Preliminary Program

Please use this program to assist in planning travel and social activities. See the transportation page for additional information on arrivals and departures. Note that the hotel has reduced rates for housing before and after the meeting.

Saturday, July 9
Pre-meeting hike or tour
Welcome Reception in evening for all Participants and Accompanying Persons


Sunday, July 10
Plenary Lecture and Scientific Sessions (Platform and Poster)
Evening Special Interest Groups
Accompanying Person Tour (all day)


Monday, July 11
Plenary Lecture and Scientific Sessions
Evening Special Interest Groups
Accompanying Person Tour (all day)


Tuesday, July 12
Bunge Memorial Lecture, Scientific Sessions
Afternoon Free for Organized Tour with all Participants and Accompanying Persons
Evening Banquet


Wednesday, July 13

Morning Scientific Session - Meeting Concludes at Noon

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Details of Plenary Lectures

2005 PNS Richard P. Bunge Memorial Lecture
The immunobiology of Guillain-Barré syndromes
Hugh J. Willison
Division of Clinical Neurosciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland


2005 PNS Plenary Lecture
Laminins and their receptors in Schwann cells and hereditary neuropathies
Maria Laura Feltri
San Raffaele Scientific Institute, DIBIT, Milano, Italy


2005 PNS Plenary Lecture

Treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome and CIDP
Pieter A. van Doorn
Department of Neurology, Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands


2005 PNS Plenary Lecture

President's address: Drug and toxic neuropathies
Anthony J. Windebank
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

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Poster Session Themes
Diabetic and Metabolic Neuropathy
Pain
Peripheral Neurobiology / Regeneration
Inherited and Genetic Neuropathies
Immune and Inflammatory Neuropathies
Therapy

For additional information contact:
Amber Millen
PNS Executive Secretary
UCSD - Anesthesiology (0629)
9500 Gilman Drive, MTF 445
La Jolla, CA 92093-0629
1-858-534-3865
1-858-534-1445 (Fax)