Calendar of Events
MGnet is proud to broadcast MGFA Annual Meeting live through the Internet!
- To join chat and watch the live webcast go to the chatroom page
- To view taped broadcasts go to the taped broadcasts page
- General questions about the program/broadcasts - email Vice President
- Questions related to technical aspects of the broadcasts - email Chat Help
To find out when the sessions will be held in your local time, go to http://www.timeanddate.com/ (you'll find a sample listing of time zones here).
PROGRAM OF THE BROADCASTS (Tempe, Arizona, USA):
Thursday, May 4
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Opening RemarksEsther Land, MGFA Chair Welcome by Arizona Chapter
11:00 am - 11:45 am
"Medical and Scientific Advisory Board"Robert Pascuzzi, MD
Professor and Chairman of Neurology at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
"Health in a New Key"Roger A. Hughes, Ph. D
Executive Director, St. Luke's Health Initiatives, Phoenix, AZ
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
"Managing Myasthenia Gravis: For the Patient and Family"K. Sivakuma, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, University of Arizona
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
"Myasthenic Autoimmunity and the Shrinking Seronegative Group"Tim Miller, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Friday, May 5
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis"Michael T. Pulley, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Florida
10:00 am - 10:45 am
(topic to be announced)Mark Ross, MD
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
10:45 am - 11:30 am
"MG Q&A: Answers to Pre-submitted Questions"Mark Ross, MD; Robert Pascuzzi, MD
Tahseen Mozaffar, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of California, Irvine
Saturday, May 6
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Exercise and Myasthenia Gravis"David G. Carfagno, DO
Scottsdale Sports Medicine Institute
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"The Bermeo Boys: It's Child's Play"The Bermeo Family
10:30 am - 11:15 am
"Role of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Myasthenia Gravis"Todd D. Levine, MD
Director, Samaritan ALS Clinic
Assistant Clinical Professor, U of A
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meet those in Tempe! MGers will introduce themselves!7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Awards Banquet7:00 pm - 7:45 pm Welcome and Dinner
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm Hoop Dancers
8:15 pm - 9:00 pm Awards
Sample listing of time zones:
- Tempe, Arizona, USA - 11am (Thursday, May 4)
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - 8am (Thursday, May 4)
- Los Angeles, California, USA - 11am (Thursday, May 4)
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada - midday (Thursday, May 4)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA - 1pm (Thursday, May 4)
- New York, New York, USA - 2pm (Thursday, May 4)
- Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 3pm (Thursday, May 4)
- Lisbon, Portugal - 7pm (Thursday, May 4)
- London, England, UK - 7pm (Thursday, May 4)
- Rome, Italy - 8pm (Thursday, May 4)
- Cape Town, South Africa - 8pm (Thursday, May 4)
- Tel Aviv, Israel - 9pm (Thursday, May 4)
- Islamabad, Pakistan - 11pm (Thursday, May 4)
- Delhi, India - 11.30pm (Thursday, May 4)
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 4am (Friday, May 5)
For more information on local time zones, go to http://www.timeanddate.com/
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