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Midwest Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Spring Workshop

Saturday, April 22, 2006
8 a.m.—5 p.m.
St. Louis, MO

Program Schedule and Transportation Directions

SPEAKERS AND ROUNDTABLE FACILITATORS

  • A. Cahid Civelek, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Director, Division of Nuclear Medicine, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
  • Amy Eilers, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., Program Director, Wellness Community, St. Louis, MO
  • Paul W. Ladenson, M.D., Endocrinologist, John Hopkins University School of Medicine; Member, ThyCa Medical Advisory Council
  • Jeffrey F. Moley, M.D., Surgeon, Washington University St. Louis Medical School; Member, ThyCa Medical Advisory Council
  • Abigail M. Woodland, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, St. Mary’s Health Center

PROGRAM

8:00 am Registration
8:30 am Welcome & Introductions
8:45 am Support Group Roundtables -- Papillary, Follicular, Medullary, Anaplastic, Caregivers/Friends
9:45-10:00 am Break
10-11 am Thyroid Cancer: Answers to Common Questions
Paul W. Ladenson, M.D., Endocrinologist, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
11-11:15 am Break
11:15 am-12:15 pm Medullary Thyroid Cancer Update
Jeffrey Moley, M.D., Washington University, School of Medicine
12:00 pm Lunch
Box lunches available for purchase
12:15-1:00 pm Roundtable: Tips to Make the Low Iodine Diet Easy for You and Your Family
Facilitator: Daria Jerauld, ThyCa Waterloo, Iowa, Support Group Facilitator
1-2 pm Ask the Doctor About Radioactive Iodine and Thyrogen
A. Cahid Civilek, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Director,
Division of Nuclear Medicine, St. Louis University
2:00-2:15 pm Break
2:15-3:15 pm Healthy Survivorship
Amy Eilers, MSW, LCSW, Program Director, Wellness Community, St. Louis, MO
3:15-3:30 pm Break
3:30-4:30 pm Talk with a Pharmacist: Your Thyroid Medication and More
Abigail M. Woodland, Pharm.D, BCPS, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, St. Mary's Health Center
4:30-4:45 pm Closing & Evaluation

TRANSPORTATION DIRECTIONS
Visit this web page for a link to the directions:
http://www.thyca.org/sg/mo_stlouis.htm

Or use the link below
Directions to St. John's Mercy Hospital - David C. Pratt Cancer Center
provided by MapQuest - click on the link below
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&formtype=
address&searchtype=address&cat=&address=615%20S%20New%20Ballas%20Rd&city=
Saint%20Louis&state=MO&zipcode=63141-8221&searchtab=home

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