Spasmodic Dysphonia Bulletin Board

When: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 6:30 p.m.

Where: 425 West 59th Street, New York, New York
10th Floor Conference Room (office of Dr. Andrew Blitzer)

Agenda:
Our Guest Speaker will be Richard Roark, Ph.D. from the Voice and Swallowing Institute at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Roark along with Dr. Michael Pitman were recently awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study Spasmodic Dysphonia. Dr. Roark will join us to discuss this research which will focus on identifying specific motor neuron firing patterns that occur during vocal spasms.

We will also have a brief report highlighting some research findings presented at the most recent symposium in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Friends and Family are welcome.