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We’re pleased to announce:

PWSA (USA) Educational Webinars

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE FIRST WEBINAR OF 2010

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2010, 7:00 P.M. EST

Prader-Willi Syndrome: An Overview for Parents of Young Children
Presented by Dr. Suzanne B. Cassidy
This webinar is specifically geared to the parents of young children and those that have been recently diagnosed.

Suzanne B. Cassidy, M.D.,is currently a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a board certified Clinical Geneticist and Pediatrician whose career includes doing patient care, teaching for medical students, residents and advanced trainees, and clinical research mainly focused on Prader-Willi syndrome. She has also been the director of clinical genetics divisions at three institutions in the past. She has conducted multi-disciplinary specialty clinics for PWS since 1981 and has published widely on her clinical observations and research on PWS. She has been the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) in the past, and remains on that board. And she has been the professional delegate to IPWSO from the USA since IPWSO was established. She has helped to organize several IPWSO and PWSA (USA) Scientific Conferences, and is a frequent speaker about PWS at local, regional, national and international educational and medical conferences related to PWS.

How long will the session last?

Approximately one hour plus a time for questions at the end of the presentation.

What is needed to participate?

Audio can be provided by phone (there will be a long distance charge) or at no charge by using your computer speakers.  You will have less chance of audio interference if you use the phone line as opposed to VoIP.    

For PC-based participants:

  • Internet Explorer® 6.0 or newer, Mozilla® Firefox® 2.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
  • Windows® 2000, XP, 2003 Server or Vista
  • Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection
  • Minimum of Pentium® class 1GHz CPU with 512 MB of RAM (recommended) (2 GB of RAM for Windows® Vista)
For Mac-based participants:

  • Safari™ 3.0 or newer, Firefox® 2.0 or newer (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
  • Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer
  • PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor (512 MB of RAM or better recommended)
  • Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection
Is there a cost to participate?
We are pleased to be able to provide these seminars to you for a minimal cost of $35 each. Consider the bargain—NO WAITING, no travel, no time constraints! Learn from the comfort of your own home!

PLEASE NOTE: 

1.        Registration will close one hour before the start of the webinar (6:00 p.m. EST).

2.        A copy of the slides used by Dr. Cassidy during her lecture will be e-mailed to all registrants approximately 20 minutes before the start of the webinar.

3.        Registration is a TWO-STEP process.  First you will enter your payment information and then you will be directed to the website to register for the webinar.  If you do not complete the registration at the second site, you will have paid for the webinar, but not be able to log in and view the presentation. 

Because we know there is so much to learn, PWSA (USA) strives to find ways to teach you valuable lessons about Prader-Willi syndrome.

 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

If you have any difficulty with registration or logging into the event, please e-mail jdoherty88@yahoo.com.

 

 edited: 03/03/2010

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