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NYCPublicForumMarch2011
"What Every American Needs to Know About Autoimmune Disease"
Saturday, March 26, 2011 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM NYU Langone Medical Center, Alumni Hall Farkas Auditorium 550 First Avenue (31st Street), New York, NY 10016
This FREE conference is open to autoimmune patients, their families, healthcare providers, and the general public PROGRAM 1:00 -1:30 PM Registration/Exhibits 1:30 - 1:45 PM Welcome - Steven B. Abramson, MD, Professor and Director, 1:45 - 2:15 PM What is Autoimmunity?- Noel R. Rose, MD, PhD, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Autoimmune Disease Research, Baltimore, MD 2:15 - 2:45 PM Autoimmune Diseases & Women - Rita Baron-Faust, MPH, CHES, Author, "The Autoimmune Connection," (Co-author, Jill P. Buyon, MD, Director, HJD Lupus Clinic) 2:45 - 3:15 PM Coordinating Care for the Autoimmune Patient - Speaker to be announced 3:15 - 3:30 PM Break 3:30 - 4:00 PM Pain & Autoimmune Disease - Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, Assistant Professor, Director of Chronic Pain Management, Hospital for Joint Diseases 4:00 - 4:30 PM Coping with Autoimmune Disease - Robert Phillips, PhD, Director, Center for Coping, Long Island, NY 4:30 - 5:00 PM Being Your Own Advocate - Virginia T. Ladd, President and Executive Director, AARDA 5:00 - 5:30 PM Ask the Speaker Registration is required Email aarda@aarda.org, call 586-776-3900 or go online to http://nypatientforum.eventbrite.com Participating Groups: American Behcets's Disease Association; Arthritis Foundation, New York City; Lupus Alliance of America, Long Island/Queens Affiliate; Myasthenia Alliance: Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Greater New York, Inc.; National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New York City-Southern New York Chapter; Scleroderma Foundation Tri-State, Inc.;Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation; S.L.E. Lupus Foundation, NYC. Presented by NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases NYU Langone Medical Center and American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association Funded by an educational grant to AARDA by Genentech Contact AARDA with questions. |
