Spring Conference
Monday, June 4, 2012

29 Mall Rd, Burlington, MA 01805

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Schedule of Events

9:15 – 9:45 AM Registration and Vendor Exhibits
Continental Breakfast
9:45 - 10:00 AM Opening Remarks
Meredith Marinaro, MS, RD, CRNNE Chair 2011-2012
10:00 – 11:00 AM "Improving Adherence through Innovative Teaching"
Tara Sherman, RD, CSR, CDN, Champlain Valley Physician's Hospital, Plattsburgh, NY
11:00 – 11:30 AM Break and Vendor Exhibits
11:30 – 1:00 PM Lunch is sponsored by Pentec Health
"Dinner with Duane- High Plant Based Protein for Renal Patients"
Chef Duane Sunwold, Chef & CRF patient, Culinary Arts Instructor, Inland NorthWest Culinary Academy, Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA
1:00 – 1:15 PM Business Meeting
1:15 - 2:15 PM "Motivational Interviewing: Reaching the patient on Dialysis"
Dawn Berry, RD, CSR, CDN, LD, CNSC, Chief Clinical Dietitian, DCRX Infusion, IA
2:15 – 3:15 PM "Nutritional Interventions for Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis"
Dr. John Kevin Tucker, Medical Director, DCI Brigham/Faulkner, Jamaica Plain, MA
3:15 – 3:30 PM NKF Update & Closing Remarks
Meredith Marinaro, MS, RD, CRNNE Chair 2011 - 2012

Certificate for 5.5 CEUs will be provided at the end of the program.

Directions to Gordon Building at Lahey Clinic

29 Mall Rd, Burlington, MA 01805

From the North:

  • Take Route 128 S (95 S) to Exit 33 B.
  • Off ramp go STRAIGHT through intersection onto Mall Road.
  • At the third set of lights turn LEFT into Lahey Clinic.
  • Follow signs to parking garage, park in parking garage (parking fee is $8.00).
  • Exit parking garage and follow signs to the Gordon Building. It is on the corner of Mall Road and South Bedford Street.
  • Parking is now available (free) next door at the Verizon lot at 51 South Bedford Street.
  • The door into the Gordon Building faces South Bedford Street; enter and take the door to the immediate left.
  • The meeting room is the last room on the right.

From the South:

  • Take Route 128 N (95 N) to Exit 33 B.
  • Exit 33 B leads onto Cambridge Street (Route 3A), at the first traffic light turn LEFT onto Mall Rd.
  • At the third set of lights turn LEFT into Lahey Clinic.
  • Follow signs to parking garage, park in parking garage (parking fee is $8.00).
  • Exit parking garage and follow signs to the Gordon Building. It is on the corner of Mall Road and South Bedford Street.
  • Parking is now available (free) next door at the Verizon lot at 51 South Bedford Street.
  • The door into the Gordon Building faces South Bedford Street; enter and take the door to the immediate left.
  • The meeting room is the last room on the right.