TXPWA 2021 CONFERENCE: CARING • SHARING • PREPARING-May 14, 2022
Date:
May 14th, 2022
Location:
Spring Branch Presbyterian Church, 1215 Campbell Road, Houston TX 77055
TIME:
8:00AM-5:00PM
COST:
$25.00; child care additional (TBA)
ACCOMMODATIONS:
TBA
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Patrice Carroll, LCSW; Elizabeth Roof, M.A., Ann O. Scheimann, MD, MBA, Melanie Silverman, MS, RD, IBCLC, Michelle K. Goldberg, Attorney at Law
BREAK OUT SESSIONS:
TBA
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
email executivedirector@txpwa.org; text 713.742.3737
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Lisa A. Graziano, MA, LMFT
Ms. Graziano opened the PWSA (USA) Conference and has 20+ years experience working with parents of children and adults with special needs to help improve the whole family's quality of life. Ms. Graziano has a child with a rare medical disorder, so she knows first-hand how raising a loved one with special needs can be extraordinarily rewarding--as well as extraordinarily challenging and stressful.
Michele K. Goldberg, Attorney at Law
Ms. Goldberg will discuss government benefits including Medical Waiver Programs, SSI, Medicaid and more! Michele K. Goldberg is an attorney who specializes in Probate Law, with a focus on long term special needs planning, including guardianships, powers of attorney, special needs trusts, special needs estate planning, and obtaining government benefits. Her office is in Bellaire, TX; she works in Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Brazoria, and Montgomery Counties and is a regular contributor and presenter at various disability conferences.
Dr. John W. Cassidy. Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Cassidy will discuss Interdisciplinary management of outlier patients with PWS and more!
Dr. John W. Cassidy is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has over 30 years of experience in clinical neuroscience and neurobehavioral rehabilitation programs. Devoting his career to improving the understanding and treatment of individuals with acquired and traumatic brain injuries, Dr. Cassidy continues to help patients return to productive and meaningful lives through a neurospecialty continuum of care. Dr. Cassidy received his Bachelor of the Arts from Hiram College and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. In addition, he received his post-graduate training at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cassidy has spoken nationally and internationally about the sequela and management of severe traumatic brain injury and authored three books and a number of papers, bookchapters, and editorials. In 2018, he was presented with the inaugural Health Care Hero Award by Houston Business Journal.
Josh Berger, Licensed Professional Counselor
Mr. Berger will discuss marital and sibling relationships when a family member has special needs.
Josh Berger, Licensed Professional Counselor Josh Berger is the Executive Director at Alethia Counseling Center.
Ann Scheimann, MD, MBA
Dr. Scheimann will share a Comprehensive Review of Digestive Issues in Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Ann Scheimann, M.D., M.B.A
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric. Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Scheimann received her doctorate of medicine at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency and pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital. She was full time faculty within the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine until 2000 when she moved to join the full-time faculty within the Department of Pediatrics/Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine but remained adjunct faculty at Baylor College of Medicine directing the Prader-Willi Syndrome Clinic at Texas Children's Hospital. Dr. Scheimann completed a Masters in Health Sciences Management at Johns Hopkins School of Business in 2005. Dr. Scheimann's focus of research interest has been in nutrition and obesity with special areas of interest in Prader- Willi Syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. She has authored or co-authored to date approximately 90 peer-reviewed publications in addition to book chapters, and meeting presentations.