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Neurosurgery Grand Rounds will not be held in August 2005.  M and M conference will continue as usual at 7:30 a.m. on Thursdays in the Ether Dome

This year’s Frye-Halloran Symposium will be held on November 17 and 18, 2005. 

We are organizing our 5th annual Carolyn Frye Halloran Seminar on Neuro-Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital to be held on November 17th and 18th 2005 in the historic Ether Dome.  This annual symposium focuses on topics relevant to neuro-oncology including etiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of CNS tumors.   The focus of this years symposium is STEM CELLS and BRAIN TUMORS.  In this symposium,  we will explore the relationship between stem cells and tumors of glial or lymphoma origin in the brain.  As with prior symposia, an aim will be the establishment of collaborative investigations and early phase human trial designs.  Over one and one-half days we will review:  1) The role of STEM cells in the normal development of the brain with special reference to the development of CNS tumors  2)  The role of CD133+ cells in the pathogenesis of malignant brain tumors and 3)  Potential therapeutic and imaging strategies involving neural precursor cells and stem cells as well as effects of treatment on normal versus tumor stem cells.

An outstanding speaker panel is being assembled to address these issues.   Please contact Mary Piggott  mpiggot@partners.org for symposium details.   Phone: 617-726-8581 

Some of our confirmed speakers include:

• Dr. Jeffrey Macklis, Harvard Medical School
• Dr. John Yu, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
• Dr. Peter Dirks, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
• Dr. Mahendra Rao, National Institutes of Health
• Dr. Dennis Steindler, University of Florida
• Dr. Angelo Luigi Vescovi, Hospital San Raffaele
• Dr. Eric Holland, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Dr. Robert Bachoo, Dana Farber Cancer Center
• Dr. Khalid Shah, Massachusetts General Hospital

Past Frye-Halloran Symposia

• First Annual Frye-Halloran Symposium-Microdialysis in Brain Tumors From Concept to Application.  Organizer: Dr. Fred Hochberg
• Second
• Third Annual Frye-Halloran Symposium: Neuro-oncology: Viruses, Cancer and. Immunity   Organizer: Dr. Nino Chiocca
• Fourth-CAROLYN FRYE HALLORAN SYMPOSIUM ON NEURO-ONCOLOGY PRIMARY CNS LYMPHOMA: FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE.  Organizer: Dr. Fred Hochberg
• Fifth Annual Carolyn Frye-Halloran Symposium:  Stem Cells and Glioma  Organizer: Drs. Bob Carter, Jeffrey Macklis, William Curry

See http://fh2005.neurosurg.info for details on the conference proceedings and talks.