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Schedule for May 1998 Wednesday, May 6 noon-1 p.m. ETHICS GRAND ROUNDS Informed Consent with Cognitively Impaired Research Subjects Robert Wittes, M.D., Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, NCI, Moderator Ruth Dukoff, M.D., Senior Staff Fellow, Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, NIMH, Presenter Paul S. Applebaum, M.D., A.F. Zeleznik Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Chairman of Psychiatry, and Director of Law and Psychiatry Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Guest Discussant Speaker bios Wednesday, May 13 noon-1:30 p.m.* LCAT: A New Gene Target for the Treatment of High Cholesterol Dr. H. Bryan Brewer, Jr., Chief, Molecular Disease Branch, NHLBI Molecular Roots: The African Origin--Genetic and Historical--of a Muscle Disease in African-Americans Paul H. Plotz, M.D., Chief, Arthritis and Rheumatism Branch, NIAMS and John Vlach, Ph.D., Professor of American Studies and Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Speaker bios A live interactive video conference to 50 medical schools and 1,000 hospitals across the country. Also broadcast live on NIH campus channel 41. *Videoconferences are 90 minutes. Wednesday, May 20 noon-1 p.m. CLINICAL PATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE Multiorgan Failure Following Bone Marrow Transplanation Henry Masur, M.D., Chief, Critical Care Medicine Department, CC, Moderator (Please note: Today's lecture will be held in Masur Auditorium) Wednesday, May 27 noon-1 p.m. CLINICAL STAFF CONFERENCE Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection: Pathogenesis, Disease, Treatment, and Prevention Jeffrey Cohen, M.D., Head, Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NIAID, Moderator Speaker bio

If you must drive, please park in the overflow lot. This is Mid-Pike Plaza, located north of NIH at Montrose Rd. and Rockville Pike. This lot is served by shuttle buses, which run to the Clinical Center every 20 minutes. For permits or shuttle schedules, call the Clinical Center Special Events Section at 496-3475. Parking in the P-3 level of the ACRF garage is intended for patients, their visitors, and staff members with handicap-parking stickers.

The National Institutes of Health /The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The National Institutes of Health/The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc. designates this continuing medical education activity for 1 credit hour in Category 1 of the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.

Videoconferences are 90 minutes.

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