Johns Hopkins Pituitary Patient Day 2013

Johns Hopkins Pituitary Patient Day

Join us on Saturday, September 28, 2013, for the 5th Annual Patient Education Day at the Johns Hopkins Pituitary Center.

When: Saturday, September 28, 2013
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location:
Johns Hopkins Mt. Washington Conference Center
5801 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209
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Location of the pituitary gland in the human brain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Patient Education Day Agenda:
9:30 – 10:00 AM	REGISTRATION
10:00 – 10:25 AM	What is the pituitary gland, where it is located, what it does, and what can go wrong	Gary Wand, MD
10:30 – 10:50 AM	How pituitary tumors can affect your vision	Prem Subramanian, MD, PhD Vivek Patel, MD, PhD
10:50 – 11:10 AM	Cushing disease journey: a patient’s perspective	Stacey Hardy
11:15 – 11:40 AM	Surgery for Pituitary tumors: from very tiny to very large	Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD Gary Gallia, MD, PhD Alessandro Olivi, MD
11:40 – 12:00 PM	Radiation therapy: when, why, and how	Lawrence Kleinberg, MD Kristen Redmond, MD
12:05 – 12:25 PM	The medications you may be taking (new and old ones): what you need to know	Roberto Salvatori, MD
12:30 – 1:25 PM	Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 PM	PM Round table sessions: 1) Medical therapy (Wand/Salvatori) 2) Surgical therapy (Quinones/Gallia/Olivi) 3) Radiation therapy (Redmond/Kleinberg/Lim) 4) Vision issues (Subramanian/Patel)

*This schedule is subject to change

Please R.S.V.P. by September 13, 2013, vie email (preferred) to PituitaryDay@jhmi.edu  or to Alison Dimick at 410-955-3921.

Reservations will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis.