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The HPS Network holds an annual weekend conference that brings together members of the HPS Network community, their friends, families, researchers, and healthcare professionals. The conference serves to provide a forum for formal information exchange and brings together friends for fellowship.

17th Annual HPS Conference

This year the 17th annual Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network Conference will be held from March 19th to March 21nd, 2010 and is located at the Long Island Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.

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Tentative Guest Speakers

The annual conference brings us together for fun and friendship but is also a place for previously unannounced research findings and medical advice.  Past conferences have featured the following professionals as our honored guests:

  • Dr. William Gahl, Clinical Director of National Human Genome Research Institute
  • Dr. B. Gochuico, Pulmonologist, National Human Genome Research Institute
  • Dr. T. Markello, Genetics, National Human Genome Research Institute
  • Dr. Melissa Meredith, National Human Genome Research Institute
  • Dr. J. Markowitz, Schneider's Children's Hospital
  • Dr. M. Padilla, Mount Sinai Medical Center
  • Dr. Lisa Young, University of Cincinnati
  • Dr. S Seward, Columbia University