Family Conference Invitation
Head on over to the blog to read our official invitation letter to the San Diego Family Conference. Here is the link to the Registration Form.

Save the Date
CHI Family Conference June 18 & 19, 2010 San Diego, CA Exact Location TBA Congenital Hyperinsulinism International (CHI) invites you to attend the third Congenital Hyperinsulinism Family Conference. This conference is intended for individuals with Congenital Hyperinsulinism (HI) as well as family members and caregivers of those with HI. Speakers and participants are invited from around the globe. Detailed information on conference location, registration and the agenda will be posted in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned and please plan on attending! Please check for updates on our website www.congenitalhi.org and on our Facebook page as well as this very blog. Questions? Contact: Julie Raskin V.P. Congenital Hyperinsulinism International jraskin@congenitalhi.org

Next Family Conference
We organize large family conferences to coincide with an appropriate medical conference. Generally, our family conference takes place immediately after the professional medical conference, and we encourage as many of the professional hyperinsulinism researchers to stay another couple days to participate in our conference. We have been fortunate to have so many do so.

We are at the very preliminary steps of organzing our next family conference. Return here for updates as our planning progresses.

2006 Family Conference
The second Congenital Hyperinsulinism Family Conference sponsored by Congenital Hyperinsulinism International (CHI) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHOP) Center was held on June 17 and 18, 2006. The conference was held at the City Line Holiday Inn in Philadelphia, PA.

At this conference leading specialists discussed treatment options, management techniques, genetic advances and potential future strategies. There were also sessions on parenting children with HI, HI in the school setting, and nutrition and feeding. Additionally, there were sessions for children and teenagers with HI and their siblings.