Date: July 22, 2011
URL: Professional Agenda
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Patient Agenda
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IACFS/ME Biennial Conference
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Translating Evidence into Practice
September 22-25, 2011 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Professional Agenda
September 22, 2011
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Professional Workshops for Physicians and Healthcare
Professionals
Morning Session: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Workshop 1 - How to Apply for Grants
Dennis F. Mangan, Ph.D.
Workshop 2 - Treating Sleep, Pain and Fatigue in
ME/CFS Patients
Charles W. Lapp, M.D.
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
Workshop 3 - Pediatrics and CFS/ME
Rosamund Vallings, MNZM, MB BS
Teruhisa Miike, M.D, Ph.D.
Workshop 4 - Fibromyalgia Theory and Practice
Daniel J. Clauw, M.D.
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Break/Visit Exhibits
Note: Lunch is Self Pay from hotel and local restaurants
Afternoon Session: 1:30 pm ? 4:30 pm
Workshop 5 - Behavioral Assessment and Treatment
of ME/CFS
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Workshop 6 - Exercise Intolerance: Guide to Management
and Treatment
Staci R. Stevens, M.A.
Christopher R. Snell, Ph.D.
J. Mark VanNess, Ph.D.
Brian D. Moore, Ph.D., ATC
Workshop 7 - Fibromyalgia Assessment and Treatment
Roland Staud, M.D.
Workshop 8 - Treating Sleep, Pain and Fatigue in ME/CFS Patients
Charles W. Lapp, M.D.
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
General Session Agenda-Friday, September 23rd
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8:30 am - 8:45 am Welcome and Introduction
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
8:45 am - 9:15 am Plenary session: Gammaretroviruses of mice
and their links to prostate cancer and CFS/ME
9:15 am - 10:30 am Session: Virology Research
Session Chair: Jose Montoya, M.D.
- Blood XMRV Scientific Research Working Group:
Latest Findings
Graham Simmons, Ph.D.
- Detection Of Anti-XMRV Antibodies In Serum of
CFS Patients and Healthy Blood Donors in
Belgium
Kenny De Meirleir, M.D.
- Detection of MLV-like Gag Sequences in Blood
and Cell Lines Incubated With Plasma From
CFS Patients and Controls
Maureen Hanson, Ph.D.
- Chronic Fatigue, Nonrestorative sleep,
Musculoskeletal Pain, and Depression in a
Disabled Cohort of Survivors of Acute SARS
Viral Disease
Harvey Moldofsky, M.D., Dip.Psych., FRCPC,
FAPA
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break / Visit Exhibits
10:45 am - 11:45 am Session: Virology Research and Review
Session Chair: Jose Montoya, M.D.
- Viruses and CFS/ME
Jose Montoya, M.D.
- The Case FOR Human Gamma Retroviruses (HGRV)
in CFS/ME
Judy Mikovits, Ph.D.
- The Case AGAINST Human Gamma Retroviruses
(HGRV) in CFS/ME
John Coffin, Ph.D.
11:45 am - 12:30 pm Session: Treatment Advances
Chair: Rosamund Vallings, MNZM, MB BS
- Health/Performance and Response Status of
XMRV/pMRV Antibody Positive vs. Negative
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Subjects in a
Phase III Clinical Trial
David R. Strayer, M.D.
- Rifampin Augments the Effects of Oxymatrine/
Equilibrant (oxm/equi) In Patients with
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/CFS
John K. Chia, M.D.
- Brief Self- Management of UCF/CFS in Primary
Care: A Randomized Trial
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch Break/Visit Exhibitors
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Session: Fibromyalgia: Are Tender Points
Necessary? A Debate
Chair: Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
- Tender Points are Important
Roland Staud, M.D.
- Tender Points are Unnecessary
Daniel J. Clauw, M.D.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break / Visit Exhibits
3:30 pm -5:30 pm Session: Diagnosing CFS/ME; Difficult Clinical
Cases
Session Chair: Nancy Klimas, M.D.
- Case Presentations by : Charles Lapp, M.D.,
Lucinda Bateman, MD, Rosamund Vallings, MNZM,
MB BS, Derek Enlander, M.D.
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Visit Poster Presentations / Exhibits
General Session Agenda-Saturday, September 24th
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8:30 am - 9:30 am Session: Case Definitions for Research and
Practice
Chair: Kenneth Friedman, Ph.D.
- Contrasting Case Definitions
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
- Data Mining
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Elizabeth R.Unger, M.D., Ph.D.
9:30 am - 10:30 am Session: Identifying Abnormalities in CFS/ME:
The Importance of Exercise Challenge
Chair: Staci R. Stevens, M.A.
- Exercise Testing to Quantify Effects of
Fatigue on Functional Capacity in Patients
With CFS
Betsy A. Keller, Ph.D.
- The Importance of Exercise Challenge
Christopher Snell, Ph.D.
10:30 am - 11:00 am Break / Visit Exhibits
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Session 9: The Latest Research in Immunology
Chair: Nancy Klimas, M.D.
- Natural Killer Cell Number and Function in
a Prospective Cohort of Adolescents with
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Controls
Following Mononucleosis
Benjamin Katz, M.D.
