iMedicor (VMCI.OB) formerly Vemics, Inc. and EP Global Communications (EPGL.OB) have announced the renewal of their strategic alliance agreement to produce Continuing Medical Education (CME) and non-accredited education programs for people with special needs and life long chronic disabilities. iMedicor/Vemics and EP Global Communications have worked together for a number of years and this relationship has generated substantial revenue for both companies and has provided a valuable service to the community they serve.
As part of this renewed alliance, the companies will be producing and live web-casting a minimum of five programs scheduled for the November 19 & 20th World Congress on Disabilities Conference in Jacksonville, FL. Each of these programs has been supported in part by major organizations and associations serving people with special needs including, but not limited to, Southwest Airlines, TriCare West; Integrated Hyperbaric Oxygen Centers of Wisconsin and California; Oxyhealth; Valeant Pharmaceuticals; Cybernonics, Inc.; The Cleveland Clinic; and others. See http://www.wcdexpo.com/conference.cfm.
The programs currently scheduled for live web-cast include:
- Keynote Address. To be delivered by Gen. James T. Conway, 34th Commandant Of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Lennox Gasteau Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy by Blanca Vazquez, MD, NYU Medical School.
- Seizures & Seizure Management: Confirming Diagnosis and Assessing Treatment: Speakers Steve Wolf, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, Patti McGoldrick, RN, and Beth Israel Medical Center, NY.
- Seizures & Seizure Management: Brain Mapping & Surgical Intervention: Speakers: Saadhi Ghatan, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, NY, Patti McGoldrick, RN, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, Steve Wolf, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY.
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy – Its Efficacy and Safety in the Treatment of Cerebral Palsy, Autism, and Traumatic Brain Injury; Pauline Filipek, MD, University of Houston Medical School, TX, Daniel A. Rossignol, MD, International Child Development Resource Center, FL, James Jeffrey Bradstreet, MD, International Child Development Resource Center, FL, Moderated by Rick Rader, MD, Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center, TN.
Each of these programs will be able to be viewed in its entirety by those who cannot make it to Jacksonville for the WCD, including families and professionals on military bases around the world. In addition, the seminars in their entirety will be stored on www.epliveonline.com, www.EParent.com and www.imedicor.com for future access for a period of 90 days following the end of the conference.
The WCD Conference, now in its 10th year, is one of the premier events serving the special needs community.