch fracture risk earlier and reduce preventable injuries.