What’s Happening in the News & On the Calendar
Check out the many ways we offer support by reviewing our latest information below.
Congratulations and thank you to all who participated in or volunteered at
The GBS/CIDP 5K & Miracle Mile in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 12th.
Click here to see the results of the event.
LIZZ RUSSELL COCKTAILS AND COUTURE COLLECTION
Friday, May 25, 2012
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
The Westgate Hotel
San Diego, CA 92101
Discover your own style with celebrity fashion designer
Lizz Russell during the Cocktails & Couture Collection Event
Special guest model, Kaushal Patel, co-anchor of 10News will showcase her signature creations
Live entertainment, one cocktail and three hors d’oeuvres
$25 per person (plus tax & gratuity)
A portion of the proceeds to benefit the GBS/CIDP International Foundation
Reservations: 619-557-3655
CANADIAN EASTERN CONFERENCE
Saturday, May 26, 2012
8:00AM – 5:00PM
Atlantica Halifax Hotel
1980 Robbie Street
Halifax, NS B3H 3G5
Hosted by the GBS/CIDP Foundation of Canada
Registration due: May 10, 2012
More information & registration form download.
UTAH
GBS/CIDP SUPPORT GROUP MEETING
Saturday, June 2, 2012
12:00PM – 2:00PM
Hires Conference Room
2900 West 4700 South
West Valley City, UT
Join us for caring and sharing with others.
Liaison: Sherie Demple
WISCONSIN
GBS/CIDP SUPPORT GROUP
Saturday, June 2, 2012
1:00pm
Alisha Ashman Branch (Madison Public Library)
733 North Highpoint Rd.
Madison, WI 53717
Speaker: Andrew Waclawik, MD
RSVP Requested: Emily Knapp, Wisconsin Liaison, GBSurvivor422@yahoo.com
TEXAS
GBS/CIDP SUPPORT GROUP
Saturday, June 23, 2012
9:00am
Maple A&B room
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
2222 Wellborn St.
Dallas, TX 75219
214-559-5000
Speaker: Sharon Nations, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center, Neurology Dept.
Liaisons: Debbie Plimmer and Rebecca Sumner
ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
PNS/Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium Meeting
The program will focus on immune-mediated neuropathies
Sunday – Thursday, June 24-27, 2012
LantarenVenster Building on the river Maas
Contact: Amber Millen, Peripheral Nerve Society Executive Secretary, AMillen@UCSD.edu
12TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
October 26-28, 2012 | Fort Worth, Texas
Be sure to join us in Ft. Worth to enjoy an engaging time with many fellow GBS/CIDP patients, family members & caregivers.
More details to come.
Expert diagnosis & management of inflammatory neuropathies is critical to our patients. This is what our medical advisory board members had in mind when setting up the new Centers of Excellence program. A year later, we continue to add healthcare facilities providing exactly that.
