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American Board of Neurological Surgery 1985 Priimary E x a m i n a t i o n 1985 Primary Examination to be held Saturday, March 30, 1985 Applications for the Board's 1985 Primary Examination will be available from the office of the American Board of Neurological Surgery in the fall of 1984. Please direct inquiries to: M. Stephen Mahaley, Jr., M.D., American Board of Neurological Surgery, University of North Carolina, 148 Clinical Sciences Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514. The 1985 examination fee is $250.00. Deadline for receipt by the Board of completed application and fee is January 7, 1985. Applications received after this date will not be processed. Incomplete or illegible applications will be returned. The Primary Examination may be taken for credit by any resident in an accredited neurosurgical training program in the United States or Canada at a time to be determined by the Program Director. It may also be taken for credit by practicing neurosurgeons who have satisfactorily completed their formal training. The Examination may be taken for self-assessment by any resident in an accredited neurosurgical training program in ti~e United States or Canada and by practicing neurosurgeons who have successfully completed an accredited training program in this country or Canada.
Coming Meetings
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons will hold its next meeting at the New York Hilton, New York City, September 30 through October 5, 1984. Information: Dr. Michael Salcman, University of Maryland Hospital, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons will hold a PostConvention scientific session October 5-12, 1984, in Berlin, West Germany. Information: Dr. Robert Spetzler, Barrow Neurological Institute, 305 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85013.
Information: Department of Radiology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, 12901 North 30th Street, Box 17, Tampa, Florida 33612.
The European Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery will meet October 10-13, 1984, at the Hotel Hilton in Vienna, Austria. Information: Mondial Congress, Bosendorferstrasse 4, A-1010 Wien, Austria. Seventh International Symposium on Cerebral Revascularization will be held October 14-17, 1984, in Phoenix, Arizona. Information: Robert F. Spetzler, M.D., Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85013.
The American Academy of Neurological Surgery will meet October 17-20, 1984, at The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia. Information: Dr. James T. Robertson, Secretary, 956 Court Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163.
The Polish Society of Neurosurgeons will meet October 19-21, 1984, at the Child's Health Center, Warsaw, Poland. Information: Secretariat of the Anniversary Congress of the Polish Society of Neurosurgeons, The Child's Health Centre, Department of Neurosurgery, 04-736 Warsaw, AI. Dzieci Polskich 20, Poland. American College of Surgeons will meet October 21-26, 1984, in San Francisco, California. Information: American College of Surgeons, 55 Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
The Second Symposium on the Biology of Brain Tumour will be held in London on October 24-26, 1984. The principal scientific themes will be molecular neurooncology, biologic correlates of neuropathology and imaging, and principles of therapy. It will commemorate the centenary of Rickman Godlee's first operation for malignant glioma at the Maida Vale Hospital with a special historical lecture. Further information, registration, and abstract forms may be obtained from M.D. Walker, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20205, or D.G.T. Thomas, Department of Neurological Surgery Maida Vale Hospital, Maida Vale, London W9, United Kingdom. The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons will meet October 24-28, 1984 at Caesars Palace Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Information: Dr. M. R. Rack, 2320 Rancho Drive, Suite 108, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102. The International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurotraumatology will be held November 4-6, 1984, in Montevideo, Uruguay. Information: Dr. Pedro Benedek, Rambla Rep. Del Peru 1043, Montevideo, Uruguay.
The American Neurological Association will meet on October 7-10, 1984, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Information" Dr. Frederick Samaha, Secretary, P.O. Box Drawer C, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414.
Neuroradiology The Department of Radiology of the University of Florida will sponsor a Seminar on Advanced Neuroradiology on October 10-13, 1984, at the Hilton Hotel, Walt Disney World Village.
The Latin American Congress of Neurosurgery will hold its next meeting on November 11-15, 1984, at the Caracas Hilton Hotel in Caracas, Venezuela. Information: Dr. Abraham Krivoy, Avenida Manuel Felipe Tovar, Quinta Hopsing, San Bernardino, 1011 Caracas, Venezuela.
