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2014 Upgrade for Genetics Conference

November 14, 2014

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You may still register on-site at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis. Registration will open at 7:45am on Friday, 11/14/2014 outside the JW Grand Ballroom III on the 3rd floor of the hotel.  Hope to see you there!

Upgrade: 4Genetics Registration

Upgrade: 4Genetics version 20.14 is a one-day conference (including lunch) and will be held on Friday, November 14, 2014 at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis. The conference is FREE to attend.

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized the Indiana Network of Genetic Counselors (INGC) to offer up to 0.6 CEUs or 6.0 contact hours (Category 1) for the Update: 4Genetics version 20.14 conference. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of certification and recertification. CEU Credits are at an additional charge of $25 for this conference. 

A block of rooms has been reserved for conference participants at the discounted rate of $189.00 per night (plus tax). Please reserve your room directly with the hotel at 317-860-5800.  Be sure to say that you are attending the Indiana Network of Genetic Counselors conference to receive the special rate. Or, book it on line at www.marriott.com and put in the group code of NGCNGCA to recieve the special rate.  On site parking is available at $31 for self parking and $36 for valet.  There are many other parking options available in downtown Indianapolis as well. (Go to www.indydt.com)

Take either the parking garage or lobby elevator to the third floor where the conference will be held in Grand Ballroom I-IV.

                                                                            JW Marriott Indianapolis
                                                                            10 S. West Street
                                                                             Indianapolis, IN 46204
                                                                             (317) 860-5800
 

 Upgrade: 4Genetics Schedule of Events

Time

Title

Speaker

7:45 AM

Registration, Breakfast, and Time in the Exhibition Area

 

8:15 AM

Opening Remarks

Meredith Pastrick, MS, CGC

     -INGC Conference Chair

8:25 AM

A Systematic Approach to Patients and Families with Congenital Heart Disease

Stephanie M. Ware, MD, PhD

     -Indiana University School of Medicine

Bing Hinton, MD

     -Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

9:30 AM

Break and Exhibitor Visitation

 

10:00 AM

Classification of Genetic Variants

Colleen Caleshu, MS, CGC

     -Stanford University

11:00 AM

Saving Appropriate Samples for the Future, Initiatives, and Outreach in Cases of Sudden Death

Heather MacLeod, MS, CGC

     -Sudden Death in the Young Registry

12:00 PM

Lunch and Exhibitor Visitation

 

1:15 PM

Prader-Willi Syndrome Panel

Merlin Butler, MD, PhD

     -University of Kansas Medical Center

Barbara Whitman, MSW, PhD

     -St. Louis University

Lisa Graziano, MA

     -Prader-Willi California Foundation

2:30 PM

Break and Exhibitor Visitation

 

3:00 PM

Prenatal Tests: Helping Patients and Families Navigate

William Andrew (Andy) Faucett, MS, CGC

     -Geisinger Health System

4:00 PM

Sailing Through Muddy Waters and Clearing Things Up with the PROMPT Study: Prospective Registry of Multiplex Genetic Testing

Jill Stopfer, MS, CGC

     -University of Pennsylvania,

      Abramson Cancer Center

 

 

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