Educational Seminar

[Connie]

Hi y'all
I hope I'm not repeating myself, I posted this on the parents site. Then I thought others would benefit from this. Well, that is if you live close to Atlanta. The Crohns & Colitis Foundation is have a paitent/professional seminar on March 26th from 9a-2pm. Parking, breakfast, and lunch is free! Below is the agenda for the seminar.

Speakers:

1) Dr. Tasneem Bhatia, Atlanta Center for Holistic & Integrative Medicine, physician
2) Dr. Athos Bousvaros, Children’s Hospital of Boston, pediatric gastroenterologist
3) Dr. Josh Korzenik, Massachusetts General Hospital, adult gastroenterologist
4) Dr. Bret Lashner, Cleveland Clinic, adult gastroenterologist
5) Dr. Sonia Michail, Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, pediatric gastroenterologist
6) Dr. Miguel Regeuiro, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, adult gastroenterologist
7) Dr. Cary Sauer, Emory School of Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, pediatric
gastroenterologist

Topics:

1) Understanding Crohn's and Colitis: A comprehensive presentation about both Crohn's and ulcerative colitis.
2) Probiotics and other complementary therapies: A review of current research about the role of probiotics in IBD.
3) Medication for IBD: An update on the risks, benefits and side-effects of medications commonly used to treat IBD.
4) Infections, immunizations and swine flu: How to maintain your health all year long.
5) Integrative Medicine: Western medicine meets Eastern medicine: How acupuncture, herbal supplements and more can complement your current treatment regimine.
6) Question and answer: A chance to ask the experts those questions that have been on your mind all year long.

Connie
mom to Madison 12yrs old//IBD-3/2008////PSC-9/2008

 

[annak87]

Dr. Regueiro is my gastroenterologist and I just wanted to let everyone know how amazing he is! Really, he is an AMAZING Doctor. You can tell how knowledgeable he is just by how he explains everything and answers questions in such an easy to understand manner. He really goes through all options and discusses everything before any decisions are made. He is extremely well spoken and I would be very interested in actually hearing him speak at a seminar such as this. This sounds like a great opportunity, hope it's a fun/informational time!

 

[ameslouise]

That sounds like a better agenda than the one we have coming up in April in Philly!

And we don't even get lunch!

 

[littlemissh]

I don't think they even run these in the UK? It would be interesting to go if they did and good to meet other crohnies in the flesh. Doubt it would ever happen though.