The Meniere's Support Group of Victoria
(Australia) will host an event on April 1, 2007, from 2:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. at Deaf Children Australia, Auditorium, corner of St Kilda
Road and High Street, Prahran. Enter via the boom gate on High
Street.
Registrations close on Friday, March 30, 2007. To register, call
(03) 9783 9233 or email
info@menieres.org.au. For information, click
here.
March 9, 2007
Dr. Herbert Silverstein's Silverstein Institute
and Ear Research Foundation will present a free public symposium for
patients and interested others on Meniere's Disease, Vertigo, and
Balance Disorders in Sarasota, Florida, on Friday, March 9, 2007, from
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Lectures will be presented by:
Herbert Silverstein, M.D.
Seth Rosenberg, M.D.
Jack Wazen, M.D.
Vicki Alexander, L.P.N.
Steve Warta, P.A.
There will be a question and answer session.
Advance reservations are required; call
941-366-9222, extension 271.
The location is the 2nd Floor Schuknecht
Conference Room, Silverstein Institute, 1901 Floyd Street, Sarasota,
Fla. 34239. Mapquest
here.
More information at the Silverstein Institute
website
here. Directions are
here.
This is a rare opportunity for patients to see
and hear and ask questions of doctors who are well-known for the
diagnosis and treatment of Meniere's Disease.
This is an event worth traveling to.
The program (provided to the MDIC directly by Dr.
Silverstein with permission to publish):
Friday, March 9, 2007:
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks and Welcome, Jennifer Moss, Executive
Director, Ear Research Foundation
9:05 a.m. Diagnosis of and Testing for Dizziness, Seth Rosenberg,
M.D., F.A.C.S.
9:30 a.m. Treatment of Vertigo, Herbert Silverstein, M.D., F.A.C.S.
9:45 a.m. Hearing Restoration in Meniere's Disease and Only Hearing
Ear[*], Jack Wazen, M.D., F.A.C.S. [*Using a BAHA (bone anchored
hearing aid) to conduct sound from the side of a deafened ear to
"only" hearing ear on the other side.]
10:10 a.m. Allergy Treatment and Dizziness, Steve Warta, P.A.
10:20 a.m. Tinnitus and Treatment Options, Seth Rosenberg, M.D.,
F.A.C.S.
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery (AAO-HNS)
annual meeting/"Oto Expo." Meniere's Disease is usually
discussed at these annual meetings.
The Fifth
International Symposium on Meniere's Disease and Inner Ear
Homeostasis Disorders, Los Angeles, hosted by the House Ear Institute.
Among the objectives was to review new discoveries that have been made
in basic and clinical research since the Fourth International
Symposium on Meniere’s Disease held in Paris, February, 1999.
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