Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association
National Support Group Leader Conference
March 5-7, 2010

The conference was a meeting of Support group leaders. This was held in Las Vegas, NV. It was an exciting weekend with support group leaders form all over the country meeting to discuss our groups. The agenda is listed below.

Dr. Michael Shy, Support Groups and Investigators—Working as Partners to Cure CMT

Elizabeth Ouellette, Effective Support Groups: Sharing the Workload

Mark Boxshus, Cookbook Appeal

Shannon Baker, Public Relations

Pat Dreibelbis, History of the CMTA

Dr. Michael Shy, STAR and Beyond

Shawna Feely and Carly Siskind, Genetics and CMT

Centers of Excellence Physician Panel:

Dr. Thomas Bird, Seattle, WA
Dr. Susan Iannaccone, Dallas, TX
Dr. Ahmet Hoke, Baltimore, MD
Dr. Steven Scherer, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Richard Finkel, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Michael Shy, Detroit, MI

Gretchen Glick, Water Aerobics

David Tannenbaum, Leading a Great Support Group

Patrick Livney, Get Involved! & Fundraising Panel Discussion

David Hall, Community Networking

Pictures of the event:

The meeting

The support group leaders, presenters and staff

A view of Las Vegas and around.