Mount Sinai Hospital
Leon and Norma Hess Center for Science and Medicine
5th Floor, Room 5-101
1470 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10029
Saturday, December 9, 2017
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Event Parking Options:
The Parking Garage at 1292 Park Ave, New York, NY 10029 (on 99th Street between Park and Madison Avenues).
Metered on-street parking. MPG Parking: 6 East 102nd Street, New York, NY 10029, Between Madison and 5th Avenues.
Imperial Parking Systems: 1510 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10029, Entrance on 98th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues.
GGMC Parking: 60 East 94th Street, New York, NY 10128, Between Madison and Park Avenues
The Mt. Sinai New York Scleroderma Patient Education Forum brings you information that is important to scleroderma
patients, family members, friends, caregivers and healthcare professionals.
Program Schedule
11:00 am Registration & Lunch
11:30 pm Tri-State Welcome: Mary Beth Bobik-Kadylak
Director of Patient Education & Support
12:00 pm Scleroderma Symptoms and Management
Margrit Wiesendanger, MD, PhD
Q & A immediately following
1:00 pm Break
1:15 pm A Word About Support Groups
Mary Beth Bobik-Kadylak
1:30 pm Scleroderma Pathogenesis; Immunology &Treatment Approaches
Ioannis Tassiulas, MD, PhD
Q & A immediately following
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Lung Manifestations of Scleroderma
Maria Padilla, MD
Q & A immediately following
3:45 pm Closing Remarks / Program Evaluation
Please dress for an air-conditioned venue and bring layers for comfort.