MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT – May 7, 2009

 

Pilates

Malingering and Somatoform Disorders

 

Our next meeting will be at the usual location, Bellevue City Hall, on Thursday, May 7, 2009, from 7 to 9 pm. It will be in Room 1E-120 on the first floor. However, you may wish to come early. OMAC, courtesy of Patti Claxson and Marilyn Ornes, has graciously offered to sponsor a light dinner beginning at 6:30 pm. If you are coming please RSVP by the end of Monday, May 4 th, so I can let her how many people to expect. If you're not coming, no need to reply.

How would you respond if asked whether Pilates is reasonable and necessary treatment? Are you, like me, unsure what Pilates actually is? Our first talk was prompted by a member who was asked this question and was uncertain. From 7-7:30 pm Heather Scearce from Conscious Body Pilates has kindly agreed to enlighten us on this topic. Ms. Scearce is an expert on Pilates, and I'll think you'll learn a lot about this type of exercise.

Psychiatrist Douglas Robinson, MD, kindly came to speak to our group in December on Malingering and Somatoform Disorders, a topic that all independent medical examiners need to know about. Unfortunately his presentation was of such great interest, resulted in so many questions, and provoked so much discussion, that we only allowed Dr. Robinson to get halfway through his talk. He has graciously agreed to come back for an encore performance, and will be speaking from 7:30-9 pm.

Please note I had to change the date of the June meeting from the 4 th to the 11 th due to my need to be in Anchorage for testimony on that day.

Please save these dates for the rest of 2009:

First half of year: June 11

Second half: September 10, October 1, November 12, and December 3

Thanks again to Luann Niggemyer and Cathy Smith from Inland Medical for sponsoring our April meeting.

Hope to see you on May 7th.

Charles N. Brooks MD, President

18 Cascade Key

Bellevue , WA 98006-1002

Phone: 425-747-1111

Fax: 425-747-1112

E-mail: charleybrooks@comcast.net