Pamela Flores

Pam is a patient educator and digital health writer who has worked for Remedy Health Media on their osteoporosis web site since 2008.  Pam is also a volunteer moderator with the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation Inspire online community and reaches out to those with osteoporosis who need help and support navigating it at many ages and stages of life.

Pam started out with established osteoporosis, which was detected at age 32, and improved her bone mass greatly with an osteoporosis medication, diet, supplements and exercises.  She has had five fragility fractures and one major impact fracture of the spine.

Pam graduated from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law in their Paralegal program and received a Litigation Specialist Certificate from the same university. She has worked at various law firms in the Southern California area.

Pam likes to keep up on new treatments by researching osteoporosis through clinical trials and medical articles from many bone and mineral metabolism and osteoporosis associations and hopes that her work with the Inspire/BHOF community will bring assistance to the newly diagnosed, as well as to patients who are already in the process of finding and implementing treatments for bone loss.

Ray Morgan

Ray was diagnosed with osteoporosis in his mid to late 40’s. Prior to treatment, which included medication and basic supplements, he suffered multiple spine fractures. Ray admits that he could still do much better with diet but he does try to eat healthy foods that help contribute to his overall bone health.

Initially, his diagnosis was a shock and seemed to come out of nowhere. Prior to his DXA scan and fractures, he spent his leisure time engaged in a variety of outdoor activities. Ray is a  U.S. Navy veteran and a former volunteer firefighter and was always physically active. The multiple spine fractures were more than enough, however, to put him on permanent disability and living with pain and limitations is certainly a challenge. Ray is proud to give back by serving as a moderator on the BHOF/Inspire online community. He does his best to separate “fact from fiction”, especially with exaggerated claims of cures and false information about various treatments. In addition to his role as a moderator, he enjoys woodworking, particularly wood art, and playing music.

Burta Guray Samli

Burta is originally from Izmir, Turkey. After graduating from the Middle East Technical University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics, she worked as a banker for 11 years in Turkey, Switzerland and the United Kingdom until 2007.

She has lived in the United States since 2011. Burta has always been passionate about health and alternative medicine. She received a “American Association of Drugless Practitioners” certificate from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in 2012. In addition, she became a clinical Eden Energy Medicine practitioner in 2017 and an Eden Energy Medicine certified teacher in 2016.

In 2018, Burta was diagnosed with osteoporosis and has been managing her condition with good care thanks to the help of medical providers. She also does her best with physical therapy, walks regularly and follows a good, healthy diet.

Burta’s goal is to help others to better their health through awareness and education. She strongly believes that we will always be stronger together and our overall health can improve tremendously with food, spirituality, physical fitness and our day-to-day schedule and lifestyle changes.