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Balitmore/DC Area SADS Foundation Family Support & Education Meeting-

Event location:	The meeting will be held in the Schaffer Auditorium on the main level of the Bloomberg Children's Center at 1800 Orleans Street, Balimore MD 21287. Closest parking is right across the street in the Orleans Street Garage. Click HERE for a map of the Hopkins Medical campus.
Event date and time:	11/19/2016 12:00:00 AM
The SADS Foundation and John Hopkins Hospital Division of Cardiology are hosting a family support and educational meeting of Baltimore/DC area families with cardiac arrhythmias.
Agenda 9:30 - 10:00 am Breakfast 10:00 - 10:30 am Daily Living with Arrhythmia and Q&A Gordon Tomaselli, MD & Jane Crosson, MD 10:30 - 10:45 am Genetic Testing: Beyond the Blood Draw Rebecca McClellan, MSC, CGC 10:45 - 11:00 am Research Updates in Arrhythmia: Clinical & Basic Science Gordon Tomaselli, MD & Jane Crosson, MD 11:00 - 11:30 am Living with a Device Ligia Jordao, RN 11:30 - 12:15 am Psychosocial Implications of Living with an ICD Brittney Murray, MS, CGC 11:30 - 12:15 am Breakout Session for pediatric Patients Jane Crosson, MD & Rebecca McClellan, MGC, CGC 12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch / Question & Answer / Group Discussion You will have several oppotunities for Q&A with the Hopkins medical team so come prepared with your questions. Please RSVP to Andy Golden (alexandandy3@verizon.net) by 11/15. All family members (including children) are welcome. Breakfast and lunch are kindly being sponsored by GeneDx and Invitae laboratories.

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