News
Douglas
Ball, M.D., To Speak on May 10, 2008, at Mid-Atlantic Thyroid
Cancer Survivors’ Workshop near Washington, DC.
Medullary
thyroid cancer specialist Douglas Ball, M.D., Endocrinologist
at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, will speak
and answer questions about medullary thyroid cancer at the 7th
Annual Mid-Atlantic Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Workshop.
The
workshop will take place in Falls Church, Virginia (near Washington,
DC) on Saturday, May 10, 2008. The event starts at 8 a.m. and
goes until 5 p.m.
A
thyroid surgeon and several other physicians will also speak
at this free one-day event. This workshop is open to anyone
interested in thyroid cancer.
Janis
I. Halzel, Pharm.D., Co-Moderator of the ThyCa Medullary Thyroid
Cancer E-Mail Group, will lead roundtable discussions for medullary
thyroid cancer survivors and caregivers.
Special
room rates have been arranged at a hotel located near the workshop.
For
details about the speakers, schedule, hotel, and transportation
directions, visit ThyCa's Conferences
page.
The
free workshop is one of several special events sponsored this
spring by the national nonprofit organization ThyCa: Thyroid
Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.. Throughout the year, ThyCa
also sponsors free local support groups, person-to-person support,
e-mail groups, a survivors' toll-free number, and many other
services and resources. Details are available on the ThyCa web
site or by calling toll-free 1-877-588-7904.