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Live Web cast Highlighted Internationally Renowned Expert – Discussed Growth, Development and Biological Differences in Boys and Girls
Internationally renowned authority, Ron G. Rosenfeld, MD, discussed on March 23, 2006, the latest on the endocrine basis of growth and development at the 31st Annual Frederic M. Kenny, MD, Memorial Lecture.
Dr. Rosenfeld’s lecture, “Do Boys and Girls Grow Differently: The Evolution of Sexually Dimorphic Growth,” showcased his more than 25 years of experience of studying and understanding the biology of growth hormone and growth factors.
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, along with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, sponsored the special continuing medical education event. The event also will be available via archived video on Children’s Web site.
Dr. Rosenfeld’s work has elucidated physiological, pathological, cellular and molecular aspects of mammalian growth, as well as the role of growth factors and their receptors in the fetus, newborn, child and adult in health and disease.
Dr. Rosenfeld is the senior vice president for Medical Affairs at Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, Palo Alto, Calif. He also is a professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University, as well as professor and chair (emeritus) of Pediatrics and of Cell and Developmental Biology at Oregon Health and Sciences University. He serves as president and CEO of ProteoGenix Inc.
The archived Web cast can be viewed at: http://www.or-live.com/cpi/1554/.
Fragile X Web cast on New Treatments and Research Efforts
A nationally known Fragile X Syndrome expert, Randi Jenssen Hagerman, MD, FAAP, discussed the latest research, advocacy and treatment efforts. Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, along with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, hosted Dec. 15, 2005, a special continuing medical education event, which was made available through a live Web cast on Children’s Web site.
Dr. Hagerman is the Medical Director, MIND Institute, Tsakopoulos – Vismara Chair in Pediatrics at the University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif. She has more than 20 years of clinical and research experience, and has focused on molecular clinical correlations and treatment endeavors of this disorder. Two books she has authored are a third edition of Fragile X Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment, which covers a broad array of disorders that impact cognitive development and behavior and documents multidisciplinary interventions including medical, psychopharmacological and educational treatments.
The archived Web cast can be viewed at: http://www.or-live.com/cpi/1551.
