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San Francisco Patient & Family Seminar
April 17-18, 2009
Sun, Apr 19, 2009
Where:
Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
TEL: 415-394-1111 (for reservations and directions)
FAX: 415-394-1106
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| DATES: | | | DISCOUNTED ROOM RATE | $179, 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 3 pm.
Check-out is at Noon | | PARKING | There is a public parking garage located diagonally across from the hotel. Daily maximum is $30. Valet parking only is available at the hotel at a rate of $45 per day.
| | AIRPORTS | (“SFO”) San Francisco International Airport
About 20-30 minutes from hotel. | TRANSPORTATION
FROM/TO AIRPORT | Taxis typically run about $38-45 plus tip
Airport Express (415-775-5121) is $16 per person. Call them at 973-912-4747 in advance to make a reservation. BART runs to the airport, so people can get onto BART from within the airport itself. Currently, SFO to Powell Station (about 3 blocks from the hotel) is $5.35. http://www.bart.gov/tickets/calculator/index.aspx | | SEMINAR COSTS: | We are happy to announce that, thanks to additional pharmaceutical support, we have been able to reduce our prices for the Patient & Family seminars. $60 for Package A: Includes Friday Half-Day Seminar, Welcome Cocktail Reception and Dinner, and Saturday All-Day Seminar
$30 for Package B: Saturday All-Day Seminar only, no Friday Welcome Dinner
| | FACULTY | SATURDAY GENERAL SESSION - Dr. Brian Durie, Cedars-Sinai CCC
- Dr. Bill Bensinger, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Dr. Robert Vescio, Cedars- Sinai CCC
- Dr. Jeffrey Wolf, UC San Francisco
FRIDAY QUALITY OF LIFE SPEAKERS - Dr. Brian Durie, Cedars-Sinai CCC
- Allan Weinstein, Guest Speaker
- Mike Katz, Guest Speaker
- Joseph Tariman, RN, MN, PhD(c), ARNP-BC, OCN, University of Washington
| | DEADLINES | 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, APRIL 17, 2009 | | 1:00 - 1:30 PM | Welcome & New Attendee Orientation
Susie Novis
IMF President
| | 1:30 - 2:30 PM | Ask the Expert
Open Forum Discussion
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie
Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California | | 2:30 - 3:15 PM | Managing Side Effects
IMF Nurse Leadership Board Speaker
Mr. Joseph Tariman, RN, MN, PhD(c), ARNP-BC, OCN | | 3:15 - 3:45 PM | Break | | 3:45 - 4:15 PM | Understanding Scientific Literature
Allan Weinstein
Member, IMF Board of Directors | | 4:15 - 5:00 PM | How to be a Better Patient
Mike Katz
Member IMF Board of Directors | | 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Welcome Reception | | 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Welcome Dinner | | SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2009 | | 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | | 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Welcome and IMF Presentation
Susie Novis
IMF President | 8:30 - 8:45 AM
8:45 - 8:55 AM | Myeloma 101/Overview
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie
Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California
Questions & Answers
| 8:55 - 9:15 AM
9:15 - 9:40 AM | Standard Frontline Therapy
Dr. Brian G.M. Durie
Questions & Answers | | 9:40 - 10:00 AM | Freelite Test Presentation
Dr. Judith Finlay | | 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Morning Coffee Break | 10:30 - 10:45 AM
10:45 - 11:10 AM | Role of Transplant
Dr. Bill Bensinger
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle , WA
Questions & Answers | 11:10 - 11:30 AM
11:30 - 11:55 AM | Bone Disease
Dr, Robert Vescio
Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California
Questions & Answers | | 12:00 - 1:15 PM | Lunch | 1:15 - 1:35 PM
1:35 - 2:00 PM | Approaches to Relapse and Relapse Treatment
Dr. Brian Durie & Faculty Questions & Answers
| 2:00 - 2:20 PM
2:20 - 2:45PM | Update on current trials at UCSF and the Myeloma Translational Program with New Drug Development
Dr. Jeffrey Wolf
UCSF Division of Hematology and Oncology
San Francisco, CA 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) | |
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