<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I am posting this message for Hal Winfield, RN, Education Program Director/Research Coordinator for the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia. Hold the Date for the 2nd Annual 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 practitioners. 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 (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 online is $50 per person, paid by credit card. Registration sent by mail with a check is $55 per person. Look for a post to this Listserve soon with a link for online registration as well as a registration form that can be printed and mailed. The registration fee includes the academic presentations, continental breakfast, refreshments and lunch. Vendors of gluten-free food will also be present. Reduced rate parking for $7.50 for the day is available at the hospital parking garage on 165th Street 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 campus is just a few block from Route 9A (Henry Hudson Parkway). Travel directions will be included on the link for online registration. 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 Telephone: 212-342-0251 Email: [log in to unmask] *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List*