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I am passing on a note from Janet Rinehart, president of CSA/USA,
concerning this year's CSA conference--Jim Lyles, CELIAC co-listowner
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Dear Friends,
Because of limited hotel/conference room availability, I wanted to let
you know about the details of the upcoming CSA Conference. Janet
Rinehart in Houston, Texas, USA, [log in to unmask]
21ST ANNUAL CSA CONFERENCE
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, October 30, 31 & November 1
Crowne Plaza at the Crossings
800 Greenwich Avenue
Warwick, RI 02886
401/732-6000 (Ask for Celiac Sprue Assoc. block of rooms, special price
of $99/night)
Limited space available for both rooms and attendance. Act now.
Free Shuttle from nearby Airport
Tours to Newport and Boston available on Thurs., Oct. 29
Send inquiries for reservation brochure to CSA/USA, P.O. Box 31700,
Omaha, NE 68131-0700; phone 402/558-0600. Current CSA members will
automatically receive the brochure.
FRIDAY:
Celiac Disease: Then & Now Richard J. Grand, M.D.,
Pediatric Gastro
New England Medical Center
Review of Research Related to CD Gary J. Russell, M.D.,
Pediatric Gastro
Mass. General Hospital
Research Review of Transgenic Foods Alan Koepke, Ph.D.
DeKALB Genetics Corp.
Serological Testing for CD Ciaron Kelly, M.D.,
Beth Israel Deaconness Med. Cen.,
Harvard School
Session for Newly-Diagnosed Patients Randi G. Preskow, M.D.,
(For a few weeks & up to 18 months) Pediatric Gastro
The Floating Hospital for
Children, Boston
And
Kathleen Calenda,
Pediatric Gastro
The Hows and Whys of Celiac Disease Z. Myron Falchuck, M.D.,
Gastro,
Harvard Medical School
&
Beth Israel Deaconness Med. Cen.
Review of Dermatitis Herpetiformis
Neurological Complications Walter R. Thayer, M.D.,
Associated with Celiac Disease Gastro in Private Practice,
Providence, RI
SATURDAY:
Partnering for GF Medications Steve Plogsted, Pharm. D.
Columbus Children's Hospital, OH
A Session for Children and Kathleen Calenda, MD
Their Parents
Afternoon Halloween Party with entertainment, crafts, GF refreshments
Psychological Aspects of Living Lauren J. Komack, MSW, LICSW, BDC,
With a Chronic Illness Clinical Social Worker & a celiac
Thyroid Disease Why do Celiacs Have It?
Don't Loaf Around, A Primer on Beth Hillson and others,
Making GF Bread in Your Bread Gluten-Free Pantry
Machine
Gluten-Free Cooking Tips Jay Berger, Miss Robens
Basics for the GF Diet: A Question & Leon Rottmann, CSA Exec. Dir.
Answer Review Session
Accompaniments and Breads for GF Kate Marchetti,
Cooking Dietary Specialties
Putting the Taste of India in GF Hushad Pareth,
Cooking Tamarind Tree
New Developments in GF Foods Sam Wylde III, Ener-G Foods
Food for Travel
Content of Chapter Newsletters
Your Turn to Spurn the Wicked Witch of the West
(For kids of all ages or the age you like best)
SUNDAY:
Food Fair
Is the Diet Managing Me or Am I Mary McLaughlin, MPH., RD
Managing the Diet?
The following 6 sessions are run concurrently but are repeated the next
hour. (Choose one each hour)
a. Eating Out With the Hotel Chef
b. Packing It Up
(lunches for school, work & picnics)
c. Obtaining Diet and Ingredient Information
on Foods and Judging Its Accuracy
d. Reading Labels and Working with
Commercial Food Companies
(what to look for on labels; how
to contact food companies regarding specific
products; FDA regulations)
e. Basics on Adapting Favorite Recipes to Gluten Free
(substituting appropriate ingredients to make
a similar product)
f. Getting Adequate Nutrition and Promoting Growth
on the Gluten-Free Diet
(especially for parents of children and teens;
discussion of the challenge of supplying nutrients
needed for appropriate growth)
Conclusions and Summary for Food Day Mary McLaughlin, MPH., RD
New England Med.
Plus great gluten-free meals, time to meet people in your regions,
Annual Business Meeting, entertainment, opportunity to look at
publications, and MORE.
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