One-day Patient Conference in San Antonio, Texas, October 8, 2016

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A free one-day patient conference will be held in San Antonio, TX on Saturday, October 8, 2016. The conference, hosted by the Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation (AA&MDSIF), is one of seven one-day patient conferences in 2016.

The conference is for AA, MDS, and PNH patients and their families, as well as medical professionals who care for these patients.

The conference will include parallel (simultaneous) sessions on AA, MDS, and PNH, sessions on transplants, clinical trials, health insurance, and decision-making, as well as professionally-facilitated support sessions with your peers.

Disease track sessions will be offered in Spanish at this conference and the conference in San Diego.

Conference attendance is free. Breakfast and lunch are included. Discounted hotel rates are available to those who want to stay overnight. There will a Friday Night Social the evening before the conference.

Conference Program

Come hear the latest information about diagnosis, treatment, and medical research from leading experts, including these physicians:

• Dr. Erica Warlick, University of Minnesota
• Dr. Lawrence Rice, Houston Methodist Hospital
• Dr. Bart Scott, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Patients and family members will also be able to

• meet medical experts face-to-face
• hear about the latest treatments and medical research
• learn skills for managing life with a bone marrow failure disease
• have your questions answered
• learn how to be your own advocate for the best care
• get to know other patients and family members like yourselves
• attend professionally-facilitated support sessions

A special lunch program will let conference attendees meet and talk, with an emphasis on ways to stand up for your health.


AA&MDSIF Patient and Family Conference: Living with Aplastic Anemia, MDS, or PNH

When:

Saturday, October 8, 2016, 8:30am to 4:30pm
Check-in begins at 7:30am.

Where:

DoubleTree by Hilton San Antonio Airport (Google map)
37 NE Loop 410 (at McCullough), San Antonio, TX 78216
210-366-2424 (main)

Hotel reservations:

Discounted hotel rates are available through Friday September 16, 2016.
Phone: 800-729-5713 or 210-321-4855 (mention "AA&MDSIF Patient Family Conference")
Online Hotel Reservations

Hotel parking is free. A free airport shuttle is available.
See other hotel information on the AA&MDSIF event page.

Conference registration:

Use the online Conference Registration Form to register for the conference.
No registration deadline has been set.

For more information see the AA&MDSIF event page.

If you plan to attend this conference, post in this thread to let other attendees know to look for you!

After the conference, let us know what you thought of the event.

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There is still time to register for the Patient and Family Conference in San Antonio on October 8, 2016, conveniently near the San Antonio International Airport.

This is the only 2016 AA&MDSIF Patient and Family Conference that's south of Ohio, West of Florida, and east of California, so it's the best choice for patients and families in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and other southern, midwestern, and western states.

It's also your chance to hear from bone marrow failure disease experts Dr. Erica Warlick, Dr. Lawrence Rice, and Dr. Bart Scott, who are traveling from other cities or states to speak to you and answer your questions.

Use the online Conference Registration Form to register for the conference.

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The conference has been canceled due to a low registration count.

The last AA&MDSIF Patient and Family Conference for 2016 will take place in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday November 6, 2016 (see details).