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***WEBINAR UPDATE***

Please click here to view a live webcast of "The TED Journey - From Start to Finish" beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time on Saturday, Feb. 28th.  Please see below for important technical details.

This event is co-hosted by the GDATF and UC San Diego Shiley Eye Center.

Confirmed presenters:
David B. Granet, MD (Ophthalmology)
Don O. Kikkawa, MD (Ophthalmology)
Bobby S. Korn, MD, PhD (Ophthalmology)
Michael Bouvet, MD (Thyroid Surgery)
Karen McCowen, MD (Endocrinology)

Blue Paisley is the New Black!  January is Thyroid Awareness Month, and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists designed a paisley ribbon in honor of the estimated 30 million Americans who are living with disorders that affect the thyroid gland.  For more information, please visit AACE's patient education site, the American Thyroid Association's patient education page or the GDATF's patient bulletins and resources/links page.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now in the books...but did you know that the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving is designated as GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to celebrating generosity? If you plan to participate, please consider a contribution to help fund the GDATF's education and support programs!

Please join us in Rancho Santa Fe, CA on Friday, Oct. 24th from 3-5 p.m. for a special book signing and pumpkin sale to benefit the GDATF!  The event will feature Richard Lederer, author of more than 40 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current books, Amazing Words, Lederer on Language, American Trivia and Monsters Unchained!

How do you make a skeleton laugh? You tickle its funny bone. The more than 1,000 jokes, 60 poems, 80 illustrations, and 20 creepy creatures in Monsters Unchained! are guaranteed to tickle the funny bone and make both kids and groan-ups laugh out loud!