Awareness and Education
L OBBY ING FOR BRAIN ANEURY SM AWARENESS ON CAPITOL HILL
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, members of our Board of Directors and our Medical Advisory Board, survivors and family members who have lost loved ones to brain aneurysms from all over the U. S. convened in Washington, D. C. on May 8, 2012 to meet with members of Congress to advocate for brain aneurysm awareness, research and early detection. Advocates from many states including MD, VA, CT, NY, MI, OR, KS, IL, OH, MA, and TN were able to visit many Members of the House of Representatives and Senators offices to discuss brain aneurysm awareness, the importance of early detection and brain aneurysm research funding. There were over 100 meetings with both Senators and Congressmen, as well as a luncheon briefing on Capitol Hill. Our supporters though our online petition HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE! There are now 16 co-sponsors of House Resolution H. Res 341. Many Members of Congress told us they became co-sponsors after receiving so many letters from our online petition advocacy program.
Board Members Deidre Buckley, Joy Fischer, Senator John Kerry, Executive Director Christine Buckley, Director of Development Ginny Tocci, and Board Member Joe Rooney
Carlos David, MD, after presenting the lecture at PRI-MED in Boston, MA on November 15, 2012
N EW MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation developed a medical educational lecture to be delivered via PRI-MED conferences targeting primary care physicians and nurses. The lecture focused on the importance of early detection via proper diagnosis and screening, as well as treatment options. The lecture is CME / CEU accredited. The first lecture took place at the PRI-MED East Conference held in Boston, MA on November 15-18, 2012. It included primary care professionals from MA, NH, ME, NY, CT, and RI and had a general attendance of
6,000 + medical professionals. Carlos David, MD, Director, Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery at Lahey Clinic and Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine and Regional Director of The Brain Aneurysm Foundation Medical Advisory Board, delivered the lecture. It was both well attended and well received by the medical professionals at the conference. The Brain Aneurysm Foundation would like to thank Aesculap, Inc. for providing an educational grant in support of this program.
Medical educational lecture being delivered by Carlos David, MD, to primary care professionals in attendance at PRI-MED in Boston, MA
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A special thank you to Stryker for funding the foundation’ s first documentary on brain aneurysms which aired in May on the Discovery Channel.