ThyCa ‘99 Conference Facilitators
The ThyCa 1998 Conference
| Event |
ThyCa '99 -- The 2nd Annual Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Conference: The ONLY conference in the world
for survivors of this rare cancer.
| Dates |
22-24 October 1999 | Place |
Boston Marriott, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA | Cost |
$25 per person / students free with identification. Scholarships are available. | Organized by |
ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. | Web site |
www.thyca.org | Address |
ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. | PO Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545 |
ThyCa ‘99 Schedule of Events
Thursday, October 21, 1999
2:00-3:00 pm
Executive Session
Executive Committee of the ThyCa Board of Directors
3:00-5:00 pm
General Meeting of the Board
ThyCa Board of Directors
6:00 pm
Board of Directors Dinner
Friday, October 22, 1999
8:00 am
Registration
9:30 am 11:00 a.m.
Survivors' Roundtable
11:00 am
Creative Expression : Making Your Own Mandala
Cherie Leclair
12:30 pm
Lunch on your own
1:30-2:45 pm
Making Our Voices Heard: Advocacy and Cancer
American Cancer Society: Lori Fresina, Government Affairs
1:30-2:45 pm
Ask A Pharmacist : Firdosh Pathan, Senior Attending Pharmacist
Massachusetts General Hospital Pharmacy Department, Boston, MA
3:00-4:00 pm
Insurance Questions Roundtable
Health Care For All
3:00-4:30 pm
Local Support Group Roundtable
ThyCa Board: Ric Blake, ThyCa Support Group Coordinator
3:00-4:30 pm
Survivors' Partners and Significant Others: Taking Care of Ourselves Too
American Cancer Society: Diane Blake, Cancer Control Team
7:00-8:30 pm
Look Good, Feel Better
American Cancer Society
7:00-8:30 pm
Survivors' Art Exhibit and Reception
8:30
Movie and Popcorn, Showing: The Doctor with William Hurt
Saturday, October 23, 1999
8:30-9:30 am
Registration
9:30 am:
General Session: Opening Remarks
Gary Bloom, Chair
10:00 am
First Annual Meeting of ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc.
Facilitator: Gary Bloom, Chair
12:00 pm
Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30 pm
Hurthle Cell Roundtable
Facilitator: Arturo Rolla, MD,
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA
1:00-2:30 pm
Ask A Doctor : General Session
Facilitator: Gilbert Daniels, MD
Thyroid Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1:00-2:30 pm
Understanding Your Lab Tests
Facilitator: tba
2:45 pm
Medullary Roundtable
2:45 pm
Anaplastic Roundtable
2:45 pm
Dental Health Issues for ThyCa Survivors
Facilitator to be arranged
2:45 pm
YOUR Patient / Provider Relationship
Facilitator: Judy Fleishman, Ph.D.,
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence, MA
Sunday, October 24, 1999
8:30-9:15 am
Healing Meditation
Facilitator: Reese Shamansky, ThyCa Board of Directors
9:30-11:00am
Complementary approaches to healing:
Reiki:
Facilitators: Betty Solbjor and Margot Gibbs
Introduction and Individual Sessions
Yoga:
Facilitator: Teresa Campana, ThyCa Philadelphia Facilitator
10:00-10:45 am
Ask A Doctor
Topic: Radioiodine Treatment
Facilitator: Donald Margouleff, MD, Chief of Nuclear Medicine,
North Shore University Hospital, Manhassett, NY
11:00-11:45 am
ThyCa Web Page Roundtable
Facilitator: Betty Solbjor: ThyCa Webmistress
11:00-11:45 am
AOL Chat Room Roundtable
Facilitators: Karen Ferguson and Judi Regan, Co-hosts of the AOL Online Mutual Support Group
Donald Margouleff, MD
12:00 pm
Conference Feedback and Planning ThyCa 2000:
Open Session w/lunch
1:00-2:00 pm
Closing Session
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