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Teaneck Patient & Family Seminar - July 27-28, 2007
Sat, Jul 28, 2007
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The Teaneck Marriott at Glennpointe |
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| DATES: | July 27-28, 2007 | | DISCOUNTED ROOM RATE | $129, plus tax .
When making your reservation, you must say you are attending the IMF Patient & Family Seminar.
There are a limited number of discounted hotel rooms reserved for the IMF. They are available on a first come, first served basis. Once these rooms have been booked, the discounted room rate will no longer be available. | | CHECK-IN/OUT TIME | Check in is at 3pm.
Check-out is at Noon | | PARKING | There is no charge for self-parking.
| | AIRPORTS | Newark International Airport (EWR) | TRANSPORTATION
FROM/TO AIRPORT | Taxis run about $40 plus tip. | | SEMINAR COSTS: | $85 for Package A: Includes Friday Half-Day Seminar, Welcome Cocktail Reception and Dinner and Saturday All-Day Seminar
$50 for Package B: Saturday All-Day Seminar only, no Friday Welcome Dinner
| | DEADLINES | Seminar Registration: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 to receive 20% discount on seminar registration fee. Hotel Reservation: The sooner, the better. Once the discounted rooms have been booked, the discounted room rate will no longer be available. | | AGENDA | | FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007 | | 1:00 - 1:15 PM | Welcome
| | 1:15 - 2:30 PM | "Ask the Expert"
Open Forum Discussion
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie
Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California
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Dr. David Siegel
The Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, New jersey
| | 2:30 - 2:45 PM | Coffee Break | | 2:45 - 3:30 PM | Managing Side Effects
IMF Nurse Leadership Board speaker Elizabeth Bilotti, RN, OCN
St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York, New York | | 3:30 - 4:15 PM | Understanding Your Lab Results
Dr. Gary Stone
Director of Laboratories
Huntington Hospital | | 4:15 - 5:00 PM | How to be a Better Patient
Mike Katz
IMF Board of Directors | | 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Welcome Reception | | 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Welcome Dinner | | SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2007 | | 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | | 8:00 - 8:20 AM | Welcome and IMF Presentation
Susie Novis
IMF President
| | 8:20 - 8:30 AM | Introduction to Audience Response System and Questions | 8:30 - 8:45 AM
8:45 - 8:55 AM | Myeloma 101/Overview
Dr. Brian Durie
Questions & Answers
| 8:55 - 9:15 AM
9:15 - 9:25 AM
9:25 - 9:40 AM | Standard Frontline Therapy
Dr. David Vesole
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers
| | 9:40 - 10:00 AM | Understanding the Free Light Chain Assay Test
Dr. Karen VanHoeven | | 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Morning Coffee Break | 10:30 - 10:45 AM
10:45 - 10:55 AM
10:55 - 11:10 AM | Bone Disease
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers | | 11:10 - 11:30 AM | Understanding Balloon Kyphoplasty
| 11:30 - 11:50 AM
11:50 - 12:00 PM
12:00 - 12:15 PM | Role of Transplant
Dr.David Siegel
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers
| | 12:15 - 1:30 PM | Lunch | 1:30 - 1:50 PM
1:50 - 2:00 PM
2:00 - 2:15 PM
| Approaches to Relapse and New Clinical Trials
Dr. Robert Orlowski
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers
| | 2:15 - 2:30 PM | IMF Research Update
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie | | 2:30 - 2:45 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break | | 2:45 - 4:30 PM | Faculty Led Breakout Sessions
(Room assignments posted prior to sessions) | | 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Conclusion
(Reconvene in Main General Session Room) | Many thanks to the sponsors of this event: The Binding Site
Celgene
Cephalon
Kyphon
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Register online or call 800-452-2873 to register for the seminar.
Don't delay! Register for our seminar and reserve your hotel room TODAY! |
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