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            Jun 2010, Hayley Wilkinson releases Rock the Boat on YouTube

            Apr 2010,  MdDS Balance Disorder Foundation listed in the 2010-2011
                                         Resources Directory of the NIDCD at the National Institutes of Health
          
            Feb 2010, Yoon-Hee Cha, MD, research project funded at UCLA

            Nov 2009, Cathy Helowicz continues to raise awareness of MdDS in FL

            May 2009, Yoon-Hee Cha, MD, nominated to the National Organization
                                                    of Rare Diseases (NORD) Research Hall of Fame

            Apr 2009, Cathy Helowicz interviewed on WPBF-TV, West Palm Beach, FL

            Mar 2009, Terri Gibson and Liz Conerly on Great Day Houston

            Mar 2009, Ronald Tusa, MD/PhD, Emory University, receives Foundation's
                                         Clinical Educator Excellence Award

            Feb 2009, MdDS member activities on Rare Diseases Day 2009

            Jan 2009, Yoon-Hee Cha, MD, research supported at UCLA

               Jan 2009, Cathy Helowicz increases MdDS awareness in Florida

               Jul 2008,  Ronald Tusa, MD, lectures health care professionals on MdDS
                                          in England

               Jan 2008, Yoon-Hee Cha, MD, receives Foundation's
                                               
Early Career Distinguished Investigator Award     

               Dec 2006, MdDS Balance Disorder Foundation incorporated as a PA
                                         501(c)(3) non-profit organization

            Dec 2005, First MdDS educational brochure prepared for distribution
                                         to MdDS patients and health care providers

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MdDS Foundation attends meetings of Health Professionals: 

                   Jul 2010, Texas Academy of Family Physicians Annual Session and Scientific Assembly, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Apr 2008, American Academy of Neurologists (AAN) annual meeting,
                                 Chicago, Illinois, USA

             Sep 2007, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
                                 (AAO-HNSF) annual meeting and OTO EXPO, Washington, DC,
                                 USA

             Sep 2006, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
                                (AAO-HNSF) annual meeting and OTO EXPO, Toronto, Quebec,
                                Canada

Jan 2006, Fifth Biennial Balance Center Symposium: Advances in
                                Vestibular and Balance Disorders, Barrow Neurological Institute,
                                       
Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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This site is designed for those suffering from MdDS (Mal de Debarquement Syndrome) and the health care professionals who treat them.  If you have been diagnosed or suspect that you have MdDS or Disembarkment Syndrome, sign up for a free membership at our support site and review or search the thousands of messages from those who suffer from MdDS. Here, you will find caring people who understand what it is like to live with this rare balance disorder; members are from all over the world. Please join us to share and learn from others.

The MdDS Balance Disorder Foundation is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit PA foundation dedicated to promoting awareness of Mal de Debarquement Syndrome and seeking treatments and a cure for people suffering from this disorder.

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