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"PSC Partners Seeking a Cure" Conference, 2006

The PSC Partners Seeking a Cure foundation plans to hold its Second Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, from April 7-9, 2006. The Pittsburgh Marriott City Center is pleased to provide specially priced rooms for PSC Partners Seeking a Cure. PSCers can register online (http://www.stayatmarriott.com/PSC) or by phone. To make your reservations by phone, please call 1-800-228-9290 and ask for the special rate for PSC Partners Seeking a Cure (group code PPSPPSA) at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center. Rooms are available from April 6, 2006 to April 9, 2006 at the special rate of $89.00 per night. A block of rooms has been reserved at this special rate and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Please make your reservations as soon as possible. Special Group Rate will expire when all allotted rooms have been reserved or on March 17, 2006, whichever comes first.

MARRIOTT
PITTSBURGH CITY CENTER
112 Washington Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 471-4000
(Near Mellon Arena)

To register for the conference, please download, print, and mail the following Conference Registration Form:

2nd Annual PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Conference: Registration Form and Agenda

available in .pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to read this file. The Standard Registration fee (before March 7, 2006) will be $160 per person, or $300 per couple. The Late Registration fee (after March 7, 2006) will be $180 per person, or $340 per couple. Fees include: Presentations, Breakout Sessions, Round-Table Discussions, Conference Material, and Group Meals/Breaks.

The weekend schedule looks like this:

Friday April 7:
  • 5:30 - 7:30 pm: Registration and Reception

    Saturday April 8:
  • Continental Breakfast (7:00-8:00 am)
  • Opening Remarks (8:00-8:10 am) Don and Ricky Safer, PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Foundation
  • Presentation One (8:10-8:40 am) Keynote Speaker, Dr. Keith Lindor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: PSC - An Overview
  • Presentation Two (8:40-9:05 am) Role of the Endoscopist - Dr. Adam Slivka, UPMC
  • Presentation Three (9:05-9:30 am) Itching in Cholestasis - Dr. Nora Bergasa, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
  • Question & Answer Panel (9:30-10:15 am) Above Three Speakers
  • Break (10:15-10:30 am)
  • Presentation Four (10:30-10:50 am) Medical Management of PSC - Dr. Kapil Chopra, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix
  • Presentation Five (10:50-11:10 am) Transplant Workup and Outcomes - Dr. Thomas Shaw-Stiffel, UPMC
  • Presentation Six (11:10-11:30 am) Liver Transplant - Dr. Kusum Tom, Starzl Transplantation Institute
  • Question & Answer Panel (11:30-12:15 pm) Above Three Speakers
  • Box Lunch (12:15-1:15 pm)
  • Presentation Seven (1:15-1:35 pm) IBD in PSC - Dr. Leonard Baidoo, UPMC
  • Presentation Eight (1:35-1:55 pm) Nutrition for PSC and IBD - Dr. Laura Matarese, UPMC
  • Presentation Nine (1:55-2:15 pm) Update on PSC Research - David Rhodes, PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Foundation
  • Question & Answer Panel (2:15-2:45 pm) Above Three Speakers
  • Break (2:45-3:00 pm)
  • Breakout Sessions: Session 1 (3:00-3:30 pm) Pick 1
    • Quality of Life for Children with a Chronic Illness - Dr. Robert Noll, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
    • Organ Allocation - How the Process Works - Nance Conney, Starzl Transplantation Institute
    • Meditation - Dorit Baurer
  • Breakout Sessions: Session 2 (3:30-4:05 pm) Pick 1
    • Stress Management - Jerry DeNucci, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
    • Disability/Social Security - Glenn Sinko, Esq.
    • Organ Allocation - How the Process Works - Nance Conney, Starzl Transplantation Institute
  • Evening Dinner Reception (6:00-8:00 pm) Chris Klug, PSC Patient, Transplant Recipient, Olympic Medalist - To the Edge and Back

    Sunday April 9:
  • Continental Breakfast (7:30-8:30 am)
  • Presentation (8:30-9:00 am) Update on Dr. Chapman’s Research - Ivor Sweigler, PSC UK Support Group
  • Roundtable Discussions (9:00-10:15 am)
  • Break (10:15-10:30 am)
  • Roundtable Discussions (10:30-11:45 am)
  • Closing Remarks (11:45-12:00 pm) Don and Ricky Safer, PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Foundation

    We are extremely grateful to the following Corporate Partners who have sponsored our 2006 Conference:

      • Gold level: Astellas Pharma
      • Silver level: American Liver Foundation - Western Pennsylvania Chapter
      • Bronze level: Axcan Scandipharm
      • Bronze level: Roche Pharmaceuticals
      • Copper level: ConAgra Foods
      • Copper level: UPMC - Thomas Starzl Transplantation Institute
      • Other sponsors: AAA Environmental
  • PSC Partners Seeking a Cure (www.pscpartners.org)
    contactus@pscpartners.org


    Last Update: 01/11/09