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Boston Patient & Family Seminar
July 25-26, 2008
Sat, Jul 26, 2008
Where:
Hyatt Regency Boston
One Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA
TEL: 617-912-1234 for reservations and directions
FAX: 617-451-2198
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The Boston Seminar is sold out. There is space available at the Short Hills Seminar. | DATES: | July 25-26, 2008 | | DISCOUNTED ROOM RATE | $199, plus tax for single or double occupancy.
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 4 pm.
Check-out is at Noon | | PARKING | Overnight Self Parking is $32.
Overnight Valet Parking is $41.
| | AIRPORTS | (“BOS”) Boston Logan Airport
About 15-20 minutes from hotel. | TRANSPORTATION
FROM/TO AIRPORT | Taxis typically run about $18-20 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: By June 25, 2008 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 (subject to change) | FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2008 | | 1:00 - 2:00 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. Paul Richardson
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
| | 2:00 - 2:45 PM | Managing Side Effects
IMF Nurse Leadership Board Speaker
Deborah Doss, R.N., OCN | | 2:45 - 3:00 PM | Break
| | 3:00 - 3:45 PM | Understanding Balloon Kyphoplasty
| | 3:45 - 4:30 PM | How to be a Better Patient
Mike Katz
Member IMF Board of Directors | | 4:30 - 5:15 PM | New Attendee Orientation | | 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Welcome Reception | | 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Welcome Dinner | | SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2008 | | 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Buffet Breakfast | | 8:00 - 8:15 AM | Welcome and IMF Presentation
Susie Novis
IMF President
| | 8:15 - 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. Vincent Rajkumar
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers
| | 9:40 - 10:00 AM | Freelite Test Presentation
Dr. Tina Reichel
| | 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Morning Coffee Break | 10:30 - 10:45 AM
10:45 - 10:55 AM
10:55 - 11:10 AM | Role of Transplant
Dr. Sundar Jagannath
St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York, NY
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers | 11:10 - 11:30 AM
11:30 - 11:40 AM
11:40 - 11:55 AM | Bone Disease
Dr, Brian Durie
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers | | 12:00 - 1:15 PM | Lunch | 1:15 - 1:35 PM
1:35 - 1:45 PM
1:45 - 2:00 PM
| Approaches to Relapse
Dr. Nikhil Munshi
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers
| 2:00 - 2:20 PM
2:20 - 2:30 PM
2:30 - 2:45PM
| New Drugs, Clinical Trials
Dr. Kenneth Anderson
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA Interactive Questions with Keypads
Questions & Answers | | 2:45 - 3:00 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break | | 3:00 - 4:30 PM | Faculty Led Breakout Sessions
(Room assignments posted prior to sessions) | | 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Conclusion
(Reconvene in Main General Session Ballroom) | The Boston Seminar is sold out. There is space available at the Short Hills Seminar. |
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