The International College of Surgeons will meet December 3-7, 1984, in Manila, The Philippines, at the Westin Philip-
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pine Plaza. Information: International College of Surgeons, 1516 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60610. The Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons will meet December 12-13, 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Information: Dr. Marion L. Walker, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 320 12th Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103. Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias Annual Meeting will be held January 24-26, 1985 at The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia. Information: Dr. Jacques E. Botton, Secretary, 1933 Thomson Drive, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501. The IX Mexican Congress of Neurological Surgery will meet March 10-16, 1985, at the Hotel El Presidente, Oaxaca, Oax., Mexico. Information: Dr. Mauro Loyo-Varela, Apartado Postal 12-779, Deleg. B. Juarez, 03020 Mexico, D.F., Mexico. European Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology and the European College of Angiography will meet in Vienna, Austria, on April 22-27, 1985, at the Vienna Hilton Hotel. Information: Friedrich Olbert, M.D., Professor of Radiology, Chairman of the X-ray Department, 1st Surgical Station Hospital Vienna-Lainz, President ECA and ESCVIR, c/o Jorgerstrasse 52, A-1170 Wien, Austria.
The Eighth International Congress of Neurological Surgery will be held July 7-13, 1985 at the new Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Congress Officers and Federation Officers are listed below: Congress Officers: President, A. Hudson; Vice President, C. Bertrand; Secretary, S. Schatz; Assist. Secretary, F. LeBlanc; Treasurer, D. Parkinson; Assist. Treasurer, H. Hoffman; Scientific Director, S. Peerless. Federation Officers: President, W. Luyendijk; First Vice President, S. Ishii, Secretary, H. A. Walder; Assist. Secretary, S. Mullan; Treasurer, H. Wenker; Assist. Treasurer, N. de Tribolet; Editor, Publications, M. Brock. Information: Prof. A. R. Hudson, 38 Shuter Street, Toronto, Canada M5B 1A6. F u t u r e M e e t i n g s o f N a t i o n a l N e u r o s u r g i c a l and R e l a t e d Societies
American Association of NeurologicalSurgeons April 21-25, 1985, Atlanta, Georgia April 13-17, 1986, Denver, Colorado May 3-7, 1987, Dallas, Texas
Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons September 30-October 5, 1984, New York, New York September 29-October 4, 1985, Honolulu, Hawaii September 13-19, 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana October 25-30, 1987, Baltimore, Maryland October 9-14, 1988, Las Vegas, Nevada October 27-November 4, 1989, Atlanta, Georgia October 7-12, 1990, Seattle, Washington
American Surgical Association will meet April 25-27, 1985 at the Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. Information: W. Gerald Austen, Secretary, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.
Society of NeurologicalSurgeons
The Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences will meet in Harare, Zimbabwe, from April 24-27, 1985. Information: Prof. L. F. Levy, Department of Surgery, University of Zimbabwe, P. O. Box A 178, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.
