Upcoming Kidney Walks

Sunday, May 3, 2009 Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, CT

Sunday, May 17, 2009 Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, CT

Sunday, June 14, 2009 University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Register online at www.kidneywalk.org


Spring Conference

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Lahey Clinic
Gordon Building
Burlington, MA

8:30 – 9:00 AM Registration and Vendor Exhibits

9:00 - 9:15 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stephanie Karakantas, MS, RD, LDN, CDE CRNNE Chair 2008 - 2009

9:15 – 10:15 AM “Getting Off the Diabetes Rollercoaster! What the Glucose Numbers Really Mean”
Cheryl Barry, MS, RN, CDE, Education Coordinator Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Nashua, NH

10:15 – 10:30 AM Break and Vendor Exhibits

10:30 – 11:30 AM “Dialysis at Home”
Jeanelle Taylor, BSN, RN, CNN,
Director of Nursing, Dialysis at Home, Inc

11:30 –12:30 PM Lunch and Vendor Exhibits

12:30 – 1:00 PM CRNNE Business Meeting Spring Conf. 2009
2008-2009 Board Members; Andrea Savisky, NKF

1:00 – 2:00 PM “Clinical Applications of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Chronic Kidney Disease”
Allon Friedman, M.D., F. A. S. N., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Indiana University, IN

2:00 – 3:00 PM “Celiac Disease in a Nutshell: Diagnosis and Management for Busy Clinicians”
Melinda Dennis, MA, MS, RD, LDN, Delete the Wheat

3:00 – 3:15 PM Closing Remarks
Stephanie Karakantas, MS, RD, LD, CDE CRNNE Chair 2008 - 2009

3:30 PM Departures

Certificate for 5 CEUs will be provided at the end of the Program.

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Deadline for registration is June 4, 2009

Fee - Members: $50
Non-members: $60
Students, Interns: $35

Directions:

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.

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.



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