MLD Family Conference™ – 2014 Pittsburgh … click to enlarge
Registration for our 2105 MLD Family Conference in Newark Delaware is underway and closes in just a couple of weeks. If you are a MLD Family we’re anxious to have you register.
Many of your MLD Family will be there to meet, share, and socialize with.
Please bring your MLD loved one with you – we not only want to meet them, we have a special professional photographer to take your family’s photo while capturing the spirit of our special loved ones and the MLD journey through photography.
You will again find familiar faces in the Respite room to care for your other children and your MLD loved ones.
Those with MLD angels are always lovingly encouraged to attend – you have so much to share with the rest of us and you will surely find folks that “just get it”.
Conference details and an agenda are here: http://mldfoundation.org/mldfc/mld2015-de.php We’ve organized some travel grants as well as registration scholarships if you need some help.
Some other highlights:
* Dr. Biffi will be attending (in person) and sharing/discussing the Milano gene therapy clinical trial.
* Shire will be discussing their ERT clinical trial status and sharing some interim results.
* Newborn screening … updates on the assay development, federal/state policy & actions, and the RUSP Roundtable we are organizing … and how you can help!
* On Saturday, as usual, you will drive the Practical Care agenda, … including a discussion about medical marijuana & CBD oil .
* We’re working hard on a special fun Saturday evening event, a memorial butterfly release, the traditional MLD “bashing”, and MLD After Hours.
We have many of the global MLD experts attending so you can meet them and ask any questions you may have.
With travel support and scholarships available, all you need to do is register! You can defer paying the modest registration fees for a few weeks if you need to, but we want to know you are coming so we save the right number of sleeping rooms!
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229 Principal Investigator: Loren Pena, MD Phone: +1 513-636-7297 email: Loren.Pena@cchmc.org
While not necessary, we’d encourage you to contact us (click to email or call +1 503-656-4808) before you reach out to the PI. We can often help you assess your loved one’s eligibility and personally know many of the PI’s so we can help to expedite the process of connecting your doctor to the PI.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611 Principal Investigator: Barbara Burton, MD Phone: +1 312-227-6120 email: bburton@luriechildrens.org
While not necessary, we’d encourage you to contact us (click to email or call +1 503-656-4808) before you reach out to the PI. We can often help you assess your loved one’s eligibility and personally know many of the PI’s so we can help to expedite the process of connecting your doctor to the PI.