* Special Guest *
Scott Hamilton,
Olympic Gold Medal
figure skater will be
honored at the 2008
Gentle Giant Award
Dinner.
SPECIAL EVENT:
The PNA is proud
to announce the
unveiling of their
new state of the art
pituitary.org website
as a highlight of this conference.
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Hosted by leading physicians in pituitary medicine, conference topics include:
• The current state of hormonal affairs
• Most recent approaches to pituitary surgery
• Today’s medical treatments
• Mental, sexual, and societal issues the pituitary patient must overcome
• Sexuality and fertility
• Laws, rules, and regulations affecting Social Security benefits, insurance regulations and other matters critical to a disabled pituitary patient
• Issues facing the Endocrine Practitioner
• Most current testing and diagnostic methods and measurements
• Hormone replacement: Who, what, and why
• What patients need to know and have a right to expect
• What constitutes a Center of Excellence
• Building bridges to the past and the future
• Screening process
Conference Speakers, Directors and Guests:
Sylvia Asa, MD | Shereen Ezzat, MD |
Mitchel S. Berger, MD | Lewis Blevins, MD | Sandeep Kunwar, MD | Daniel Kelly, MD |
Albert Beckers, MD | Alan Rogol, MD |
Linda Rio, MFT | Olegario D. Cantos VII, Esq. | Scott Hamilton | Christina O'Neil Bourne | Guillermo Huesca
(for a complete listing, please visit our
Conference Site) |
The PNA is looking forward to the upcoming conference for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, set for October 30th-November 2 in Memphis, Tennessee. The PNA will have a booth and has been invited to present at one of the breakout sessions. Our presentation, entitled Hormonal and Mental Health: Essentials for Standards of Care, will be on Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 2:15 PM - 4:15 PM. This is the fourth such program we have presented at and they have been an instant success. Marriage and Family Therapists often see the pituitary patients before any other type of doctor. However, these “first responders” often don’t have a clue what they are looking at or working with. We are proud to have Linda Rio, MFT serve on the PNA’s board or directors. Together, we will expand the PNA’s 1 in 5 campaign to educate therapists about the emotional symptoms of pituitary diseases and disorders.
