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February 17 2010
Sheraton Gateway Hotel
1900 Sullivan Road
Atlanta, GA 30337
There is no cost to attend, but you must pre-register.
Lunch is included at no additional charge for the 1st 100 people to register.
The 2010 Georgia
Parkinson’s Action Network (GA-PAN)
Research & Public Policy Forum
Hotel Information:
Special rate of $79.00 per night has been arranged.
Please click on the link above
or Call 888-627-7046
and use group code: NW GA Parkinson Disease Assoc.
for the $79.00/night room rate
Agenda:
Local Sessions are in Blue
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Time |
Session |
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8:00 a.m.
– 11:00 a.m. |
Registration |
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8:45 a.m.
– 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome
James Trussell, Georgia State Coordinator |
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9:00 a.m.
– 9:15 a.m. |
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9:15:a.m.
– 10:00 a.m. |
Medication
& Treatment Options
Dr. Stewart Factor, DO - Director Emory Movement Disorders Program |
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10:00 a.m.
– 10:50 a.m. |
Parkinson
Disease Updates
Dr. Scott Cooper, MD |
|
10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Join Webcast from Washington, DC |
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11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
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Welcome
Amy Rick, PAN Chief Executive Officer |
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11:20 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Plenary Session – DoD NETPR Program
v
Colonel Karl Friedl,
Ph.D., Director, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research
Center, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command;
v
Michael A.
Schwarzschild, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School, Associate in Neurology, Massachusetts
General Hospital, Director, Molecular Neurobiology Lab
Introduction,
Panel, Policy Discussion |
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12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
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Break |
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1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
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Keynote
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of
Health |
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1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
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Lunch |
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2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
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Plenary Session – MS & PD Registries
Act
Speaker Invited
Introduction,
Panel, Policy Discussion |
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3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
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Break |
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4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
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PAN Information Session
Speaker: John Schall, PAN Director of Government Relations
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4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Closing Remarks
Hayley Carpenter, PAN Director of Outreach |
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5:00 p.m. – 6:00
p.m. |
Preview:
Parkinson’s Day at the Georgia Capitol
James Trussell, Georgia State Coordinator |
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Sponored in part by
Northwest Georgia Parkinson Disease Association
Parkinson Disease Comprehensive Care Center at Emory
APDA Information and Referral Center at Emory
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