Dial In To Myeloma Cure Panel
And Join Us for a Discussion on Treatments Under Development
Cure Panel on Multiple Myeloma - 22 August 2012 1pm (EST)
CureTalk is kickstarting its Cure Panel, a series of monthly conference calls that invites leading experts to inform patients/caregivers/health consumers on the latest developments underway to treat a particular condition, with a panel discussion on Multiple Myeloma.
We welcome everyone to join us in our discussions!
Register NOW! Panel limited to 50 callers!!
RSVP closes on 21 August 2012!!
Dr. Ravi Vij, Cure Panel Myeloma Expert
Myeloma Cure Panel @ 1pm EST
All callers can listen in to the panel discussion. Callers will have the opportunity to ask our Myeloma Cure Panel one question. It would be great if we are in receipt of the questions via email by August 20, 2012. Participants can also submit questions as comments while the call is going on. We will try to incorporate all caller queries in our program, time permits.
Any personal medical advice pertaining to specific treatments cannot be sought during question-answer session. Only questions related to general trends in Multiple Myeloma research are encouraged.
To join us on Cure Panel, rsvp priya@trialx.com (or)
Mail us for Dial-In information.
Register NOW! Limited to 50 Callers!
RSVP closes on 21 August 2012!!
Wednesday, Aug 22, 2012, 01:00 PM
Virtual Tele-conference Call
Myeloma Cure Panelists
Lori Puente
Lori Puente is a myeloma caregiver and tireless advocate for UAMS/ Arkansas myeloma treatment program. Her husband, Dave was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2008. Lori writes an excellent caregivers blog called Riding The Wave.
Pat Killingsworth
Myeloma Beacon columnist and blogger, Pat was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in April of 2007 at age 51. Presently, Pat is in remission. Pat is an author and his books on myeloma include Living with Multiple Myeloma, Stem Cell Transplants - A Patient’s Perspective. He maintains two blogs, Living with Multiple Myeloma and Help with Cancer .
Nick Van Dyk
Nicolas van Dyk (Nick) is a senior executive with a major media company, and in his spare time, he is the guitarist / songwriter for the rock band Redemption. He is in three years of complete remission following aggressive chemotherapy including tandem transplants and firmly believes myeloma can be cured in a majority of newly diagnosed cases through aggressive treatment. Nick chronicles his myeloma journey in his personal blog, www.nvdmyeloma.blogspot.com.
Karen Crowley
Karen is a stay at home mom who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2005. She chronicles her cancer journey in her blog, Adventures of Cancer Girl.
Jennifer Myers
Jennifer is a guest blogger with Cure Talk. A schizoaffective disorder survivor, she is a strong advocate for the same and believes that positive thinking, family support, and excellent medical care can help patients survive any kind of health issue. She maintains a personal blog at Living with Schizoaffective Disorder.
Kimberly C. Blozie
Miss Blozie is a senior clinical research professional and entrepreneur. She was manager of clinical research at Columbia University’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. Miss Blozie has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry from the University of New Hampshire and a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Management from Columbia University. She is currently working on a science fiction novel.
Gary Petersen
Gary is the editor of myelomasurvival.com and a 6 year survivor of multiple myeloma. He is now 6 years into CR post a stem cell transplant. He works with Myeloma specialists to provide life expectancy and survival rate data through his site.
Myeloma Cure Panel Format
- 1.00 pm - Conference call starts.
- 1.05 pm - Moderator welcomes and introduces expert and panelists.
- 1.10 pm - Myeloma expert. Dr. Ravi Vij answers and discusses questions by panelists.
- 1.40 pm - Expert/panelists answers questions submitted by call listeners.
- 1.50 pm - Moderator summarizes main points.
- 2.00 pm - Call comes to an end.
About Cure Panel
Cure Panel is organized by CureTalk, a blog dedicated to discussing the future of medicine and the latest treatments under development. Cure Panel is a series of monthly conference calls that will feature leading medical experts in conversation with patients/bloggers/researchers/health consumers. The panel will discuss latest cures under development of a given condition like Myeloma, Prostate Cancer.
CureTalk is a blog of TrialX.com, an online platform to connect patients to clinical trials of new treatments.
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