Message from Dr. Gershwin's group/Marcy Crees UC

[Guest guest]

Dear All;

Ricky Safer received the message (below) today from Marcy Crees of

Dr. Gershwin's group. Because Ricky will be going out of town

tomorrow, and is extremely busy with last minute travel

preparations, she asked me to post this message on the PSC support

group message board.

I will send a separate message to Marcy to let her know that I have

posted her message. I will try to explain to Marcy the difference

between the LiverSupport group and our group, and ask that if she

has future messages to post, to please contact Ricky or myself. I

don't believe that Marcy can post directly to our message board,

unless of course she became a member.

Best regards,

(father of (19); PSC 07/03; UC 08/03)

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Ricky,

I just posted a message to web address, but I am not sure if it is

the same one that you organize. It is

LiverSupport_L Joanne Cathcart.

If you run a different site, please let me know how to post messages

to it. Below is a message that I would like posted.

Hello everyone,

I am Dr. M. Gershwin's research coordinator in his PBC research

lab at the University of California at .

Dr. Gershwin and I have been holding informative PBC/PSC/AIH

meetings

around the western part of the USA for people with auto immune liver

diseases. At the meetings, Dr. Gershwin speaks about the current

research we are conducting in the lab and he has a questions and

answers session as well. I collect blood samples from anyone who is

willing. The blood needs to be very fresh, so we fly it back to the

lab immediately following the meeting. We have gotten a very

positive response from people who attended previous meetings.

The meeting will be at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in

Phoenix, AZ Sunday, January 30, 2005 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in the

Sandstone Conference center off the main lobby. The address is 1111

E. McDowell Rd.

Please forward this message on to anyone else that you know with

PBC.

The more people that are able to come the faster our research

progresses. Also, if you have a female friend or a sister that is

close in age or a daughter, ask them to come to the meeting and

donate a blood sample as a control.

Please let me know if you will be able to attend on Sunday,

January 30.

It is very important that you RSVP. We need to make sure there will

be at least 20 people there with PBC/PSC/AIH to be able to hold the

meeting.

Marcy Crees

Staff Research Associate

UC

Internal Medicine

Department of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy

451 E. Health Sciences Drive

GBSF 6605A

, Ca 95616

mlcrees@...

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Marcy Crees

Staff Research Associate

UC

Internal Medicine

Department of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy

451 E. Health Sciences Drive

GBSF 6605A

, Ca 95616

mlcrees@...