Kentuckiana Children's Center will hold its first annual conference Feb. 16-17, 2002 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, KY. The event will feature Drs. Eric Plasker and Dan Murphy. Continuing education credits will be available.

The purpose of the conference will be to "pay tribute and to continue the challenge of providing chiropractic services to children," according to the Center.

Kentuckiana was founded by Dr. Loraine M. Golden in 1957 and provides chiropractic and concurrent health care services for children with special needs, regardless of the family's ability to pay. In addition, the Center is involved with education and research.

Dr. Murphy will provide instruction on the basics of the innate and adaptive immune system responses, the basic differences between the IgG and IgE adaptive immune response, and the factors (innate and clinical) that influence the immune system maturation towards the IgG v. IgE response.

He will also explore the issue of neurological innervation to the immune organs and the relationship between the innervation to the immune organs and the function of joint mechanoreceptors (subluxation complex and chiropractic adjustment) and the cerebellum.

Dr. Plasker will conduct a presentation on the science of lifetime family chiropractic care, including health care trends and their chiropractic implications. In addition, he will talk about building awareness between aging baby boomers, their parents, children, grandchildren and their need for holistic care.

An open house tour of Kentuckiana Children's Center will be offered on Saturday from 7:30-9:00 p.m.