NEW YORK, Nov. 11 More than 350 brain tumor patients, caregivers, friends and loved ones will join premier experts in neurology, research, neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, pathology and caregiving, for a day of information, support, and awareness about brain tumors and the importance of early detection, at the 7th Annual Brain Tumor Awareness Day Conference. Features include a session highlighting "Cell Phones and Brain Tumors."
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Medical Panelists and Speakers include: Patrick J. Kelly, M.D., F.A.C.S. Founder and President, The Brain Tumor Foundation, Joseph Ransohoff Professor of Neurosurgery, NYU School of Medicine; Cameron W. Brennan, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; David O. Carpenter, M.D., The University of Albany, SUNY; Ellen Feingold, M.D., The Homeopathy Center of Delaware; Mark R. Gilbert, M.D., MD Anderson Cancer Center; Ronald B. Herberman, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute; Duane A. Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., The Brain Tumor Center at Duke; Joshua E. Muscat, Ph.D., M.P.H., Penn State Cancer Institute; Andrew T. Parsa, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco; Alfred Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D., Johns Hopkins; Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D., New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
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Session chairmen and support group facilitators include: Michael Schreiber, Chairman of The Brain Tumor Foundation; Rhonda Barad, Board Member of The Brain Tumor Foundation; Sandy Markowitz, M.A., Support Group Project Chairman of The Brain Tumor Foundation, Rochelle Guttman, L.C.S.W., Psychotherapist; Barbara Dietz, J.D., L.C.S.W., Support Group Facilitator; and Zazel-Chavah O'Garra, M.S.W., Dance Therapist and Social Worker.
Speakers are available for photo ops and interviews.
Where: Schwartz Lecture Hall "F" NYU School of Medicine 401 East 30th Street (between First Ave. and FDR Drive) New York City When: Sunday, November 16, 2008 8:00 AM - 8:55 AM: Registration, Breakfast 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM: Program (including lunch) 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Concurrent Sessions Dr. Patrick J. Kelly, Founder/President, The Brain Tumor Foundation Michael Schreiber, Chairman of the Board and The Brain Tumor Foundation Alan D. Pesky, Awareness Day Chairman What: A unique opportunity to: discuss research and treatment options with distinguished medical experts; participate in support sessions; and share personal experiences. Why: Recent studies project that nearly one million people in the U.S. are walking around with a brain tumor and don't even know it. Free MRI brain scans are offered to each registrant of Awareness Day.
SOURCE Brain Tumor Foundation
