Training doctors to treat ME

Conference for Healthcare Personnel: Treating ME (Myalgic Encephalopathy)

Many aspects of ME are treatable. New biotechnological techniques have unmasked the underlying pathophysiology of ME and this means that treatments are now available. Invite your doctor or healthcare provider to this unique training conference and let him/her learn how to help you.

Date: June 12th, 2009

Place: Store Auditorium, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway

Organizer: Norwegian Myalgic Encephalopathy Association

Complete details in the programme below and in the attached invitation.

Print one out and take it to your doctor today!


PROGRAMME

Chairpersons: Professor Ola Didrik Saugstad, MD, PhD and General Practitioner Mette Sophie Johnsgaard, MD

09:00 - 09:30 Registration, coffee/tea

09:30 - 09:35 Welcome

Ellen V. Piro, leader, Norwegian ME Association

09:35 -10:00 ME in Norway

Professor Ola Didrik Saugstad, MD, PhD, FRCPE, Department of Paediatric Research,

Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet

10:00 -10:15 Film about a severely ill ME patient

Facts & Figures

10:15 -10:45 ME in 2009: Overview of Current Scientific Research Data Including a Study on Severely

Disabled Norwegian Patients

Professor Kenny De Meirleir, MD, PhD, Professor of Physiology, Pathophysiology and

Medicine at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Internist at Himmunitas Foundation,

Brussels, Belgium

10:45 -11:00 Coffee/tea break

11:00 -11:45 Scientifically Based Work-up in ME Patients

Professor K. De Meirleir

11:45 -12:45 Lunch (open for questions from the press/media)

12:45 -13:15 ME is a Treatable Disorder: Treatment Outcome Based on Scientifically Based

Medicine

Professor K. De Meirleir

13:15 -13:45 Intolerances & Diet Guidelines in ME

Christine Tobback, BSc in Food Sciences, Dietician specialized in ME and Food

Intolerances/Allergies, Himmunitas Foundation, Brussels, Belgium and Lillestrøm Helseklinikk, Lillestrøm, Norway

13:45-14:00 Coffee/tea break

14:00 -14:15 Example of a Norwegian Clinic Specialized in ME/CFS

General Practitioner Mette Sophie Johnsgaard, MD, Lillestrøm Helseklinikk, Lillestrøm, Norway

14:15 -14:30 A Patient’s Experience & short clips from coming documentary

Anette Gilje, BA in Business Administration, Writer and Coach

Film directed by Pål Winsents, documentary filmmaker

14:30 -15:00 Open forum/Questions

Enrolment at: www.me-forening.no