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Registration for the 2nd Annual Patient Education Day,
Celiac Disease Center at Columbia
can now be made online at www.cdcc.hs.columbia.edu

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

Patient Education Day
Presented by the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia
Peter H.R. Green, Director

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

Patient Education Day is a symposium by experts for patients and interested medical practioners.

Last year's Patient Education Day was attended by over 500 people!

Topics this year include:
Celiac Disease 2003 Update, Potential Therapies, Autoimmune Connection, Pediatric Celiac Disease, Neurological Problems in CD, Osteoporosis, Dermatitis Herpetiformis, Update on the Gluten-Free Diet,  Coping Strategies, Task Force-Food Labeling Laws.

Speakers include:
Peter Green, MD (Columbia University), Bana Jabri, MD, PhD (University of Chicago), John Zone, MD (University of Utah), Elizabeth Shane, MD (Columbia University), Norman Latov, MD, PhD (Cornell University), Bruce Roseman, MD (New York Medical College), Amy R. DeFelice, MD (Columbia University), Joseph Levy, MD (Columbia University), Carol Semrad, MD (University of Chicago), Andrea Levario, JD and Allison Herwitt (Co-Chairs, American Celiac Task Force), Danna Korn (Founder of R.O.C.K. and author), Anne Roland Lee, MS, Ed, RD, CDE (Columbia University).


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

The registration fee includes the academic presentations, continental breakfast, refreshments and lunch.  Vendors of gluten-free food will also be present. There is reduced rate parking for $7.50 for the day at the hospital parking garage on 165th and Ft. Washington Ave.  You will receive the parking discount coupon when you arrive at Alumni Auditorium.

Pre-registration by November 1st is required.

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).

Here are a few suggestions for reasonably priced hotels located just over the
George Washington Bridge in New Jersey:

Radisson, Englewood, NJ, 201-871-2020
Holiday Inn, RT 4 East, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 201-288-9600
Hilton, Ft. Lee, NJ, 201-461-9000

At the Radisson, there is a shuttle to New York-Presbyterian Medical Center,
$6.50/person one way

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]

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