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Dallas Patient & Family Seminar
June 26-27, 2009
Sat, Jun 27, 2009
Where:
The Westin City Center
650 North Pearl Street
Dallas, TX 75201
TEL: 214-979-9000 for reservations and directions
GUEST FAX: 214-953-1931
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Call 800-452-2873 to register for the seminar. | DATES: | June 26-27, 2009 | | DISCOUNTED ROOM RATE | $119, plus tax for single or double occupancy, NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR REGISTRATION FEE
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 | Parking is not included in your registration fee. We do not validate or discount parking. Self Parking is $18 for a 24 hour period
Valet Parking is $22 overnight.
| | AIRPORTS | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (“DFW)
About 20-30 minutes to hotel | TRANSPORTATION
FROM/TO AIRPORT | Taxis typically run about $25-30 plus tip.
Super Shuttle is available for $ 17 per person plus tip.
Call 800-258-3826 to book in advance. | | FACULTY | FRIDAY QUALITY OF LIFE SPEAKERS - Dr. Brian Durie, Cedars-Sinai CCC
- Mike Katz, Guest Speaker
- Tiffany Richards, MS, ANP, AOCNP, MD Anderson Cancer Center
SATURDAY GENERAL SESSION FACULTY - Dr. Brian Durie, Cedars-Sinai CCC
- Dr. Bart Barlogie, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
- Dr. Sergio Giralt, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Dr. Joseph Mikhael, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
| | 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
| | 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, JUNE 26, 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 Dr. Brian Berryman
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
| | 2:30 - 3:15 PM | Managing Side Effects
IMF Nurse Leadership Board Speaker
Tiffany Richards, MS, ANP, AOCNP | | 3:15 - 3:30 PM | Break | | 3:30 - 4:15 PM | How to be a Better Patient
Mike Katz
Member IMF Board of Directors | | 4:15 - 5:00 PM | TBD | | 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Welcome Reception | | 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Welcome Dinner | | SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 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. Joseph Mikhael
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, Arizona
Questions & Answers | | 9:40 - 10:00 AM | Freelite Test Presentation
Dr. Linda Traylor | | 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Morning Coffee Break | 10:30 - 10:45 AM
10:45 - 11:10 AM | Role of Transplant
Dr, Sergio Giralt
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Questions & Answers | 11:10 - 11:30 AM
11:30 - 11:55 AM | Bone Disease
Dr. Brian Durie
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 Total Therapy II/III at the Myeloma Institute of Research Therapy, Little Rock, Arkansas
Dr. Bart Barlogie
Myeloma Institute of Research Therapy
Little Rock, Arkansas 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) | 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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