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Annual Meeting of The Society for Surgery of The Alimentary Tract and Digestive Disease Week
ANNUAL
MEETING
OF
THE
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT AND DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK NEW ORLEANS,
ROSS LABORATORIES CONFERENCE Ross Laboratories continues to sponsor a research conference for residents and fellows to be held Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th. Authors of the twenty best Resident’s Prize submissions will be invited. Financial support provided by Ross Laboratories, includes expenses for round-trip transportation witbin U.S. In addition, these twenty individuals are invited to attend the Postgraduate Course as guests of the Society.
SSAT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD Thisaward for young faculty members is to assist in the establishment of investigators, basic or clinical, in digestive diseases. The award is 840,000 for two years. A minimum of 70% of the recipient’s time must be spent in research. Applications for the 1995 Award will be circulated to the membership with the August Newsletter.
LOUISIANA
science of clinical research’ will be presented by Dr. David Sackett as the Guest oration. Dr. Sackett is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University. The SSAT Postgraduate Course will address surgical diseases of the liver, emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach. President Bernard Langer has put together the speakers who represent a range of specialties besides surgery and will discuss multidisciplinary approaches to liver disease. For further information write or call the Secretary, John H.C. Ranson, M.D., at New York University Medical Center, 530 First Street, Suite 6B, New York, NY 10016 (212) 263-6387; Fax: (212) 2637606
DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK The 35th Annual Meeting of the SSAT will be held in conjunction with Digestive Disease Week. Registration and housing informa-
MAY 16-19,1994.
Bernard Langer, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto will present hie Presidential Address entitled “Don’t look hack: Something might be gaining on you”
tion can be obtained from the DDW meeting managers, Slack, Inc., telephone 609~848- 1000.
RESIDENT’S PRIZE Anaward of $500 given for the best abstract submitted by a resident in training.
MEETING HIGHLIGHTS The State of the Art Address entitled “Tbe hills and troughs of minimal access surgery of the gut” will be presented by Dr. Alfred Cuschieri of the University of Dundee. Dr. George Block, Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago will receive the Founders’ Medal. “Clinical epidemiology: The basic THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
VOLUME 167
AF’RIL 1994
v
MEETING
OF
THE
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT AND DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK NEW ORLEANS,
ROSS LABORATORIES CONFERENCE Ross Laboratories continues to sponsor a research conference for residents and fellows to be held Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th. Authors of the twenty best Resident’s Prize submissions will be invited. Financial support provided by Ross Laboratories, includes expenses for round-trip transportation witbin U.S. In addition, these twenty individuals are invited to attend the Postgraduate Course as guests of the Society.
SSAT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD Thisaward for young faculty members is to assist in the establishment of investigators, basic or clinical, in digestive diseases. The award is 840,000 for two years. A minimum of 70% of the recipient’s time must be spent in research. Applications for the 1995 Award will be circulated to the membership with the August Newsletter.
LOUISIANA
science of clinical research’ will be presented by Dr. David Sackett as the Guest oration. Dr. Sackett is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University. The SSAT Postgraduate Course will address surgical diseases of the liver, emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach. President Bernard Langer has put together the speakers who represent a range of specialties besides surgery and will discuss multidisciplinary approaches to liver disease. For further information write or call the Secretary, John H.C. Ranson, M.D., at New York University Medical Center, 530 First Street, Suite 6B, New York, NY 10016 (212) 263-6387; Fax: (212) 2637606
DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK The 35th Annual Meeting of the SSAT will be held in conjunction with Digestive Disease Week. Registration and housing informa-
MAY 16-19,1994.
Bernard Langer, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto will present hie Presidential Address entitled “Don’t look hack: Something might be gaining on you”
tion can be obtained from the DDW meeting managers, Slack, Inc., telephone 609~848- 1000.
RESIDENT’S PRIZE Anaward of $500 given for the best abstract submitted by a resident in training.
MEETING HIGHLIGHTS The State of the Art Address entitled “Tbe hills and troughs of minimal access surgery of the gut” will be presented by Dr. Alfred Cuschieri of the University of Dundee. Dr. George Block, Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago will receive the Founders’ Medal. “Clinical epidemiology: The basic THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
VOLUME 167
AF’RIL 1994
v