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ANNOUNCEMENT:  Next year I will continue to do three meetings, however, they will be spread out more evenly than this year.  It is my intention that there will be one meeting during each month of March, July and November, but this will depend on the availability of the venues and of guest speakers.  Due to positive feedback I will continue to hold two meetings at Yardley Baptist Church, and if the feedback is positive for the Morris Centre, I will try to secure an annual booking at that venue also. Janet

Next meeting: Saturday, 4 September 2010 3:00-5:00 PM

Morris Centre
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

(The room does not have disabled access and is up a couple of flights of stairs.  For a map of the site and a transport map go to www.uhb.nhs.uk/NewHospital/whatgoeswhere/map.html.  The Morris Centre is shown on the site map as "Centre Club.")

Programme: Dr. Kristien Boelaert  'Thyroid Cancer - Causes, Treatments, Side Effects and Recurrence' and will follow with a Q&A session.  Dr Boelaert  is a MRC Clinician Scientist at the University of Birmingham and Consultant Endocrinologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. You can find out more about Dr Boelaert by visiting http://medweb4.bham.ac.uk/ssp/Printable.aspx?id=420

Donation: Small voluntary donation appreciated for venue costs and providing refreshments (£1).

Contact:
Janet
Tel. 0121 6287435
janetdmp@googlemail.com

Looking Ahead:  13 November 2010 2:00-4:00 PM (last meeting of year) with Dr. Asad Rahim, Consultant Physician at Heartlands Hospital Birmingham.  Dr Rahim will do a short talk on the physiology of the thyroid followed by a Q&A session. This meeting will take place at the Yardley Baptist Church, Rowlands Road, Birmingham B26 1AT where there is free parking.

 

 

 
 
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