Columbia Presbyterian Presenting New Approaches To Obstetrics, Gynecology, And Pediatrics At Health Sciences Advisory Council Meeting

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Columbia University Health Sciences NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

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COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN PRESENTING NEW APPROACHES TO

OBSTETRICS,

GYNECOLOGY, AND PEDIATRICS AT HEALTH SCIENCES ADVISORY

COUNCIL MEETING

Entertainer Jerry Lewis to receive council award for commitment

to fight against muscular dystrophy

WHAT: As part of its annual fall

meeting, the Columbia Presbyterian Health Sciences Advisory Council will

bring together

some of the medical center’s finest researchers and scholars in obstetrics,

gynecology, and pediatrics to discuss current

and future directions in health care for women and children. This half-day

symposium will include discussions on

advances in perinatal care, fetal and newborn cardiology, treating children

for disorders of the central nervous system,

and the current epidemic of childhood obesity and its link to diabetes.

The council also will present its semiannual Award for Distinguished Service

to Jerry Lewis for his outstanding

advocacy for finding a cure for muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular

disorders. Mr. Lewis has been an icon of

American entertainment since the 1940s. But since he hosted his first telethon

for the Muscular Dystrophy Association

of America in 1956, Mr. Lewis’ name has become synonymous with the telethons,

which have raised an awe-inspiring

$1.8 billion in pledges and contributions.

WHEN & Thursday, November

7, 2002, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Clark Conference

Center, Milstein Hospital Building

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

177 Fort Washington Avenue, New York City

AGENDA: Greetings and opening remarks

Henry L. King, chairman, Columbia Presbyterian Health Sciences Advisory

Council

Update on campus developments

Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., executive vice president, Health & Biomedical

Sciences; dean, Faculty of Medicine

Herbert Pardes, M.D., president & CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital;

chief executive officer NewYork-

Presbyterian Hospital Healthcare System

Advances in Perinatal Care

Mary D’Alton, M.D., interim chairwoman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

Columbia College of

Physicians & Surgeons; Virgil G. Damon Professor of Obstetrics and

Gynecology, Columbia University College

of Physicians & Surgeons; director, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine,

Sloane Hospital for Women, Columbia

Presbyterian Medical Center

Fetal and Newborn Cardiology: The Interface Between Maternal and Pediatric

Care

Charles Kleinman, M.D., professor of pediatrics in obstetrics and gynecology,

Columbia University College of

Physicians & Surgeons; director, Pediatric Cardiac Imaging, Children’s

Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian

Update on the new Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

John Driscoll, M.D., Ruben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman, Department

of Pediatrics, Columbia University

College of Physicians & Surgeons; director, Children’s Hospital of

NewYork-Presbyterian

Treating Children for Central Nervous System Disorders

Marc Patterson, M.D., director, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Children’s

Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian;

professor, clinical neurology and pediatrics, Columbia University College

of Physicians & Surgeons

The Current Epidemic of Childhood Obesity and Diabetes

Rudolph L. Leibel, M.D., professor of pediatrics and medicine; director,

Division of Molecular Genetics; co-director,

Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center

Concluding remarks

Dr. Gerald Fischbach and Dr. Herbert Pardes

Luncheon and Council Award for Distinguished Service

• to be awarded to Jerry Lewis - RSVP required

For a copy of the full press release or to cover the event, please call

212-305-3900 or 212-305-5587.

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