The Cancer Research and Treatment Fund and the MPD Foundation are pleased to announce that they will co-host an International Patient Symposium, November 7 at the Harmonie Club in midtown Manhattan, 4 E. 60th Street, between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue.
The daylong event will begin at 8AM with registration and end at 4:30PM with a lunch
served at the Club. It will include presentations on the current developments in
myeloproliferative disease research and treatments. There will be general sessions
and small groups with the presenters for questions and answers.
Currently our confirmed speakers include: Dr. Richard T. Silver (Weill Cornell Medical College), Dr. Ayalew Tefferi (Mayo Clinic), Dr. Jerry Spivak (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Dr. Ronald Hoffman (University of Illinois, Chicago), and Dr. Ruben A. Mesa (Mayo Clinic), Gary Gilliland (Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard).
Topics will include JAK2, PV research, stem cell advancements, treatments of myleofibrosis and myeloid metaplasia, marrow transplantation, ET, and exercise and physiology.
We plan to record the session in video and make it available for streaming at www.crt.org.
Your donation of $100 will help us defray our costs. You are encouraged to invite your spouse and/or a guest for an additional $75 each. The shared experience and information will be discussed and remembered.
For those who wish to make a larger contribution of $1000 (Platinum), $750 (Gold) and $500 (Silver), the gifts will be recognized on the websites and displayed on the program with our thanks.
Make a reservation at www.crt.org (call Keith Muhleman, 212-288-6604)or www.mpdfoundation.org (call Ann Brazeau – 312-683-7226)
We look forward to seeing many of our friends there as well as some new faces!
Keith Muhleman, CR&T and Ann Brazeau, MPD Foundation
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