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Before we know it, November will be here!

Don't forget to register for Patient Education Day, presented by the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia.

2nd Annual Patient Education Day
Saturday, November 15, 2003
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Alumni Auditorium, Black Building
650 West 168th Street
New York-Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, NY

Registration can be made online at www.cdcc.hs.columbia.edu

You can find complete information about the program, speakers, directions, parking and hotels on the website.

The registration fee paid online with a credit card is $50 per person. Registration can also be sent by mail with a check for $55 per person.  A registration form that can be printed and mailed is available on the website.

Be sure to register by November 1st.

The registration fee includes a full day's program of talks by outstanding specialists on celiac disease, with question and answer periods.  It also includes a continental breakfast, refreshments and lunch.  There will be great vendors there, too, including Foods by George, the Gluten-Free Pantry, Chebe Bread, Claire's Cookies, Gabrielle's Dessert Boutique, Prometheus Laboratories, IMMCO Diagnostics, Whole Foods, Glutino, Bob & Ruth's Gluten-Free Travel & Dining Club, Gluten Free T-Shirts, Lifemax Natural Foods, and The Teff Company.

For those of you not familiar with New York City, New York-Presbyterian Medical Center (Columbia-Presbyterian) is located very near the George Washington Bridge.  Driving there is easy, as the medical center is just a few blocks from Route 9A (Henry Hudson Parkway).  Special arrangements have been made for parking at the hospital garage on 165th and Ft. Washington, at a reduced rate of $7.50 for the day.  There is also convenient access to the Medical Center by public transportation.


For additional information, please contact Hal Winfield, RN, Education Program Director/
Research Coordinator for the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia.
Telephone: 212-342-0251   Email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]

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