Speakers: MAGIC Convention July 22-25th

[Guest guest]

OK. Here we go. The speaker schedule for the upcoming MAGIC

convention.

Beginning Thursday evening, July 22 - Sunday July 25th

Marriott O'Hare Hotel in Chicago (fly into O'Hare and get a free

hotel shuttle; Midway takes a $40 taxi ride)

Friday (daycare provided)

9-12pm Dr. Stanhope will again come from England and speak on the

characteristics of RSS versus the SGA child, and how does one make

the diagnosis of the 2. Then Dr. Harbison will speak to her

treatment protocol (Stanhope will be with her for backup) and she

will talk about any new studies/info that has come out.

12-1pm LUNCH carts -- food available for purchase

1-2:30pm Dr. Harbison (but we may end up getting THE Dr.

Barker who did the original England study!!!!) will be speaking on

insulin resistance and the other health risks that are higher for

children born SGA.

2:30 - 4:00pm. Now you have a choice. You can go and listen to Dr.

Spigland, Dr. Ursea and Dr. Harbison speak on the common gut

dysmotility issues that affect SGA/RSS kids (all 3 flying in from

NY; they are the GI team at Dr. H's hospital); or you can go to

the " Practical Adapations for living as a short statured adult "

presentation that will feature a panel of RSS adults.

Saturday morning

You choose again. SOOO many choices.

8:30-10:00am

10:15 - 11:45am

1) Ann Guild will give a presentation and hands-on clinic on " Why

Isn't My CHild Eating! " -- focusing on feeding therapy. (this lasts

the entire 3 hours)

2) Published author Phelan will speak on Attention Deficit

Disorder. This should go just the first 90 minutes, and we hope to

have an endocrinologist or 2 who can answer any questions on

medication and its impact on appetite and growth.

3) 10:15 - 11:45am. Dr. Sandberg will speak on " Family

Matters " -- discussing family issues that arise when one child has

medical issues -- including marriage, in-laws, grandparents, etc.

This should be really good.

Pool party will again be for the RSS/SGA group on Saturday, although

it will be a " purchase your own sandwich " event because last year it

ended up costing us about $8,000 for the event!!! (the hotel

charged us like $20 per person!)

Dr. Harbison will again graciously offer free consultations. These

will again be scheduled beginning April - July and be first -come

first scheduled, AFTER you have registered for the convention. All

returning children MUST be seen on Wednesday or Thursday before the

convention begins.

SCHOLARSHIPS. Thanks to several families, we will again have a

scholarship program, which will pay your hotel for 3 nights and your

registration. Please email me privately to apply. If you want to

also fundraise the monies to pay your airfare/gas/meals, we have

EASY brochures that you can hand out and people can make tax

deductible donations to MAGIC in your name, and then we reimburse

you with your raised funds.

Whew. Lots of info. Please contact me for more info. MAGIC will

have the actual registration materials printed in another month or

so.

Salem, RSS/SGA Division, MAGIC