2007 IACFS Professional Conference Agenda

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From: Jill McLaughlin

The 8th International IACFS Professional Conference is Friday,

Jan 12- Sunday, Jan 14, 2007.

The agenda has been posted at:

http://www.aacfs.org/p/218.html

The following is a condensed version. More details and specific

times are included on the website, each day is listed separately.

For more information on registration, accommodations etc. go

to: http://www.aacfs.org/

Jill McLaughlin

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Friday, January 12th

7:00am

Registration Opens

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8:00-8:10am

Welcome & Introduction

Klimas, M.D.

President, IACFS

Faculty, Dept. of Medicine,

University of Miami School of Medicine

Marly C. Silverman

Founder, Patient Alliance for

Neuroendocrineimmune Disorders

Organization for Research and

Advocacy (P.A.N.D.O.R.A.)

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Fatigue Session

Session Chair: Klimas, M.D.

Session Description: Interdisciplinary session:

Lessons learned in other fatiguing illnesses;

Immune/neuro/endocrine interactions;

cellular mechanisms; interventions.

8:10-8:40am

Introductory Overview

Professor Yasuyoshi Watanabe

Osaka City Medical School, Osaka, Japan

Fatigue Paper Presentations

Estimation of fatigue state in patients with chronic fatigue

syndrome using Actigraphy and R-R interval power spectrum

analysis

Seiki Tajima, M.D.

Examining and Distinguishing Types of Fatigue

S. Porter, Ph.D.

CFS is Associated with High Allostatic Load in Georgia

M. Maloney, DrPH, M.S.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Abnormal Exercise Stress

Test

Margaret Ciccolella, J.D., Ed.D.

â-Alanine and g-Aminobutyric Acid in Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome

Ulf Hannestad, MSc.

A Comparison of Neurometabolites in Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Healthy

Volunteers

S. Nestadt, B.S.

Alterations in Apoptosis Play a Role in Post-Infection Fatigue

Toni Whistler, Ph.D.

Fatigue Session Summary: State-of-the-Art with a

CFS-Perspective

Fred Friedberg, Ph.D., IACFS Board Member

Principal Investigator, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

Project, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

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Break - Visit Exhibits

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Sleep Session

Session Chair: Birgitta Evengard, M.D., Ph.D.

Session Description: Interdisciplinary session:

Sleep in other chronic illnesses; impact of sleep

cycle on function; neuro/ immune/endocrine

interactions; animal models; interventions

Introductory Overview

Joan L. Shaver, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN

Professor & Dean, University of Illinois at

Chicago (UIC), College of Nursing

Sleep Session Summary: State-of-the-Art with a CFS

Perspective

Lapp, M.D., IACFS Board Member

Private Practice Clinician, Raleigh, NC

Clinical Professor, Duke University

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12:00-12:55pm

Lunch - Visit Exhibits & Posters

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Lunch Workshop- CFS Research Funding

Klimas, M.D.

President, IACFS

Faculty, Dept. of Medicine,

University of Miami School of Medicine

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Clinical Trials Session

Session Co-Chairs:

Barry Hurwitz, Ph.D.

G. Montoya, M.D.

Session Description: Discussion of three specific on-going

clinical trials for CFS intervention.

Introductory Overview

Barry Hurwitz, Ph.D.

Clinical Trials Paper Presentation

Therapeutic Effect of Epoetin Alpha on Red Blood Cell Volume,

Perceived Fatigue and Susceptibility to Syncope in Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome: Miami Epoetin AlphaClinical Trial

Barry Hurwitz, Ph.D.

Use of Valganciclovir (VGCV) in Patients with High Antibody

Titers Against Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6) and

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) who were Experiencing Virus Induced

Fatigue with CNS Dysfunction (VIFCD)

G. Montoya, M.D.

Phase I Clinical Trial of Valacyclovir in the Epstein-Barr Virus

Subset of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

A. Lerner, M.D.

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Pain Session

Session Chair: Lucinda Bateman, M.D.

Session Description: Mechanisms of pain in chronic illness;

influence of inflammation; central and peripheral pain

mechanisms; interventions

Introductory Overview: A Life of Pelvic Pain

J. Berkley, Ph.D.

McKenzie and Distinguished Research Professor,

Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University

Pain Paper Presentations

Inflammation and Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome

Vance A. Spence, Ph.D.

Chronic widespread pain and its comorbidities: A

population-based study

Kenji Kato, Ph.D.

Pain Session Summary: State-of-the-Art with a CFS

Perspective

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2:45-3:00pm

Break - Visit Poster Presentations & Exhibits

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Epidemiology & Case Definition Session

Session Co-Chairs:

C. Reeves, M.D.

Eleanor Z. Hanna, Ph.D.

Session Description: Prevalence, incidence,

illness trajectory, impact on research priorities

Introductory Overview

Herrell, Ph.D.

NIMH, Washington, D.C.

Epidemiology Case Definition Paper Presentation

Subgroups of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Metropolitan, Urban,

and Rural Georgia

C. Reeves, M.D.

Epidemiology Case Definition Panel Discussion

Moderator: Eleanor Z. Hanna, Ph.D.

Panel:

C. Reeves, M.D.

Leonard , Ph.D.

F. , M.D.

Epidemiology Paper Presentations

Change in Chronic Fatigue Symptom-Complex: 10-Year Interval

Post Gulf War Deployment

Han K. Kang, Dr. P.H.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Offspring of Mothers with CFS

Rosemary A. Underhill, MB, BS, FRCSE, MRCOG

Preliminary observations from a case-control study on chronic

fatigue syndrome in monozygotic Swedish Twins

s Jacks, M.D.

Unidentified somatic complaints following 9/11: More than

depression?

Barbara G. Melamed, Ph.D., ABPP

The Economic Impact of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a

Community-Based Versus a Tertiary Sample

Leonard , Ph.D.

Epidemiology Session Summary: State-of-the-Art with a

CFS-Perspective

Leonard A. , Ph.D., Vice President, IACFS

Center for Community Research, De University, Chicago, IL

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International CFS Forum

Session Chair:

Hirohiko Kuratsune, M.D., D.Med.Sci.

Session Description: Short Oral Presentations and Panel

Discussion on International Health with representatives from

across the globe discussing research directions and clinical

approaches.

International CFS Forum Paper Presentations

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Developing Countries: The

Nigerian Case

Leonard A. , Ph.D.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Iceland

Eirikur l, Ph.D.

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Hirohiko Kuratsune, MD, D.Med.Sci.

IACFS Board Member

Director, Japanese Study Group for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

in Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture Assistant

Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine,

Osaka, Japan

Panel:

Birgitta Evengard, M.D., Ph.D.,Board Member, IACFS

Chairman Conference Planning Committee, IACFS

Senior Doctor & Professor, Karolinska University Hospital,

Stockholm, Sweden

Kenny De Meirleir, M.D., Ph.D., Board Member, IACFS

Professor of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Medicine,

Vrije Universiteit, Brussels Belgium

Klimas, M.D., President, IACFS

Faculty, Dept. of Medicine,

University of Miami School of Medicine

Marcia Harmon

CFIDS Association of America

Umberto Tirelli, M.D.

Director, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer

Institute, Aviano, Italy

mund Vallings, MB, BS

Advisor, New Zealand ME/CFS Association

Editorial Board, International Journal of Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome

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6:00 pm

Registration Closes

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6:00-7:00pm

IACFS Membership Meeting

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Saturday, January 13th

8:00am

Registration Opens

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Brain Function Session

Session Chair: Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R

Session Description: Mechanisms of brain dysfunction;

what can be learned from imaging; clinical assessment of

cognition and mental fatigue; clinical interventions

Brain Function Paper Presentations

Brain SPECT Quantification in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Profesor J. Alegre-Martín

Brain SPECT Quantification in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:

Comparison of Basal and Post-Stress Studies

Profesor J. Alegre-Martín

Assessment of Information Processing in Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome

Fumiharu Togo, Ph.D.

