The ALS Association, Greater Los Angeles Chapter, in conjunction with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, announced the grand opening of the ALS Program. Keynote speaker and nationally recognized neuromuscular disease researcher Dr. Robert H. Brown, Harvard University, and prominent leaders in the fight against ALS discussed various aspects of the disease and its treatments.
Program Highlights
8 to 9 a.m.
Registration and Vendor Showcase - Continental Breakfast
9 to 9:45 a.m.
Welcome and Ribbon Cutting
Fred Fisher, President and CEO, ALS Association, Greater Los Angeles Chapter
Dawn Schmitz, Chapter Advocate
Jeannie Fontana MD, PhD, Chapter Trustee
Stefan M. Pulst, MD, Director, Division of Neurology; Co-Director of the Neuromuscular Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Holder of the Carmen and Louis Warschaw Chair in Neurology; Professor of Medicine and Neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Kathleen Rasmussen, Chair, Chapter Board of Trustees
9:45 to 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert Brown, Harvard University
10:30 to 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 to 10:55 a.m.M
Meet the ALS Chapter and Cedars-Sinai Team
10:55 to 11:25 a.m.
ALS Overview and Research
Abirami Muthukumaran, MD, Director, ALS Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
11:25 to 11:35 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:35 to 11:50 a.m.
Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Language Pathology
11:50 to 12:00 p.m.
Questions and Answers
12 to 1 p.m.
Lunch and Vendor Showcase
1 to 1:15 p.m.
Respiratory Therapy>
1:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Questions and Answers
1:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Break, Refreshments and Vendor Showcase
1:45 to 2 p.m.
Social Services
Linda O'Connor, LCSW
2 to 2:30 p.m.
Neuropsychologist
Enrique Lopez, PsyD
2:30 to 2:45 p.m.
Questions and Answers
2:45 to 3 p.m.
Wrap-Up and Evaluation
For more information about ALS, or to schedule an appointment for a first or second opinion, call 1-800-CEDARS-1 (1-800-233-2771).
