10th annual fall CFS conference

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[CO-CURE] NOTICE: New Jersey CFS Association, Inc. 10th annual fall

CFS conference (CME credits available)

> The New Jersey CFS Association, Inc., announces its 10th annual fall CFS

> conference (CME credits available):

> New Developments in the Clinical Management Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

>

> Noon - 1:00 p.m. Registration & Exhibits

>

> 1:00 - 1:15 p.m. Introduction & Welcome

>

> 1:15 -2:00 p.m. Orthostatic Intolerance in the Evaluation of CFS Patients

> Bell, MD, FAAP, Primary Care and Pediatrics, Lyndonville, NY.

>

> 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. Orthostatic Intolerance in Adolescent CFS

> Rowe, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, s Hopkins University School

of

> Medicine; Director, Chronic Fatigue Clinic, s Hopkins Children's

Center,

> Baltimore MD.

>

> 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. Break

>

> 3:15 - 4:00 p.m. Rehabilitation in the Treatment of CFS Patients

> Gloria Furst, OTR/L, MPH. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

>

> 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. New Research & Clinical Horizons in CFS/FM

> M. Levine, MD, FACP. CFS Clinician and Researcher, Private Practice,

> New York City, NY.

>

> 4:45 - 5:30 p.m. Questions & Answers Moderated by

> R. Sivaprasad, MD, FACP, Chief, Infectious Disease, Monmouth Medical

Center,

> Long Branch, NJ; Clinical Assoc. Prof. Of Med., MCP Hahnemann School Of

> Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

>

>

> General Information

>

> The New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association, Inc.'s tenth annual

> fall conference in Monmouth County will provide information on CFS for

> primary care and infectious disease physicians, rheumatologists,

> pediatricians, cardiologists, and pain and sleep specialists. Occupational

> and physical therapists and other specialists, health care providers and

> CFS/CFIDS patients and their families will also benefit from the current

> information on research, treatment, and coping strategies as well as from

an

> opportunity to network.

>

>

> Please register early, as seating is limited. Make checks payable to

NJCFSA,

> Inc. Your cancelled check is your receipt. You will not receive a

> confirmation letter. In consideration of patients with allergies and

> chemical sensitivities, this conference is fragrance and smoke free. The

> registration fee includes program handouts and coffee/tea service. Parking

> is free and readily available.

>

>

> About the Speakers.

>

> S. Bell, MD, FAAP received his AB degree from Harvard College in

1967

> and his MD degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1971. He

> currently maintains a Primary Care Pediatrics and Family Practice in

> Lyndonville, NY. Dr. Bell has published numerous articles and books,

> continues to conduct research, and is a frequent lecturer on CFS. Dr. Bell

> was Vice President of the American Association for Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome

> and serves on its clinical affairs subcommittee. Dr. Bell was on the

> planning board and gave the Opening Address at the " State of the Science

> Conference on CFS " sponsored by the DHHS in Washington DC last October.

>

> C. Rowe, MD is a general pediatrician whose work for the past 8

years

> has focused on the association between orthostatic intolerance and chronic

> fatigue. He is currently Professor of Pediatrics at the s Hopkins

> University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and directs the Chronic

Fatigue

> Clinic at the s Hopkins Children's Center. Under a grant from the

> Department of Defense, his research group is now examining the

contribution

> of orthostatic intolerance to symptoms in Gulf War veterans.

>

> Gloria Furst, OTR/L, MPH received her BS in Occupational Therapy from

> Washington U. (St. Louis) and MPH from s Hopkins School of Hygiene and

> Public Health in Health Education. Ms. Furst has been Occupational Therapy

> consultant to the Rehabilitation Medicine Department (RMD) at the National

> Institutes of Health (NIH) since 1978. She developed the NIH Activity

Record

> (ACTRE), an evaluation used internationally to measure the effects of pain

> and fatigue on function and has developed an occupational therapy

treatment

> protocol for CFS patients.

>

> M. Levine, MD, FACP, is a leading researcher & clinician in CFS who

> practices in New York & has treated over 2000 patients. She is Board

> Certified in Internal Medicine, Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Diseases.

> She has participated on the Centers for Disease Control Physicians'

> Surveillance Committee for CFS. Her current research interests include the

> study of diurnal melatonin levels in CFS, the role of Borna-like virus in

> the pathogenesis of a subgroup of patients, further characterization of

CFS

> patients with positive or atypical tilt table results & the role of human

> herpes virus 6 in CFS. She was recently appointed to the DHHS Name Change

> workgroup.

>

> R. Sivaprasad, MD, FACP is Board Certified in Internal Medicine &

Infectious

> Disease. He has been with Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) since 1985 & is

> Chief, Infectious Disease. He is also Clinical Professor of Medicine at

the

> Medical College of Pennsylvania, Hahnemann Univ. School of Medicine. His

> research interests include antibiotic therapy, acid-based disorders,

> decision making & clinical pharmacology. In 1995, he presented CFS to the

> American College of Physicians New Jersey Chapter Scientific Meeting. Each

> year, Dr. Sivaprasad moderates the annual Fall CFS conference.

>

>

> About CME Credit.

>

> This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the

> Essential Area, Standards and Policies of the Medical Society of New

Jersey

> through the joint sponsorship of Monmouth Medical Center and NJCFSA, Inc.

> Monmouth Medical Center is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey

> to sponsor continuing medical education activity for up to 4 hours in

> Category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the MSNJ or the AMA.

Each

> physician should claim only those hours he/she actually spent in the

> activity. The objective is to review new developments in the science and

> clinical management of CFS:

>

> Distinguishing CFS from the broader problem of fatigue, and its evaluation

&

> treatment

>

> Reviewing orthostatic intolerance & CFS in adolescents and adults and its

> treatment & clinical management

>

> Reviewing the role of rehabilitation in treating persons with CFS

>

> Participants registered for CME credit must sign-in at the registration

desk

> on the day of the conference and pick up course materials. Physician's

> registration fee is $95.

>

>

> REGISTRATION FORM

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> CFS Conference 10/14/2001

> Registration Deadline 10/01/2001

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> $20 Per Registration ($25 after 9/15/01)

> $95 for Physicians registering for CME Credits

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> Please make check payable to " NJCFSA, Inc. " Your returned check will be

your

> receipt. Mail check and this panel to:

> Monmouth Medical Center

> Center for Kids & Family

> 300 Second Avenue

> Long Branch, NJ 07740

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> Total Amount Enclosed_________________

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> For Those Who Desire..

>

> A block of rooms at the discounted rate of $115 per night, single &

double,

> has been reserved at the Sheraton Conference Center in Eatontown for

> attendees of the conference. To take advantage of this discount rate,

> attendees should make reservations before 9/15/01 by calling the Sheraton

> directly at 800/325-3535 or 732/542-6500 & identifying themselves as guest

> of NJCFSA.

>

> Other hotels and Motels in the Area:

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> Holiday Inn, Tinton Falls 800/HOLIDAY

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> Red Roof Inn, Tinton Falls 800/943-7663

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> Days Inn, Wall 800/325-2525

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