REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
The Vasculitis Foundation and the North Carolina/Raleigh VF Chapter, will host a one-day regional Vasculitis Patient and Family Symposium on Saturday, May 14, 2011 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The symposium is being held prior to the start of the 2011 International Vasculitis and ANCA Workshop for vasculitis physicians and scientists, which is being hosted by the UNC Kidney Center. This allows the regional patient symposium to include international speakers in the program.
This meeting is being organized as a way to offer educational updates to patients and families between the years of the international Vasculitis Foundation symposia.
Click here to register now!
Location: UNC Friday Center for Continuing Education
100 Friday Center Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Early Registration Fee (through May 6, 2011): $70/person (includes conference materials, breakfast, breaks, lunch, and reception)
Late Registration Fee (after May 6th and onsite): $90 (includes conference materials, breakfast, lunch, breaks and reception)
Pediatric Patients: A parent or legal guardian must accompany any patient 15 years or younger to the sessions. No children (except pediatric patients) will be allowed to attend the sessions. Children may attend the meals and reception but must be registered and accompanied by parent or guardian.
To download the schedule and complete list of speakers, please click on the ATTACHMENT below.
Register by phone: 800.277.9474.
Schedule of Events
8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:15 am Welcome and Overview
Ronald J. Falk, MD, UNC Kidney Center
Elaine Holmes, Leader, VF NC/Raleigh Group
9:15 am - 10:30 am
Directions in Basic and Clinical Research on Vasculitis
In what directions is research going?
What are the questions we are trying to answer?
Ronald J. Falk, MD, UNC Kidney Center
Connie Weyand, MD, PhD, Rheumatology, Stanford University
Where will vasculitis research and treatment be in five years?
Cees Kallenberg, MD, PhD, University Medical Center,
The Netherlands
What resources will it take to get there?
Niels Rasmussen, MD, Rigshopitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
How will this translate to patient care?
Gary S. Hoffman, MD, MS, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research
Question and Answer Panel: All Faculty
10:30 am - 11:00 am Morning Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Breakout Session #1 (choose one)
Ear/Nose/Throat
Niels Rasmussen, MD, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Brent Senior, MD, UNC Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck
Nutrition
Evangeline Lausier, Duke Integrative Medicine
Standard of Care for Small Vessel Vasculitis
Patrick H. Nachman, MD, UNC Kidney Center
Cees Kallenberg, MD, PhD, University Medical Center, The
Netherlands
Standard of Care for Large Vessel Vasculitis
Gary S. Hoffman, MD, MS, Center for Vasculitis Care and Research
Connie Weyand, MD, PhD, Rheumatology, Stanford University
Stress Management
Will Frey, CPCC, UNC Dept. of Physicial Medicine and
Rehabilitation, Program on Integrative Medicine
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
(individual disease groups, newly diagnosed and pediatric patients)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Breakout Session #2 (choose one)
Health Promotion
Mary Anne Dooley, MD, MPH, UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Ctr
Kidneys: Patrick H. Nachman, MD, UNC Kidney Center
PAIRS Study (Partners Adjusting to Illness Relationship
Support)
Bob DeVellis, PhD, UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Peripheral Neuropathy: Nizar Chahin, MD, UNC Dept. of
Neurology
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm SPECIAL SESSION: Vasculitis 101-Part #1
(for the self-identified newly diagnosed patient)
Ear/Nose/Throat: Brent Senior, MD, UNC Dept. of Otolaryngology
Kidney: Julieanne McGregor, MD, UNC Kidney Center
Lungs: David C. Henke, MD, UNC Division of Pulmonary & Critical
Care Medicine
Rheumatology: Nancy Allen, MD, MPH, Division of Rheumatology
& Immunology, Duke University
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Vasculitis 101-Part #2
Health Promotion: Mary Anne Dooley, MD, MPH, UNC
Rheumatology & Immunology
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Breakout Session #3 (choose one)
Family/Friends/Caregivers: Bob Dill and Susan Simon, MSN, RN,
CS
Fatigue: Connie Gilet, MSN, ANP, UNC Kidney Center
Lungs: David C. Henke, MD, UNC Division of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine
Medications Review: Melanie Joy, PharmD, PhD,
Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Kidney Ctr.
Reproductive Issues for Male and Female Patients
Megan Clowse, MD, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology,
Duke University
4:10 pm - 4:35 pm General Session #2: Vasculitis Foundation
Update
4:35 pm - 4:50 pm What We Learned Today!
Ronald J. Falk, UNC Kidney Center
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Tea Service and Reception
The Vasculitis Foundation has reserved a block of rooms at the
1301 N. Fordham Blvd.,Chapel Hill, NC 27514
888.452.5765 or 919.929.2171
Please note, most of the hotels in the Chapel Hill area will be booked the weekend of May 13-15 because it is graduation for several of the local universities. Additional hotel information may be found on
hotel.com or
hotwire.com
