There were more than 170 registrants, one-third of whom came from outside the United States.  Represented were 25 states and 16 countries.  Forty papers were presented and discussed, three panels of experts debated controversial topics, and more that 70 posters were viewed by the participants and the results defended by their authors.

Cheryll Gasner, M.N., the Nurse Coordinator of the Stanford University Marfan Syndrome Clinic and member of the Professional Advisory Board of the NMF, presented the Keynote Address, which was entitled -Me Joining Circles.'