American Academy NeurologicalSurgery
The Society of British Neurological Surgeons, the Spanish, and the South African Societies will meet May 6-8, 1985, in Grenada, Spain. Information: Mr. Alan E. Richardson, F.R.C.S., Hon. Secretary--S.B.N.S., Department of Neurosurgery, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, 31 Copse Hill, Wimbledon, London, SW20 ONE, U.K. The Austrian Surgical Society will meet June 6-8, 1985, in Vienna, Austria. Information: Univ.-Prof. Dr. F. Helmer, II. Chirurgische Universitatsklinik, A- 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 23, Austria. The Sixth International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure will be held June 9-13, 1985 in Glasgow, Scotland. Information: Mr. A. David Medelon, Department of Neurosurgery, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, Scotland. World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery will meet July 4-7, 1985, at the Chelsea Hotel and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Information, Mrs. Rae Ryan, Administrative Coordinator, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto General Hospital, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
May 5-8, 1985, Phoenix, Arizona May 11-14, 1986, Williamsburg, Virginia 1987, Baltimore, Maryland (dates not set) 1988, Columbus, Ohio (dates not set) October 17-20, 1984, Homestead, Virginia October 27-30, 1985, Houston, Texas
Neurosurgical Society of America May 19-22, 1985, Kiawah Island, South Carolina April 2-5, 1986, Port Clear, Alabama May 10-13, 1987, Glendon Beach, Oregon
American Collegeof Surgeons (Annual Meeting) October October October October October October October October
21-26 1984, San Francisco, California 13-18 1985, Chicago, Illinois 19-24 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana 11-16 1987, San Francisco, California 23-28 1988, Chicago, Illinois 15-20 1989, Atlanta, Georgia 7-12, 1990, San Francisco, California 20-25, 1991, Chicago, Illinois
American Collegeof Surgeons (Spring Muting) March 31-April 4, 1985, Miami, Florida April 13-17, 1986, Vancouver, British Colombia
Canadian NeurosurgicalSociety 1985, Montreal, Quebec (dates not set) 1986, London, Ontario (dates not set) 1987, Vancouver, British Colombia (dates not set)
Southern NeurosurgicalSociety February 27-March 2, 1985, Scottsdale, Arizona February 26-March 1, 1986, Boca Raton, Florida
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American Academy of Neurology April 28-May 4, 1985, Dallas, Texas April 27-May 3, 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana
Rocky Mountain NeurosurgicalSociety June 16-20, 1985, BarLff, Alberta
Western NeurosurgicalSociety September 9-12, 1984, Colorado Springs, Colorado
International Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons July 7-13, 1985, Toronto, Ontario
American Board of NeurologicalSurgery September 13-16, 1984, Memphis, Tennessee May 14-17, 1985, Louisville, Kentucky September 10-13, 1985, Louisville, Kentucky Spring 1986, Salt Lake City, Utah (dates not set) Fall 1986, Salt Lake City, Utah (dates not set) Send corrections and future meeting dates to: Edward L. Seljeskog, M.D., Secretary/AANS, Box 479, 420 S.E. Delaware Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
Continuing Education Microsurgical Anastomosis The Seventh International Symposium on Microsurgical Anastomosis for Cerebral Ischemia will be held October 14-17, 1984 at the Pointe Resort Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona. Information: Robert F. Spetzler, M.D., Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W. Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85013. Microbiology for Neurosurgeons The Joint Committee on Education of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurosurgeons will sponsor a Course on Neurobiology for Neurosurgeons November 1-.14, 1984, at the Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Information: Henry H. Schmidek, M.D., CouJrse Director, Joint Committee Course on Neurobiology, 1 South Prospect Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401. Neurosurgical Update Harvard University will sponsor a postgraduate course entitled "Neurosurgical Update" on November 5-9, 1984, at the Meridien Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts. Information: Robert C. Heros, M.D., Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. Brain Edema The Department of Neurosurgery of Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine will sponsor a Symposium on Brain Edema on November 8-10, 1984, in Tokyo, Japan. For information, contact: The Secretariat of the Sixth International Symposium on Brain Edema, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan. C o n t r o v e r s i e s in M e d i c i n e "Controversies in Medicine" will include Organ Transplants,
