Molecular Endocrinology 16 (3): 639
Copyright © 2002 by The Endocrine Society
First World Congress: Hormonal and Genetic Basis of Sexual Differentiation Disorders, May 17–18, 2002 Tempe, Arizona
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Participants: Maria I. New (Chairman), New York, NY; Jean Wilson (Chairman), Dallas, TX; Richard Behringer, Houston, TX; Camerino Giovanna, Pavia, Italy; Cheryl Chase, San Francisco, CA; Patricia Donahoe, Boston, MA; Maguelone Forest, Lyon, France; James Griffin, Dallas, TX; Melvin Grumbach, San Francisco, CA; Nathalie Josso, Montrouge, France; Ursula Kuhnle-Krahl, Munich, Germany; Robin Lovell-Badge, London, UK; Berenice Mendonca, Sao Paolo, Brazil; Heino Meyer-Bahlburg, New York, NY; Claude Migeon, Baltimore, MD; Dix Poppas, New York, NY; Martin Ritzen, Stockholm, Sweden; Jacques Simard, Quebec, Canada; Garry Warne, Victoria, Australia; Amy Wisniewsky, Baltimore, MD.
The Conference lectures will include: Genetics of Sex, Anti-Müllerian Hormone Mutations, Animal Models of Intersex, Normal Sexual Differentiation, Ambiguous Genitalia in Humans, Hormones and Sexual Behavior, Rationale for Gender Assignment, Legal Aspects of Gender Assignment, Ethical Issues in Gender Assignment, Role of Advocacy Groups, Prenatal Therapy in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Surgical Reconstruction in Patients with CAH and Ambiguous Genitalia, Medical Management at Puberty, Questions Frequently Asked by Patients and Their Families, Support Groups for CAH and Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Outcome Studies in CAH, Choosing Gender in the Indian Cultural Context, Partial Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome and Partial Gonadal Dysgenesis, Complete AIS and Congenital Micropenis, Males with 17ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Deficiency, 5
-Reductase Deficiency, True Hermaphrodites.
For Congress registration and scientific information, please contact: Maria New, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 E. 68th Street, New York, NY 10021. E-mail: minew@med.cornell.edu; Phone: (212) 746-3450.
This conference was previously scheduled to occur in Gubbio, Italy, on September 12, 2001, as "Update on Androgen Disorders," but was postponed due to the September 11 disaster.
