Thursday, March 12 -Patient Meeting

9:30am – 9:45am 

Welcome & Introduction
Nancy Klimas, M.D
Board Member IACFS/ME, President
9:45am – 10:45am New Developments in Possible Causes of ME/CFS
  Daniel Peterson, M.D.
Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
Simcox-Clifford –Higby Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School 
10:45am – 11:00am Break
11:00am - 12:00pm New Research on What Helps People Cope with ME/CFS
 

Fred Friedberg, PhD
Board Member IACFS/ME, Treasurer
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Leonard  Jason, Ph.D.                                     
Board Member IACFS/ME,
Vice President Professor,
Clinical and Community Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm – 2:30pm Latest Research on the Pathophysiology of ME/CFS
 

Board Member IACFS/ME
Hirohito Kuratsune, M.D., D. Med. Sci
Professor, Faculty of Health Science for Welfare, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences   
Visiting Professor, Clinical Center for Fatigue Science, Osaka City University Medical School  

Kenneth J. Friedman, Ph.D.
Board Member IACFS/ME
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ  
 2:30pm – 3:30pm Assessing ME/CFS Brain Functioning
  Gudrun Lange, Ph.D.                                     
Clinical Neuropsychologist –Professor, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Director,
War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, DVA NJ Health Care System An overview about assessment of cognitive function in CFS/ME.  Utility and pitfalls of neuropsychological testing and neuroimaging will be discussed.  Questions are encouraged.
3:30pm – 3:45pm Break
3:45pm – 4:45pm New Developments in Pharmacologic Treatments
  Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Board Member IACFS/ME, President
4:45pm - 5:30pm Panel Question & Answer Session (questions written out)
  Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Dan Peterson, M.D.                                     
Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
Lenard Jason, Ph.D.                                    
Hirohito Kuratsune, M.D., D. Med. Sci
Kenneth Friedman, Ph.D.
Gudrun Lange, Ph.D
5:30pm Patient Meeting Concludes