Rationing Medical Care, Aging Process-Control, Genetic Engineering, Endoscopy-Emergency, First-Aid, and Paramedics, sponsored by the South Highlands Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama. The meeting will take place November 9, 1984, at Cudworth Hall-University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1917 8th Avenue South (Adjoining Birmingham Hilton), Birmingham, Alabama. Information: Dena Metts, South Highlands Hospital, 1127 South Twelfth Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35205. Telephone (205) 250-7703. Chronic Pain The Faculty of Medicine of the Toulouse-Rangueil Universite Paul Sabatier will sponsor a Symposium on "Opoids and Spinal Analgesia for Chronic Pain Treatment" November 9-10, 1984, at the Faculty of Medicine of Toulouse Rangueil, 133 Route de Norbonne, Toulouse, France. Information: Prof. Y. Lazorthes, Department of Neurosurgery, C.H.U. Rangueil, 31054 Toulouse, France. Clinical P e d i a t r i c C a r d i a c E l e c t r o p h y s i o l o g y A course in Clinical Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology, sponsored by the University of Miami School of Medicine, will be held November 9-11, 1984, at the Eden Roc Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida. Course Director: Grace S. Wolff, M.D. Information: Division of CME D23-3, P.O. Box 016960, Miami, Florida 33101; telephone: (305) 547-6716. Laser N e u r o s u r g e r y The Division of Neurosurgery at Northwestern University Medical School will sponsor courses on Laser Neurosurgery on November 12-13, 1984, at Northwestern University Medical School, 320 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois. Information: Alumni Center for Continuing Education, Northwestern University Medical School, 301 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Contemporary Neurosurgery The University of Florida, Department of Neurosurgery, the Florida Neurosurgical Society and the American Heart Association will present a Symposium on Contemporary Neurosurgery, November 14-17, 1984, at Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida. Information: Contemporary Neurosurgery Symposium, Box J-265, JHMHC, Gainesville, Florida 32610. Spinal Surgery Advances in Spinal Surgery VI, sponsored by the University of Miami School of Medicine, will be held November 25-30, 1984, at the Sheraton Bal Harbour, Bal Harbour, Florida. Course Directors: Mark D. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., Frank J. Eismont, M.D., and Barth A. Green, M.D. Information: Division of CME D23-3, P.O. Box 016960, Miami, Florida 33101; telephone: (305) 547-6716. N I N C D S to S p o n s o r N e u r o i m m u n o m o d u l a t i o n Workshop The First International Neuroimmunomodulation Workshop, devoted to discussing the interactions among the nervous, immune and endocrine systems, will be held November 2730, 1984, at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Mary-
American Board of Neurological Surgery 1985 Priimary E x a m i n a t i o n 1985 Primary Examination to be held Saturday, March 30, 1985 Applications for the Board's 1985 Primary Examination will be available from the office of the American Board of Neurological Surgery in the fall of 1984. Please direct inquiries to: M. Stephen Mahaley, Jr., M.D., American Board of Neurological Surgery, University of North Carolina, 148 Clinical Sciences Building, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514. The 1985 examination fee is $250.00. Deadline for receipt by the Board of completed application and fee is January 7, 1985. Applications received after this date will not be processed. Incomplete or illegible applications will be returned. The Primary Examination may be taken for credit by any resident in an accredited neurosurgical training program in the United States or Canada at a time to be determined by the Program Director. It may also be taken for credit by practicing neurosurgeons who have satisfactorily completed their formal training. The Examination may be taken for self-assessment by any resident in an accredited neurosurgical training program in ti~e United States or Canada and by practicing neurosurgeons who have successfully completed an accredited training program in this country or Canada.
Coming Meetings
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons will hold its next meeting at the New York Hilton, New York City, September 30 through October 5, 1984. Information: Dr. Michael Salcman, University of Maryland Hospital, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons will hold a PostConvention scientific session October 5-12, 1984, in Berlin, West Germany. Information: Dr. Robert Spetzler, Barrow Neurological Institute, 305 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85013.
Information: Department of Radiology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, 12901 North 30th Street, Box 17, Tampa, Florida 33612.
The European Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery will meet October 10-13, 1984, at the Hotel Hilton in Vienna, Austria. Information: Mondial Congress, Bosendorferstrasse 4, A-1010 Wien, Austria. Seventh International Symposium on Cerebral Revascularization will be held October 14-17, 1984, in Phoenix, Arizona. Information: Robert F. Spetzler, M.D., Barrow Neurological Institute, 350 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85013.
The American Academy of Neurological Surgery will meet October 17-20, 1984, at The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia. Information: Dr. James T. Robertson, Secretary, 956 Court Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38163.