Using a Reaction Time Paradigm to Assess Neurocognitive

Function in CFS

R. Snell, Ph.D.

Defining Occupational Disability in Patients suffering from

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Elke L.S. Van Hoof, Ph.D.

Session Summary: State-of-the-Art with a CFS-Perspective

Hirohiko Kuratsune, M.D.,D.Med.Sci.,

Dept. of Molecular Medicine, Hematology, and Oncology Osaka

University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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10:00-10:30am

Break -Visit Poster Presentations & Exhibits

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Behavioral Health Session

Session Chair:Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.

Session Description Interdisciplinary session:

psychoneuroimmunology and health, Coping with chronic illness,

treatment

Introductory Overview

Eleanor Stein, M.D., FRCP©

Private Practice Psychiatric Care, Calgary, Canada

Behavioral Health Paper Presentations

Session Summary: Behavioral Health with a CFS-Perspective

A. Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R, IACFS Board Member

President/CEO, Albany Health Management Associates

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12:00-1:00pm

Lunch - Visit Poster Presentations & Exhibits

Lunch Workshop: Success in Clinical Practice,

How to Manage a Successful Practice

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Pediatrics Session

Session Chair: Leonard A. , Ph.D.

New Pediatric Case Definition for CFS

Leonard A. , Ph.D., Vice President, IACFS

Center for Community Research, De University

Chicago, IL

Bell, M.D., IACFS Board Member

Chairman, CFS Advisory Committee of the Department of

Health and Human Services, Associate Clinical Professor,

Department of Pediatrics, University of NY at Buffalo

Case Studies / Panel Discussion

Leonard A. , Ph.D., S. Bell, M.D.

S. Rowe, M.D.

Elke L.S. Van Hoof, Ph.D.

Lapp, M.D.

Alan Gurwitt, M.D.

Teruhisa Miike, M.D., Ph.D.

-Harding, Ph.D.

Kenny De Meirleir, M.D.

Pediatric Data Pieces

Dysmenorrhoea and exacerbation of CFS symptoms

S. Rowe, M.D.

How do adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome perceive

their social environment? A quantitative study

Elke L.S. Van Hoof, Ph.D.

Pilot Study: Education and Strategies to Help Adolescents with

CFS (and their families) Cope with CFS

Constance W. Van der Eb, Ph.D.

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Poster Presentation Session (Selected Oral Presentations)

Chair: Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.

Session Description: The IACFS Planning Committee selected

several outstanding poster presentations and provided authors

with an opportunity to give a short oral presentation during this

session.

Behavioral Section

Computer-assisted cognitive function assessment in

fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple chemical

sensitivity patients

Dr. Ferran J. García-Fructuoso

A Qualitative analysis of the experience and influence of low

intensive interval training in women with Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome

Lennartsson, MSc

A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Health Behavior and Education

Train-the-Trainer Program for Primary Care Providers

Dana Benet, PhD, MPH

Using Comprehensive Clinical Case Management to Improve

Health-Care Utilization and Coping in Patients and Families

Affected by CFS/FM

Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R

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Brain Function Section

Autonomic, metabolic and immune responses to exercise

testing

J. Mark VanNess, Ph.D.

Lipid Replacement and Antioxidant Therapy for Restoring

Mitochondrial Function in Fatiguing Illnesses and Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome

Garth Nicolson, Ph.D.

A Randomized Double-blind, Placebo-controlled cross-over

Study with Methylphenidate in Sixty Patients with Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome

Blockmans M.D., Ph.D.

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Clinical Trials Section

Effect of Modafinil on daytime hypersomnia in patients with

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Dr. Ferran J. García-Fructuoso

Epidemiology Section

Self-reported Chronic Fatigue and Timed Loaded Standing in

The Gambia and in Belgium

Greta Moorkens, M.D., Ph.D.

Fatigue Section

Comparing Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

and Healthy Controls using Commercially available Software

Eleanor Stein MD FRCP©

Post-exertional malaise following an exercise challenge

Staci R. s, M.A.

