2008 Conference Support

Many thanks to the following companies and individuals for their generous contributions of time and/or money to the 2008 Oley Conference.

25-Year Oley T-shirts:
Nutrishare, Inc.

Child Care:
NutriThrive (both days). Volunteers: Marjorie Quinn, Audrey Yadrich, & Peter Yadrich; Helpers: Danielle Cox, Tim Cox, & Tiffany Crocker

Conference Badges:
Apria Healthcare / Coram Inc., Specialty Infusion Services

Conference Bags:
Nutrishare, Inc.

Conference Co-chair:
Laurie Reyen, RN, MN

Conference Program Books:
Hospira Worldwide

Exhibitors:

Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories; American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition; Applied Medical Technology; Apria HealthCare; Calmoseptine, Inc.; Coram, Inc., an Apria Healthcare Company; Covidien; Crescent Healthcare; Critical Care Systems; Curlin/Zevex, Inc.; Emmaus Medical, Inc.; First Call Pharmacy; Green Pasture Products; Hospira Worldwide, Inc.; InfuScience; Kimberly-Clark; Mealtime Notions, LLC; Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition, Inc.; Nutrishare, Inc.; NutriThrive; PromptCare Home Infusion, LLC; Walgreens-OptionCare

Faculty:

Marcia Boatwright, RN, CRNI; Faye Clements, RNC, BS; Rick Davis; Mark DeLegge, MD; Thomas Diamantidis, PharmD; Douglas Farmer, MD; Joan Gordon, MSW; Cindy Hamilton, MS, RD, LD, CNSD; Brenda Hansen, MS, RD, CNSD; Lyn Howard, MB, FRCP, FACP; Carol Ireton-Jones,PhD, RD, LD, CNSD; Michael Joseph, MD; Darlene Kelly, MD, PhD; Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR; Diane Machcinski, MEd, RD; Laura Matarese, PhD, RD, LDN, FADA,CNSD; Sheila Messina, RN, MA, CLNC; Melissa Miller, RN, BSN; Reid Nishikawa, PharmD, BCNSP, FCSHP; Laurie Reyen, RN, MN; Christopher Russell; Gail Sansivero, MS, ANP; Douglas Seidner, MD, FACG; Kerry Stone, MS, RD, CNSD; Janet Toney, OTR; Anne van Dijk; Jorge Vargas, MD; Renate Vissers

Focus Groups:

Apria Healthcare / CoramInc., Specialty Infusions Services
 Nutrishare, Inc.

General Conference Support:

Ann & Paul DeBarbieri; Charlie Freeny; Hospira Worldwide; Jane Lindsay; David & Theresa Mathiasmeier; Sheila Messina; Susan & Jeffrey Schesnol; Donna Yadrich

Hotel Room Subsidies:

Apria Healthcare / Coram Inc., Specialty Infusion Services
Critical Care Systems
Nutrishare, Inc.

Jammin’ Jammies:

Abbott Nutrition-PediaSure. Volunteers: Sheila DeKold, Rose Hoelle, Marjorie Quinn, & Patty Woods

Lunch (Friday):
NutriThrive

Medical Support:
Apria Healthcare / Coram Inc., Specialty Infusion Services

Regional Coordinator Workshop:

Apria Healthcare / Coram Inc., Specialty Infusion Services
Faye Clements

Silent Auction:

A big “Thank You!” to volunteers who helped orchestrate the event, and to those who donated, brought, and/or purchased items!

Speaker Support:

Angiodynamics; Albany Medical Ctr.; Apria Healthcare / Coram Inc., Specialty Infusion Services; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Cleveland Clinic; Community Care Physicians; Crescent Healthcare,Inc.; Digestive Disease Ctr., Medical University of South Carolina; Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA Medical Center; EMD Serono; I-Flow Corp.; Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Ctr., Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Ctr.; Mayo Clinic Rochester; Mealtime Notions, LLC & Mealtime Connections, LLC; Nationwide Children’s Hospital; Nutrishare, Inc.; NutriThrive; University of Kansas School of Nursing; University Nijmegen Medical Ctr. St. Radboud, The Netherlands; Vanderbilt University Medical Ctr.

Travel Scholarships for Consumers:

Anonymous
Jarol Boan, MD
Melissa Chaney Memorial Fund
Bruce Groeber Memorial Fund
Janet Platt & Christopher Hlatky

Walk-a-Thon:

Apria Healthcare / Coram Inc., Specialty Infusion Services
Critical Care Systems
Nutrishare, Inc.
NutriThrive... and thank you to everyone who walked or otherwise supported the effort (see list).

Youth Activity (Friday):

Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego.
Chaperones: Bea Close, Sheila DeKold, Rose Hoelle, Roni Kanumari,& Kishore Kanumari

Youth Activity (Saturday):

Admission courtesy of Sea World San Diego. Chaperones: Joe Antonucci, Jameson Atkinson, Bettemarie Bond, Bea Close, Sheila DeKold, Michael Medwar, Ron Metzger, Sarah Metzger,& Cathy Tokarz

 THANK YOU!    THANK YOU!     THANK YOU!