Categories: Living with CMN
1997
- Nevus Outreach founded
- Granted 501(c)(3) status
- First office - Lansing Michigan
- nevus.org web site created
1998
- First conference - Orlando
- First research grant awarded
- Oklahoma office established
- Toll-free hotline set up
- Nevus registry set up
1999
- Attended doctor meeting for the first time
- 11,000 info packets sent to dermatologists
2000
- Second conference - Denver
- Went to Capitol Hill for the first time
2001
- First Executive Director - Kathy Wright
2002
- Third conference - Salt Lake City
- Registry exceeds 300 people with nevi
2003
- Mark Beckwith named Executive Director
2004
- Fourth conference - Columbus
- Added "finding a cure" to mission
- Registry first published in medical journals
2005
- First multi-national research projects
- First regional nevus Gathering - New York
2006
- Fifth Conference - Dallas
- Australia attends our conference
- Created National Nevus Science Group
2007
- Nevus Outreach meets Rita Pink
- Registry exceeds 500 people with nevi
2008
- Sixth Conference - Dallas
- Nevus Outreach Support group hits 1000 on Yahoo!
2009
- Nevus Outreach addresses French nevus association
- Begin MRI Study
2010
- Seventh Conference - Dallas
- Nevus Outreach appears on Facebook
- 123 blood samples collected
- Total Body Photography Study created
2011
- Pat McAdams write series of articles
- Received first NIH grant
- International Expert Meeting - Germany
- NRAS connection confirmed
2012
- Eighth Conference - Dallas
- Registry exceeds 1000 people with nevi
- Total Body Photography study exceeds 100 patients
2013
- International Expert Meeting - France
- Founded Naevus Global
- Gavin Bailey Tissue Bank created
2014
- Ninth Conference - Dallas
- Facebook group hits 2000 members
- Tissue bank exceeds 300 samples
- MRI Study exceeds 100 cases
