Polio Program

WALLINGFORD –– Polio Outreach of Connecticut will sponsor a special event called the Silver Symposium, featuring prominent polio physician and author Julie K. Silver, MD, on Saturday, May 3, at 1 pm in the Brooker Lecture Hall at Gaylord Hospital.

Dr Silver will speak on the subject of “Polio Myths and Half-Truths.” She is the medical director of the International Rehabilitation Center for Polio at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Massachusetts. She also is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and has published several books including Post-Polio Syndrome: A Guide for Polio Survivors and Their Families (Yale University Press).

Admission is free but advance notification is required by contacting Matti Tomaselli at 203-847-5902 or Mike Pierce at 203-639-7339.

Membership in Polio Outreach of Connecticut is open to everyone who supports the goals of the organization. For more information write to Linda Donahue, president of Polio Outreach of Connecticut, 75 Tallwood Road, Southbury, CT 06488.