The Polish Society of Neurosurgeons will meet October 19-21, 1984, at the Child's Health Center, Warsaw, Poland. Information: Secretariat of the Anniversary Congress of the Polish Society of Neurosurgeons, The Child's Health Centre, Department of Neurosurgery, 04-736 Warsaw, AI. Dzieci Polskich 20, Poland. American College of Surgeons will meet October 21-26, 1984, in San Francisco, California. Information: American College of Surgeons, 55 Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
The Second Symposium on the Biology of Brain Tumour will be held in London on October 24-26, 1984. The principal scientific themes will be molecular neurooncology, biologic correlates of neuropathology and imaging, and principles of therapy. It will commemorate the centenary of Rickman Godlee's first operation for malignant glioma at the Maida Vale Hospital with a special historical lecture. Further information, registration, and abstract forms may be obtained from M.D. Walker, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20205, or D.G.T. Thomas, Department of Neurological Surgery Maida Vale Hospital, Maida Vale, London W9, United Kingdom. The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons will meet October 24-28, 1984 at Caesars Palace Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Information: Dr. M. R. Rack, 2320 Rancho Drive, Suite 108, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102. The International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurotraumatology will be held November 4-6, 1984, in Montevideo, Uruguay. Information: Dr. Pedro Benedek, Rambla Rep. Del Peru 1043, Montevideo, Uruguay.
The American Neurological Association will meet on October 7-10, 1984, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Information" Dr. Frederick Samaha, Secretary, P.O. Box Drawer C, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414.
Neuroradiology The Department of Radiology of the University of Florida will sponsor a Seminar on Advanced Neuroradiology on October 10-13, 1984, at the Hilton Hotel, Walt Disney World Village.
The Latin American Congress of Neurosurgery will hold its next meeting on November 11-15, 1984, at the Caracas Hilton Hotel in Caracas, Venezuela. Information: Dr. Abraham Krivoy, Avenida Manuel Felipe Tovar, Quinta Hopsing, San Bernardino, 1011 Caracas, Venezuela.
The International College of Surgeons will meet December 3-7, 1984, in Manila, The Philippines, at the Westin Philip-
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pine Plaza. Information: International College of Surgeons, 1516 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60610. The Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons will meet December 12-13, 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Information: Dr. Marion L. Walker, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 320 12th Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103. Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias Annual Meeting will be held January 24-26, 1985 at The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia. Information: Dr. Jacques E. Botton, Secretary, 1933 Thomson Drive, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501. The IX Mexican Congress of Neurological Surgery will meet March 10-16, 1985, at the Hotel El Presidente, Oaxaca, Oax., Mexico. Information: Dr. Mauro Loyo-Varela, Apartado Postal 12-779, Deleg. B. Juarez, 03020 Mexico, D.F., Mexico. European Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology and the European College of Angiography will meet in Vienna, Austria, on April 22-27, 1985, at the Vienna Hilton Hotel. Information: Friedrich Olbert, M.D., Professor of Radiology, Chairman of the X-ray Department, 1st Surgical Station Hospital Vienna-Lainz, President ECA and ESCVIR, c/o Jorgerstrasse 52, A-1170 Wien, Austria.