Lactose intolerance and/or fructose malabsorption: a

predisposing factor for the development of CFS?

Professor Dr. Pascale De Becker

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Genetics / Proteomics Section

Genetics of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and its subgroups

defined by latent class anaylsis

Mangalathu Rajeevan

Expression of MicroRNAs (miRNAs) in Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome (CFS)

R. Kerr, BSc, MBBCh, MD, PhD, FRCPath.

Viral / Immune Section

The establishment of a National ME Observatory for the UK

Dr. Pheby

Incidence of Chromosomally Integrated HHV-6 (CIHHV-6) in a

Cohort of CFS patients with Clonal TCR-g and Lymphoid

Malignancies

Judy Mikovits

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Gender Aspects of CFS Session

Session Chair:

Leonard , Ph.D.

Session Description: Interdisciplinary session: Impact of gender

on mechanisms of illness; gender and methodology issues;

menopause and CFS/FM, use of sex hormones in treatment

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Introductory Overview

Birgitta Evengard, M.D., Ph.D..IACFS Board Member

Chairman Conference Planning Committee, IACFS

Senior Doctor & Professor, Karolinska University Hospital,

Stockholm, Sweden

Session Summary: Gender Aspects with a CFS-Perspective

Lucinda Bateman, M.D., IACFS Board Member

Adjunct Clinical Faculty, University of Utah, Department of

Internal Medicine, Adjunct Instructor, University of Utah, Family

and Preventive Medicine

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Evidence for Diastolic Dysfunction in the Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome enhanced by Tilt-Echocardiography: A study of ninety

consecutive cases

Cheney, M.D

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5:30-6:30pm

Cocktail - Networking Reception

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IACFS Banquet

6:30-7:15pm

Meal Service

Dessert Service &

Awards Presentation

Rudy Perpich Memorial Award

Junior Investigator Award

Gantz Clinician Award

Panel Discussion: Politics of Women's Health

Moderator: Bob Mayer - Journalist

Ireland, Esq

Past President, National Organization for Women

Birgitta Evengard, M.D., Ph.D., IACFS Board Member

Chairman Conference Planning Committee, IACFS

Senior Doctor & Professor, Karolinska University Hospital,

Stockholm, Sweden

Eleanor Z. Hanna, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Special Projects and Centers, Office of

Research on Women¹s Health, Office of the Director, National

Institutes of Health

Vivian Pinn, M.D.

Associate Director for Research on Women's Health / Director,

Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of

Health, (NIH)

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Sunday, January 14th

8:00am

Registration Opens

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Genetics / Proteomics Session

Session Chair:

Kenny De Meirleir, M.D.

Session Description: Integrative session: What we have

learned from other illnesses; how gene arrays can help integrate

multidiscipline data; proteomics and its potential as a clinical

tool

8:00-8:30am

Introductory Overview

Suzanne D. Vernon, Ph.D.

Genetics / Proteomics Paper Presentations

Genetic Profiles in Severe Forms of Fibromyalgia and Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome

Ferran J. García-Fructuoso, M.D.

Genetic contribution to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and

associated pain- and fatigue- related diagnoses described in a

population-based genealogical resource in Utah

Frederick S. Albright, M.S., Ph.D.

KIR Immunogenetics in CFS Italian Patients

Professor clara Cuccia

Reduced Levels of Oestrogen receptor {beta} mRNA in Swedish

Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Birgitta Evengard, M.D., Ph.D.

Proteomic Biosignature of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in

Cerebrospinal Fluid

Baraniuk M.D.

CFS Heterogeneity Elucidated via Subspace Clustering

R. Aslakson, M.S.

Session Summary: Genetics / Proteomics with a

CFS-Perspective

R. Kerr, BSc, MBBCh, MD, PhD, FRCPath.

Sir ph Hotung Clinical Senior Lecturer in Inflammation

Hon. Consultant in Microbiology, St ¹s University of

London

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10:15-10:30am

Break - Visit Posters & Exhibits

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10:30am

Exhibit Hall and Poster Sessions Conclude

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New Methods for Evaluating the Fatigue State Session

Session Co-Chairs:

Hirohiko Kuratsune, M.D., D.Med.Sci.