- Disparities In Innate and Adaptive Immune
Cell Activities in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Ekua W. Brenu, PhD candidate
- Longitudinal Assessment of Adaptive Immune
Regulation in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Ekua W. Brenu, PhD candidate
- Promoter DNA Methylation and Expression of
Perforin in CFS and Controls
Virginia R. Falkenberg, Ph.D.
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Break / Visit Exhibits
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Session: New Developments in Pediatric ME/CFS
Chair: Teruhisa Miike, M.D, Ph.D.
- Linking Lymphocyte Metabolites with Clinical
Course in Post-Infectious Fatigue
Gordon Broderick, Ph.D.
- A Trial For Prevention of CCFS Onset From
The View Point of Sleep Issue
Terusha Miike, M.D., Ph.D.
- Therapeutic Outcome by Two-Months Intensive
Sleep-Wake Circadian Rhythm Treatments in
Japanese Children and Adolescents with
Chronic Fatigue
Seiki Tajima, M.D.
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Break / Visit Exhibits
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Session: New Developments in Epidemiology
Chair: Elizabeth Unger, M.D., Ph.D.
- Natural History
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
- CFS Knowledge And Illness Management Behavior
Among U.S. Healthcare Providers and The Public
Dana J. Brimmer, Ph.D., MPH
- Profile of the Patient with Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome; Experience with a Population-Based
Registry
Jose Alegre, M.D.
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Visit Poster Presentations / Exhibits
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm IACFS/ME Membership Business Meeting
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm IACFS/ME Social/Cocktails Hour
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm IACFS/ME Banquet Dinner
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Awards Presentation
General Session Agenda-Sunday, September 25th
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8:30 am - 10:00 am Session 12: Research Developments in Genomics
and Genetics
Chair: ...
- Expression Patterns of miRNAs in Lymphocytes
In Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Ekua W. Brenu, PhD candidate
- Pathway-Focused Genetic Evaluation of Immune
and Inflammation Related Genes in CFS
Mangalathu S. Rajeevan, Ph.D.
- Gene Expression Of Sensory Ion Channels,
Adrenegic Receptors and Cytokines: Potential
Biomarkers for CFS and Fibromyalgia
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
- Gene-Exposure Interactions In The Etiology Of
Gulf War Illness: Evidence Of Increased
Vulnerability to Neurotoxicants in Identifiable
Veteran Subgroups
Lea Steele, Ph.D.
- Comparing Gene Expression Patterns in CFS and
GWI Using the Kerr ME/CFS Platform
Lina Garcia, M.D.
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:45 am Session: Advances in Brain and Neuroendocrine
Functioning
Chair: Andrew H. Miller, M.D.
- Regional Grey and White Matter Volumetric
Changes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (myalgic
encephalomyelitis): A Voxel-Based Morphometry
3T MRI Study
I. H. Treasaden, M.B., B.S., LRCP, MRCS,
FRCPsych, LLM
- Evidence For Reduced Aldosterone in Persons
with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Roumiana S. Boneva, M.D., Ph.D.
- Interaction of Self-And Illness-Related
Cognitive Processing In The Right Anterior
Insula of CFS Patients: An fMRI Study
Andrew H. Miller, M.D.
- Decreased Basal Ganglia Activation in CFS
Subjects is Associated With Increased Fatigue
Andrew H. Miller, M.D.
- Assessment of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in
CFS Using Arterial Spin Labeling MRI
Jonathan P. Dyke, Ph.D.
11:45 am - 1:00 pm Lunch / Visit Exhibits
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Session: IACFS/ME Clinical Practice Guidelines:
A New Primer
Guidelines Panel
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D., Rosemary Underhill, M.D.,
Rosamund Vallings, MNZM, MB BS, Alan Gurwitt, M.D.
Leonard A. Jason, Ph.D., Lucinda Bateman, M.D.,
Kenneth Friedman, Ph.D.
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Summary of the Conference
Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
2:30 pm Conference Concludes
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Patient Agenda
September 22, 2011
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9:30 am - 9:40 am Welcome & Introduction
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
9:40 am - 10:00 am New Developments in Possible Causes of ME/CFS
Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
10:00 am - 10:40 am New Research on What Helps People Cope with
ME/CFS
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
10:40 am - 11:00 pm Break
11:00 am - 11:45 am Fibromyalgia: Current Status
Roland Staud, M.D.
11:45 am - 1:15 pm Lunch Break/ Visit Exhibits
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Breakout Session: For parents of children
with ME/CFS
Rosamund Vallings, MNZM, MB BS
Teruhisa Miike, M.D, Ph.D.
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm Legal Aspects of Disability
Hugh R. Scher
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm Latest Research on the Pathophysiology of
ME/CFS
Nancy Klimas, M.D.
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Disease and Discovery: What Have We Learned?
Annette Whittemore
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Effective Management of Activity Intolerance
Staci R. Stevens, M.A.
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm New Developments in Pharmacologic Treatments
Charles W. Lapp, M.D.
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm Advocacy (ME/FM Action Network)
Lydia Neilson
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Panel Question & Answer Session
Panel includes: Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.,
Anthony Kamoroff, M.D., Leonard Jason, Ph.D.,
Hugh Scher, Rosamund Vallings, MB, BS,
Teruhisa Miike, M.D, Ph.D., Roland Staud,
M.D., Lydia Neilson, Charles Lapp, M.D.,
Lucinda Bateman, M.D., Nancy Klimas, M.D, Ken
Friedman, Ph.D., Annette Whittemore
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Reception
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