The Eighth International Congress of Neurological Surgery will be held July 7-13, 1985 at the new Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Congress Officers and Federation Officers are listed below: Congress Officers: President, A. Hudson; Vice President, C. Bertrand; Secretary, S. Schatz; Assist. Secretary, F. LeBlanc; Treasurer, D. Parkinson; Assist. Treasurer, H. Hoffman; Scientific Director, S. Peerless. Federation Officers: President, W. Luyendijk; First Vice President, S. Ishii, Secretary, H. A. Walder; Assist. Secretary, S. Mullan; Treasurer, H. Wenker; Assist. Treasurer, N. de Tribolet; Editor, Publications, M. Brock. Information: Prof. A. R. Hudson, 38 Shuter Street, Toronto, Canada M5B 1A6. F u t u r e M e e t i n g s o f N a t i o n a l N e u r o s u r g i c a l and R e l a t e d Societies
American Association of NeurologicalSurgeons April 21-25, 1985, Atlanta, Georgia April 13-17, 1986, Denver, Colorado May 3-7, 1987, Dallas, Texas
Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons September 30-October 5, 1984, New York, New York September 29-October 4, 1985, Honolulu, Hawaii September 13-19, 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana October 25-30, 1987, Baltimore, Maryland October 9-14, 1988, Las Vegas, Nevada October 27-November 4, 1989, Atlanta, Georgia October 7-12, 1990, Seattle, Washington
American Surgical Association will meet April 25-27, 1985 at the Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. Information: W. Gerald Austen, Secretary, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.
Society of NeurologicalSurgeons
The Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences will meet in Harare, Zimbabwe, from April 24-27, 1985. Information: Prof. L. F. Levy, Department of Surgery, University of Zimbabwe, P. O. Box A 178, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.
American Academy NeurologicalSurgery
The Society of British Neurological Surgeons, the Spanish, and the South African Societies will meet May 6-8, 1985, in Grenada, Spain. Information: Mr. Alan E. Richardson, F.R.C.S., Hon. Secretary--S.B.N.S., Department of Neurosurgery, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, 31 Copse Hill, Wimbledon, London, SW20 ONE, U.K. The Austrian Surgical Society will meet June 6-8, 1985, in Vienna, Austria. Information: Univ.-Prof. Dr. F. Helmer, II. Chirurgische Universitatsklinik, A- 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 23, Austria. The Sixth International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure will be held June 9-13, 1985 in Glasgow, Scotland. Information: Mr. A. David Medelon, Department of Neurosurgery, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, Scotland. World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery will meet July 4-7, 1985, at the Chelsea Hotel and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Information, Mrs. Rae Ryan, Administrative Coordinator, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto General Hospital, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
May 5-8, 1985, Phoenix, Arizona May 11-14, 1986, Williamsburg, Virginia 1987, Baltimore, Maryland (dates not set) 1988, Columbus, Ohio (dates not set) October 17-20, 1984, Homestead, Virginia October 27-30, 1985, Houston, Texas
Neurosurgical Society of America May 19-22, 1985, Kiawah Island, South Carolina April 2-5, 1986, Port Clear, Alabama May 10-13, 1987, Glendon Beach, Oregon
American Collegeof Surgeons (Annual Meeting) October October October October October October October October
21-26 1984, San Francisco, California 13-18 1985, Chicago, Illinois 19-24 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana 11-16 1987, San Francisco, California 23-28 1988, Chicago, Illinois 15-20 1989, Atlanta, Georgia 7-12, 1990, San Francisco, California 20-25, 1991, Chicago, Illinois
American Collegeof Surgeons (Spring Muting) March 31-April 4, 1985, Miami, Florida April 13-17, 1986, Vancouver, British Colombia
Canadian NeurosurgicalSociety 1985, Montreal, Quebec (dates not set) 1986, London, Ontario (dates not set) 1987, Vancouver, British Colombia (dates not set)
Southern NeurosurgicalSociety February 27-March 2, 1985, Scottsdale, Arizona February 26-March 1, 1986, Boca Raton, Florida
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American Academy of Neurology April 28-May 4, 1985, Dallas, Texas April 27-May 3, 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana
Rocky Mountain NeurosurgicalSociety June 16-20, 1985, BarLff, Alberta
Western NeurosurgicalSociety September 9-12, 1984, Colorado Springs, Colorado
International Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons July 7-13, 1985, Toronto, Ontario
