You're
invited to attend the
Midwest
Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Workshop
Saturday, April
28, 2007
FREE
8 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
St. Louis, Missouri
David C. Pratt Cancer Center, St John’s Mercy Cancer Center
615 South New Ballas Road, St. Louis, MO 63123
Medical Professional
Speakers and Resource Specialists:
- James R. Etzkorn,
M.D., Endocrinologist, St. Louis, MO. Graduate of St. Louis University
Medical School, Fellowship at Harvard Medical School
- Christopher
M. Wolken, D.D.S., Dentist, St. Louis, MO - Dental issues and radioactive
iodine
- Teresa L. Deshields,
Ph.D., Psychologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington
University St. Louis Medical School, MO - Social services, coping
with cancer, communicating with physicians
- Mary K. Debenedetti,
R.N., B.S.N., Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Coordinator and Nurse
Coordinator for Jeffrey F. Moley, M.D., Washington University St.
Louis School of Medicine, MO
- Amy Siesennop,
R.N., Pharmaceutical Clinical Trial Coordinator, St. John’s Mercy
Medical Center, David C. Pratt Cancer Center, St. Louis, MO
- Edie Dodson,
Genzyme Representative; Lauri Huber, ThyCa Pediatric Thyroid Cancer
Support Group Coordinator
- More speakers
being confirmed
Also: Thyrogen
Representative
Topics:
- Ask the Endocrinologist
About Thyroid Cancer Care
- Thyrogen Update
- Radioactive
Iodine and Dental Issues
- Medullary Thyroid
Cancer
- Pediatric Thyroid
Cancer
- Coping Skills,
Patient-Physician Communications
- Survivor/Caregiver
Support Group Roundtables
Register on site
at the workshop. Registration opens at 7 a.m., Roundtables 8 a.m.,
First speaker at 9 a.m.
For more information,
e-mail to thyca@thyca.org or
StLouis-MO@thyca.org or
phone 314-974-5804.
Directions and
map on the ThyCa
St. Louis Support Group web page.
Visit ThyCa’s
web site for further details about the speakers,
program, and directions.
Come and hear
presentations by physician specialists, and receive answers to your
questions. Learn and share with other thyroid cancer survivors and
families in roundtables. This educational and supportive day is for
people at all stages of testing, treatment, and follow-up for all
types of thyroid cancer. We also welcome caregivers, friends, and
everyone interested.
Sponsored by
ThyCa: Thyroid
Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
www.thyca.org
An all-volunteer nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization of thyroid cancer
survivors, family members, and health care professionals.
E-mail: thyca@thyca.org
PO Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545
Toll-Free: 1-877-588-7904
Please tell others
about this free event.
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