Professor Yasuyoshi Watanabe

Coordinated by the Japanese Association for Fatigue Sciences

BSpectroscopic diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome by

visible and near-infrared spectroscopy in serum samples

Akikazu Sakudo, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Department of Virology, Center for

Infectious Disease Control, Research Institute for Microbial

Diseases, Osaka University, Department of Physiology, Osaka

City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Enhancement of herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) and herpesvirus 7

(HHV-7) reactivation in saliva during the fatigue state

Yoshitaka Kajimoto, M.D.

President and CEO, Soiken, Inc.

Affiliate Professor of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University

Application of DNA chip for Fatigue Assessment

Kazuhito Rokutan, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor & Director, Department of Stress Science,

Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima

Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

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11:30-12:30pm

Lunch Break

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Viral and Immune Interactions and Health Session

Session Co-Chairs:

Dharam V. Ablashi, DVM, MS, Dip. Bact.

Lee Meisel, M.D., J.D.

Session Description: Chronic active viral infection in CFS;

diagnostic methodology issues; sub-grouping by viral status;

impact on immune and neurological regulation; impact of

antiviral treatment on outcome.

Coordinated by the HHV-6 Foundation

Overview of EBV, Stress and Viral Latency in CFS

Glaser, Ph.D.

Director, Institute for Behavioral Medicine & Professor,

Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, Ohio State

University, Medical Center.

Overview of HHV-6 in CFS and Diagnostic Assays for Detecting

Chronic Active HHV-6 and EBV

Dharam V. Ablashi, DVM, MS, Dip. Bact.

Co-Founder, Past President and Treasurer, IACFS

Co-Founder, International Epstein-Barr Virus Association

Scientific Director, HHV-6 Foundation

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Immune Paper Presentations

Immunological Comparison of Gulf War Illness and CFS

Ann Fletcher, Ph.D.

Elevated Proinflammatory IL-6 in Patients with Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome

M. Gurbaxani, Ph.D.

Viral Paper Presentations

The HHV6 U45 protein is not a functional dUTPase, but it does

induce immune dysregulation similar to the EBV-encoded

dUTPase

Marshall V. , Ph.D.

Incidence of HHV-6 and EBV Infection in Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome Patients

Levine, M.D.

HHV-6 and HHV-7 Infection in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Modra Murovska, Ph.D.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is Associated with Persistent

Enterovirus Infection of the Stomach

K. Chia, M.D.

Chronic Bacterial Co-Infections in CFS and CFS Patients

Subsequently Diagnosed with Lyme Disease

Garth L. Nicolson, Ph.D.

HHV-6 Biology, Viruses and Immunology in CFS

L. Komaroff, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Closing Remarks

L. Komaroff, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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General Conference Sessions Concludes

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Break

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Post Conference Workshop: Infections in CFS

Session Description: Non CME bonus session designed

for investigators developing protocols that integrate viral and

immune measures or antiviral or immunomodulatory strategies

Session Co-Chairs:

Glaser, Ph.D.

Dharam V. Ablashi, DVM. MS, Dip Bact

Basic Science Panel Discussion

Glaser, Ph.D.

Dharam V. Ablashi, DVM, MS, Dip. Bact.

K. Chia, M.D.

Yoshitaka Kajimoto, M.D.

R Kerr BSc, MBBCh, MD, PhD, FRCPath.

Constance Knox, Ph.D.

Modra Murovska, Ph.D.

Garth L. Nicolson, M.D.

Marshall , Ph.D.

Session Co-Chairs:

G. Montoya, M.D.

, M.D.

Clinical Science Panel Discussion

G. Montoya, M.D.

Dan , M.D.

Joe Brewer, M.D.

Klimas, M.D.

L. Komaroff, M.D.

Levine, M.D.

Lerner, M.D.