American Board of NeurologicalSurgery September 13-16, 1984, Memphis, Tennessee May 14-17, 1985, Louisville, Kentucky September 10-13, 1985, Louisville, Kentucky Spring 1986, Salt Lake City, Utah (dates not set) Fall 1986, Salt Lake City, Utah (dates not set) Send corrections and future meeting dates to: Edward L. Seljeskog, M.D., Secretary/AANS, Box 479, 420 S.E. Delaware Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
Continuing Education Microsurgical Anastomosis The Seventh International Symposium on Microsurgical Anastomosis for Cerebral Ischemia will be held October 14-17, 1984 at the Pointe Resort Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona. Information: Robert F. Spetzler, M.D., Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W. Thomas Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85013. Microbiology for Neurosurgeons The Joint Committee on Education of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurosurgeons will sponsor a Course on Neurobiology for Neurosurgeons November 1-.14, 1984, at the Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Information: Henry H. Schmidek, M.D., CouJrse Director, Joint Committee Course on Neurobiology, 1 South Prospect Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401. Neurosurgical Update Harvard University will sponsor a postgraduate course entitled "Neurosurgical Update" on November 5-9, 1984, at the Meridien Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts. Information: Robert C. Heros, M.D., Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. Brain Edema The Department of Neurosurgery of Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine will sponsor a Symposium on Brain Edema on November 8-10, 1984, in Tokyo, Japan. For information, contact: The Secretariat of the Sixth International Symposium on Brain Edema, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan. C o n t r o v e r s i e s in M e d i c i n e "Controversies in Medicine" will include Organ Transplants,
Rationing Medical Care, Aging Process-Control, Genetic Engineering, Endoscopy-Emergency, First-Aid, and Paramedics, sponsored by the South Highlands Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama. The meeting will take place November 9, 1984, at Cudworth Hall-University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1917 8th Avenue South (Adjoining Birmingham Hilton), Birmingham, Alabama. Information: Dena Metts, South Highlands Hospital, 1127 South Twelfth Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35205. Telephone (205) 250-7703. Chronic Pain The Faculty of Medicine of the Toulouse-Rangueil Universite Paul Sabatier will sponsor a Symposium on "Opoids and Spinal Analgesia for Chronic Pain Treatment" November 9-10, 1984, at the Faculty of Medicine of Toulouse Rangueil, 133 Route de Norbonne, Toulouse, France. Information: Prof. Y. Lazorthes, Department of Neurosurgery, C.H.U. Rangueil, 31054 Toulouse, France. Clinical P e d i a t r i c C a r d i a c E l e c t r o p h y s i o l o g y A course in Clinical Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology, sponsored by the University of Miami School of Medicine, will be held November 9-11, 1984, at the Eden Roc Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida. Course Director: Grace S. Wolff, M.D. Information: Division of CME D23-3, P.O. Box 016960, Miami, Florida 33101; telephone: (305) 547-6716. Laser N e u r o s u r g e r y The Division of Neurosurgery at Northwestern University Medical School will sponsor courses on Laser Neurosurgery on November 12-13, 1984, at Northwestern University Medical School, 320 East Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois. Information: Alumni Center for Continuing Education, Northwestern University Medical School, 301 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Contemporary Neurosurgery The University of Florida, Department of Neurosurgery, the Florida Neurosurgical Society and the American Heart Association will present a Symposium on Contemporary Neurosurgery, November 14-17, 1984, at Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida. Information: Contemporary Neurosurgery Symposium, Box J-265, JHMHC, Gainesville, Florida 32610. Spinal Surgery Advances in Spinal Surgery VI, sponsored by the University of Miami School of Medicine, will be held November 25-30, 1984, at the Sheraton Bal Harbour, Bal Harbour, Florida. Course Directors: Mark D. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., Frank J. Eismont, M.D., and Barth A. Green, M.D. Information: Division of CME D23-3, P.O. Box 016960, Miami, Florida 33101; telephone: (305) 547-6716. N I N C D S to S p o n s o r N e u r o i m m u n o m o d u l a t i o n Workshop The First International Neuroimmunomodulation Workshop, devoted to discussing the interactions among the nervous, immune and endocrine systems, will be held November 2730, 1984, at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Mary-