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Newborn Screening for Nontreatable Disorders

cosponsored by the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence
and by The Center for Genetic Research, Ethics & Law (CGREAL)
Case Western Reserve University
 

SYMPOSIUM
Friday, May 2, 2008 * 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Whitehall Room, Renaissance Hotel * downtown Cleveland, Ohio

SPEAKERS
- Donald B. Bailey,
Distinguished Fellow, RTI (Research Triangle Institute) International
- Jeffrey R. Botkin, MD, MPH;
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine
- Ellen W. Clayton, MD, JD;
Rosalind E. Franklin Professor of Genetics and Health Policy, Vanderbilt University
- R. Rodney Howell, MD;
Professor of Pediatrics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Florida
- Marvin Natowicz, MD, PhD;
Vice Chairman, Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic

MODERATOR
Maxwell J. Mehlman, Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law; Director, The Law-Medicine Center; Professor of Bioethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

SCHEDULE
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM - “The False Assumption of Nontreatable Disorders”
Donald B. Bailey, Distinguished Fellow, RTI (Research Triangle Institute) International

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM - "Systems to Determine Treatment Effectiveness in Newborn Screening"
R. Rodney Howell, MD; Professor of Pediatrics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Florida

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - “What Should be the Criteria for Newborn Screening?”
Jeffrey R. Botkin, MD, MPH; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - “Varying Perspectives on Treatability of Pediatric Conditions”
Marvin Natowicz, MD, PhD; Vice Chairman, Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic

3:00 PM - 330 PM Break

3:30 - 4:00 PM - "Ten Fingers, Ten Toes"
Ellen W. Clayton, MD, JD; Rosalind E. Franklin Professor of Genetics and Health Policy, Vanderbilt University

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Discussion, Q & A

Event location: Whitehall Room, Renaissance Hotel, downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

Symposium Registration
– The symposium is open to the public at no cost. Register Online, or FAX name & full contact information to (216) 368-1430. Include symposium name/date of event on the fax or call (216) 368-6619. Registration deadline is Friday, April 25, 2008. Space is limited. We encourage early registration. After the deadline, please call to see if there is space available.

CLE Registration – 3.0 hours of CLE credit will be available for a $100 fee to lawyers who attend. To obtain CLE credit hours, you can now Register and Pay Online, or send a check for $100.00, payable to Case Western Reserve University, to "Newborn Screening for Nontreatable Disorders," Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 11075 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106. Registration deadline: Monday, April 25, 2008.

Cancellation – The School of Law may cancel any program for which enrollment is insufficient. Advance registrants will be notified and will receive a full refund.

Refund Policy – Refunds for cancellations received on or before April 25, 2008 are subject to a $15 processing fee. No refunds granted after that date. Substitute registrations welcome.

Recording – Recording in any form is prohibited.