This is a monthly clinical conference held in the Broadway Research Building (BRB) on the 2nd floor in the Carol Johns and Daniel Nathans Faculty Common Room. The target audience for the lecture series are physicians, postdoctoral trainees in genetics, genetic counselors, physician assistants, nurses, and genetic laboratory personnel who may have an interest in the clinical issues related to skeletal dysplasias. A typical conference includes local speakers who are selected and invited to discuss clinical topics specific to skeletal dysplasias (e.g. sleep studies, hearing assessment), current clinic research related to skeletal dysplasias (e.g. obstetrical anesthesia in dwarf women) or current advances in the genetics of skeletal dysplasias (e.g. discovery of the causative gene for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive). February 16, 2007 Dr. Frederick Kaplan Why do Some People Make Two Skeletons? The Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Story; ACVR1 (BMP type 1 receptor) mutations March 9, 2007 Ms. Dee Miller Sr. Clinical Program Coordinator A historical review of the LPA and of the Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias at Johns Hopkins Hospital April 13, 2007 Dr. Chahira Kozma Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt May 11, 2007 Dr. Emily Germain-Lee Pseudohypoparathyroidism All lectures are held at 12 noon and lunch is served. Please RSVP if you would like to attend any of the lectures. For more information, or to RSVP, please call Dee Miller at 410-614-0997 at the Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias at Johns Hopkins.
The national annual Little People of America Convention will be held in Seattle, WA from June 29, 2007 through July 6, 2007. The official conference website (http://www.lpaseattle2007.org/) Please check the LPA website at (http://www.lpaonline.org) or call Dee Miller at 410-614-0977 for more information. The Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias coordinates and sponsors a free medical consultation clinic at the National LPA meeting every year. To learn more information about this service please call Dee Miller at 410-614-0977 at the Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias at Johns Hopkins.
From Left to right: Veronica Mardo, M.D., Julie Hoover-Fong, M.D., Reem Saadeh, M.D., Jen Leadroot PA-C, Gretchen Oswald M.S., Front : Dee Miller
LPA Convention July 2007
Seattle, WA
Dee Miller
Senior Program Clinical Coordinator
Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias A Note from the Clinical Director: At the 2007 Little People of America Convention held in Seattle last week, our own Dee Miller, Senior Clinical Program Coordinator of the Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias, was named the first recipient of the LPA Anna Dixon Award. This award was created by the LPA Executive Board to honor Ms. Anna Dixon, a founding member of the organization. Ms. Dixon was a tireless advocate for the LP Community and instrumental in boosting membership to the LPA in its early years. Much like Ms. Dixon, Dee Miller has been and continues to be an active member of the LPA. Dee has served as an officer at the national and local level, and currently holds the position of liason to the Medical Advisory Board of the LPA. Here at Johns Hopkins, Dee demonstrates compassion, enthusiasm and accuracy everyday as she fields literally hundreds of questions from LPs, their families and care providers every week. Thank you, Dee, and congratulations. We are very proud of you and your award. Sincerely, Julie Hoover-Fong, M.D., Ph.D
Clinical Director, Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine
The Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias at Johns Hopkins sponsors Camp Little People in Millville, Pennsylvania. Camp Little People is a camping experience for those of short stature and their families who love the outdoors. By providing a fully handicapped accessible camping facility, children of short stature can experience a weekend in nature packed full of fun within an accessible and healthy environment. The next Camp is scheduled sometime in the first 2 weeks of June 2007. Check their website http://www.camplittlepeople.org/index.htm for more information and photos of last year’s camp.
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