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GENOMICS 101 MIDWEST: What the Practicing Physician Needs to Know about the Genetics Revolution | ||||||||||||||||
December 18, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
Cambridge Healthtech Institute, Chicago, Illinois June 8-9, 2001 From Time Magazine cover stories to questions from anxious patients, practicing physicians are being challenged to incorporate the new genetics into their daily clinical practice. This CME course is a down-to-earth, practical introduction to the Genomics Revolution for busy community physicians. We will cover how to order and interpret genetic susceptibility tests, billing and office management issues, how therapy will be based on individual genetic profiles, patient counseling and privacy issues, and how genomics will change your job as a physician. The course will also provide lists of extensive national and local resources and solutions so that the busy clinician will be able to confidently incorporate the new genetics into their daily routine of caring for their patients. |
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Organized by: | Cambridge Healthtech Institute | |||||||||||||||
Invited Speakers: | Keynote Speakers Robert Fineman, M.D., Clinical Professor, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Medical Consultant to the Office of Maternal and Child Health, Olympia Washington, and to the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, White Plains, New York (Chicago, San Diego) Additional Speakers Kristin Ardlie, Ph.D., Vice President of Research, Genomics Collaborative, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts Christopher P. Austin, M.D., Director, Genomic Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc. West Point, Pennsylvania Kent Bottles, M.D., President of Genomics Repository, Genomics Collaborative, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts Terri Creeden, National Director of Professional Genetic Education, March of Dimes, White Plains, New York James P. Evans, M.D., Ph.D., General Internal Medicine and Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Christopher A. Friedrich, M.D., Ph.D., Preventive Medicine, Medical Genetics Division, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi Jane Gibson, Ph.D., , Director of Molecular Genetics, Center for Advanced Studies, AmeriPath, Inc., Orlando, Florida Bonnie S. LeRoy, MS, CGC, Director, Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Glenn Miller, Ph.D., Associate Scientific Director, Genetics Applications, Genzyme, Framingham, Massachusetts Richard F. Pops, Chief Executive Officer, Alkermes, Inc., Cambridge Massachusetts Robert A. Robinson, M.D., Ph.D., Stamler Professor of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa Jill Stopfer, MS, Certified Genetic Counselor, Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ann Walker, MA, GCG, Genetic Counselor, Pediatrics, UC Irvine, Orange, California Richard G. Wunderink, M.D., Director of Clinical Research, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Foundation, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Tennessee Matthew K. Wynia, M.D., MPH, Assistant Vice President, Director, The Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois |
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Deadline for Abstracts: | no abstracts | |||||||||||||||
Registration: | Available on-line | |||||||||||||||
E-mail: | jlaakso@healthtech.com | |||||||||||||||
Posted by: | Jennifer Laakso | |||||||||||||||
Host: | wks217.healthtech.com | |||||||||||||||
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