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FUTURE MEETINGS

 

Schedule of Webinars

28-29 August 2008
Play about VHL brain tumor
Providence, RI

 

4-6 September 2008
VHL Medical Symposium
Roskilde, Denmark

 

17-20 September 2008
2nd International
Symposium on
Pheochromocytoma
Cambridge, England, UK

 

20 September 2008
Meeting in Switzerland
Pfäffikon, Switzerland

 

20 September 2008
Meeting in Austria
Linz, Austria

 

10-12 October 2008
German National Meeting
Hannover, Germany

 

Sandusky, Ohio
Fundraiser for VHL at
Cleveland Clinic
October 18, 2008

 

Houston, Texas
VHL Regional Meeting
November 8, 2008

 

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2008 Annual Meeting & Birthday Bash!

It's our 15th birthday this year!

 

We thought we'd celebrate in one of the fun spots in the world, Orlando, Florida.

Registration is now open! See below.

 

Hotel --Agenda

Saturday June 28, 2008

  • Conference 9-5 pm
  • Dinner 6-8 pm

Attendees must book their own travel and hotel reservations. The conference hotel is:

 

Courtyard Orlando Lake Buena Vista at Vista Centre ,
8501 Palm Parkway,
Lake Buena Vista, FL, 32836,
(407) 239-6900

$99 per room per night

 

Registration is closed

 

Registration is $99 per person for the full day of meetings and food service (breakfast, lunch, and festive dinner to celebrate our birthday!) AND if you register before April 30, you get $20 off each registration (in other words, $79 + $59 instead of $99 +$79). WHAT A DEAL!

 

We encourage you to come with a spouse or significant other person, to make sure that your team is all on the same page! We are offering a discount for a second attendee from the same family -- take $20 off the second registration.

Please Note: Prices go up after April 30

 

We can hardly wait to see you!

 

Here is the DRAFT AGENDA

 

9 am Welcome and Introduction
**  
9:45

Dr. James Gnarra, University of Pittsburgh
The State of VHL Research

10:15

Dr. Li-Ming Su, Shands Hospital of the University of Florida, Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Kidney Tumors and Pheochromocytoma

                                                                                                                                            (Session chair: Dr. Eric Jonasch, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
11 Break
11:15

Dr. Russell Lonser, U.S. National Institute on Neurological Disorders & Stroke

Understanding the Natural History of VHL Tumors, and what this teaches us for treatment
12:15 Lunch
1:00

Ann Fonfa, Director, The Annie Appleseed Project

Nutrition, Complementary and Alternative Therapies for cancer and tumor conditions
2:00

Dr. Gary L. Wood, Wood & Associates, Employee Assistance Programs
Managing and thriving with VHL in the family - understanding and

managing stress
2:45 Breakout sessions (concurrent) with professional facilitators provided by Wood & Associates of Tampa, Florida
  For adults with VHL: Dr. Gary L. Wood, clinical psychologist who has VHL
  For spouses, significant others, caregivers, and friends: Dr. Pat Alexander, doctor of mental health counseling
  For children with and without VHL: Dr. Steve Russell, clinical psychologist
4:15 Reporting back from the breakouts
5:00 Rest before dinner
6:00

Dinner, Annual Meeting and Birthday Bash!

Including a Professional Clown with a degree from Clown College!

 

** Dr. Mark Hughes, who had originally committed to come and speak with us about PGD, has been invited to gtive one of the keynote addresses at an international conference on PGD in Barcelona on the same day. We are still looking for an alternate speaker on this topic. If we are able to confirm a speaker, we would put them into this slot, change Dr. Gnarra's presentation to the dinnertime, and move everything else on this agenda 15 minutes later. We're still trying!