The OMSLife Foundation

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Join us for the 2023 OMSLife Caregivers Conference in Chicago

Conference Details

Conference Details

Directions from O’Hare and Midway Airports to the Westin Lombard Hotel

Conference meeting room map

Agenda

Chicago Conference Agenda May 20-21 2023

Biographies

Alicia Mantz

Dr. Wendy Mitchell, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)

Dr. Mark Gorman, Boston Children’s Hospital

Dr. Tim Lotze, Texas Children’s Hospital

Dr. Yasmin Khakoo, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Enrique Alvarez, UCHealth NeuroSciences Center – Aurora Colorado

Mike Michaelis, The OMSLife Foundation

Catherine Petty, Boston Children’s Hospital

Dr. Aaron Hauptman, Kennedy Krieger Institute – Baltimore

Presentations

Session 1 – OMSLIfe Conference Kickoff – Alicia Mantz keynote

Session 2 – Dr. Wendy Mitchell – What we know, what we don’t know, and how we are trying to know more

Session 3 – Dr. Mark Gorman – POOMAS Registry

Session 4 – Dr. Tim Lotze – Outcomes and Transition

Session 5 – Dr. Yasmin Khakoo – Neuroblastoma and OMS: Past, Present, and Future

Session 6 – Dr. Enrique Alvarez – Adult OMS

Session 7 – Mike Michaelis – OMSLife Foundation Update

Session 8 – Kitty Petty – OMAS Education Bits and Pieces 5-2023

Session 9 – Dr. Aaron Hauptman – A conversation about psychiatry and behavior in neuroimmunological diseases like OMS

Handouts

Overview of Triple P–the Positive Parenting Program – from Diane Murrell 1.24.2023

Developing Strategies To Address Attention Issues

Books for Parents on a Child’s Behavior 3-2023

Mitchell Pike OMS Rating Scales – from Wendy Mitchell Sept 15 2017

Transition Planning – from KItty Petty 10.2.2017

The diagnosis and management of OMS – an international perspective – full PDF version

ADHD Strategies – Kitty Petty 03.2023