Chat Tonight With Dr Gropman From 9-10PM Eastern - Please Print These Chat Instructions To Make It Easier

[Guest guest]

Tonight, Dr. Gropman, from town University and the Center for

functional and molecular imaging and Adjunct Scientist (genetics) in the Medical

Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute will be our special

guest. We anticipate many participants and questions, thus we will use the

following format. We realize that the format is somewhat strict but this allows

us to have order and to make our guest comfortable. If you are coming to view

the chat and not ask a question - please log

off and log back in as a " guest " . This will allow the maximum number of people

who have questions the opportunity. If you have asked a question and it has been

answered, please log off and log back in as a guest so that others have the

opportunity to enter the chat. You will be able to read the remainder of the

chat. The chat allows a certain number of participants and when we exceed that

number, no one else is allowed to enter.

As you enter the room, you will be given a number which will be

openly given on the chat site. That number is sequential thus in the

order you entered. When your number comes up, you may ask one

question and only one question will be open for the doctor at a

time. When she has completed answering the question the next person

in the sequential order will be allowed to post their question. You

will be notified by private message when it is your turn to ask your

question just prior to the time to post it. You might find it

helpful to have pre-posted the question in preparation for entering

but be very careful not to hit the send key until you have been

given clearance to do so. Please post your question in ALL CAPS as

this will help Dr Gropman recognize each new question. In this case -

it will not be considered shouting. When our guest has completed

answering the question she will post a " ? " to let us know that she

is ready for the next question to be asked.

Please reserve this chat for questions to be asked of our guest

only. It is a very special gift of time and expertise that the guest

is offering us and we need to treat our guest with respect. If you

wish to chat with someone in the room, please go to the private chat

and communicate. Anyone who violates the instructions will receive a

warning. If a second warning is necessary, the person will lose

their privilege to be in the chat and will be removed. We hope that

we don't find it necessary to do this.

The chat transcript will be available on the MDA website as soon as

it has been edited by Dr Gropman and the MDA Chat Administrator.

Sometimes this takes a considerable amount of time as these

individuals are very busy. We ask for your patience while this is

being prepared. We are very happy you have joined us tonight and

hope you enjoy this special chat session. We also express our

gratitude to Dr Gropman for being with us tonight.

Dr. Gropman is an Assistant professor of pediatrics and neurology at

town University and the Center for functional and molecular

imaging and Adjunct Scientist (genetics) in the Medical Genetics

Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute. She is board

certified in pediatrics, neurology with special qualifications in

child neurology and clinical genetics. She received her M.D. from

the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed her

pediatric training at the s Hopkins Hospital and trained in

Neurology and Child Neurology at the Washington University

and the Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC. She

completed a genetics fellowship at the National Institutes of

Health, Bethesda, MD, and completed a research postdoctoral

fellowship there through a Medical Institute Physician

postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. Gropman is the founder and director of

the Neurogenetics Clinic at the Children's National Medical Center.

She has been a co-investigator on a number of NIH intramural

clinical studies through NHGRI and NICHD; and provides medical

expertise to the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation and is a

member of the medical and scientific advisory board.

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Alice