The Sixth Annual Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation’s Chicago Medical Briefing Luncheon May 2, 2012

The sixth annual Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation’s Chicago Medical Briefing Luncheon welcomes a distinct panel of experts in the field of Bipolar Disorder for an informative and inspiring afternoon. Supporters and friends of the Foundation are invited to help raise awareness and foster a greater understanding about early-onset Bipolar Disorder during the panel discussion and Q & A at the event.

Speakers at this year’s informative event include many of the Bipolar Disorder field’s most respected doctors, including Karen L. Swartz, MD, Director of Clinical and Education Programs at The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Janet Wozniak, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Pediatric Bipolar Program, Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology at Massachusetts General Hospital; Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Co-Director of the Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, Associate Director of the Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of the NIMH Bipolar Trials Network, Professor at Harvard Medical School; Barbara J. Mason, Ph.D., Pearson Family Professor, Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, Director of Laboratory of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Co-Director of Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research at The Scripps Research Institute; and Ellen Frank, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Co-Director of the Pittsburgh Bipolar Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.

To RSVP to The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation’s Chicago Medical Briefing Luncheon or to make a donation, please call 888-944-4408 or email mail@ryanlichtsangbipolarfoundation.org. For more information, please visit the Foundation’s comprehensive web site at: www.ryanlichtsangbipolarfoundation.org.

All proceeds from the Luncheon benefit The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation. The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation is dedicated to fostering awareness, understanding, and research for early-onset Bipolar Disorder. The Foundation is on a Quest For The Test™, to find an empirical test for Bipolar Disorder so that early detection and intervention become a reality. By raising awareness, the Foundation aims to erase the stigma associated with Bipolar Disorder. With research and awareness, the Foundation believes that the benefits will be progressive and cumulative, and that the serious issues affecting so many families will finally gain the long overdue attention they deserve. For more information about The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation or to make a donation, please visit www.ryanlichtsangbipolarfoundation.org.

Official Website: http://www.ryanlichtsangbipolarfoundation.org