ANNOUNCEMENTS OF FUTURE MEETINGS December 15-17, 2004 Cairo, Egypt 20TH ANNUAL MEETING OF EGYPTIAN PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATION (EPSA) The congress will be preceded by a 3-day workshop on management of complex anorectal and urogenital malformations in children. For information: Essam Elhalaby, MD, Secretary General of EPSA, Borg Elmehata, Tanta, 31111, Egypt; Tel: 20 10 545 1157; Fax: 20 40 333 5545; E-mail:
[email protected]; Website: www.epsa.org.eg.
March 20-23, 2005
Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria 34TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY General Secretary: Professor Dr Ernst Horcher, Head of Department of Pediatric Surgery, General Hospital of Vienna/AKH-Wien, 6B, Medical University, Wa¨hringer Gu¨rtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Tel: 43/1/40400-6836; Fax: 43/1/40400-6838; E-mail:
[email protected]; Website: http://www.akh-wien.ac.at/pediatric-surgery/.
April 7-8, 2005
Iowa City, Iowa 2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED PEDIATRIC SURGERY Course Director: John J. Meehan, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Iowa, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242; Tel: (319) 356-1884; E-mail:
[email protected]; Website: www.medicine.uiowa.edu/cme/pdfs/PedsRoboticsWEB.pdf.
April 15-17, 2005
Kus¸adası, Aydın, Turkey 3RD WORLD CONFERENCE ON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CAUSTIC ESOPHAGEAL BURNS IN CHILDREN AND PEDIATRIC THORACIC SURGERY: COLLOQUIUM For information: Prof Oktay Mutaf, MD, Ege University Hospital, 35100 Izmir, Turkey; Fax: ⫹90 232 3754990; E-mail:
[email protected]; Website: http://www.pediatriktoraks.org/pages/5/index.htm.
May 20-21, 2005 Cologne, Germany INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON “MALFORMATIONS OF THE LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT” During this meeting the results of the preceding new “Wingspread” Conference will be presented together with other papers. Free communications are welcome up to January 31, 2005. For information: Professor Dr A.M. Holschneider, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Cologne, Amsterdamer Strasse 59, D-50735 Ko¨ln, Germany; Tel: 0049 (0221) 8907 5261 (Secretary); Fax: 0049 (0221) 8907 5492 (Prof. Holschneider); E-mail:
[email protected]. Congress Organizer: Dr Frank Mu¨cke, Comed GmbH, Rolandstr. 63, 50667 Ko¨ln; Tel: 0049 (0221) 80 11 00-0; Fax: 0049 (0221) 80 11 00 29; E-mail:
[email protected].
May 22-26, 2005
Vancouver, BC, Canada 38TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC SURGEONS For information: Eric Webber, MD, FRCS(C), Chair, Organizing Committee, PAPS 2005, Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery, BC’s Children’s Hospital, 4480 Oak St, Rm K0-123, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada; Tel: (604)875-3744; Fax: (604)875-2721; E-mail:
[email protected]; Website: www.paps2005.com.
May 29-June 1, 2005
Phoenix, Arizona 36TH ANNUAL MEETING AMERICAN PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATION For information: APSA Meeting Manager, The Sherwood Group, 60 Revere Dr, Suite 500, Northbrook, IL 60062; Tel: 847-480-9576; Fax: 487-480-9282; Website: www.eapsa.org.
July 12-15, 2005 Dublin, Ireland 52ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS For information: In Conference Ltd, The Stables, 106 Broughton St Lane, Edinburgh EH1 3LY, Scotland, UK; Tel: ⫹44(0) 131556 9245; Fax: ⫹44(0) 131556 9638; E-mail:
[email protected].
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August 21-25, 2005
Durban, South Africa 41ST WORLD CONGRESS OF SURGERY INTERNATIONAL SURGERY WEEK ISW 2005 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SURGERY/SOCIE´TE´ INTERNATIONALE DE CHIRURGIE For information: Mr Chris Storz, Program Director ISW 2005, Scientific Secretariat ISW 2005, c/o ISS/SIC, Netzibodenstrasse 34, PO Box 1527, 4133 Pratteln, Switzerland; Tel: ⫹41 61 815 96 67; Fax: ⫹41 61 811 47 75; E-mail:
[email protected]; ISS/SIC Homepage: www.iss-sic.ch; ISW2005 Homepage: www.isw2005.org.za.
August 25-27, 2005
Miskolc, Hungary 13TH CONGRESS OF THE HUNGARIAN ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION For information: Dr Akos Kiss, Chief of the Local Organising Committee, Consultant-in-Chief, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Pediatrics, Szentpeteri Kapu 72-76, 3501 Miskolc, Hungary; E-mail:
[email protected].