SKULL BASE ACCESS SURGERY WORKSHOP As part of the Royal Melbourne Hospital's 150th anniversary celebrations in March 1998, there will be a Skull Base Access Surgery Workshop held Friday 13th and Saturday 14th March. The workshop will include both lectures and anatomical dissection. It is intended to apply to neurosurgeons, skull base surgeons from other disciplines and oral and maxillofacial surgeons. For further information contact
Mr David Wiesenfeld, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, 3050, Victoria, Australia. Tel: 61 3 9347 3788. Fax: 61 3 9347 3058.
COMBINED MEETING OF THE ISPN & NSA, 13-19 SEPTEMBER 1998 This c o m b i n e d meeting will be held at the Sofitel Hotel in Melbourne. A wide range of international guests are expected to celebrate the 26th meeting
of the International Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery. This will be followed by the Annual Scientific Meeting of the NSA whose special guest will be Dr John Jane. Combined registration at a significant discount for both meetings will be available. Inquiries and expressions of interest in submitting scientific papers should be directed to ICMS, 84 Queensbridge Street, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia. Tel: 61 3 9682 0244. Fax: 61 3 9682 0288. E-mail:
[email protected]
Diary o f e v e n t s 1998 4-7 March 1998 Heart and Brain 4th International Conference on Stroke and 1st Conference of the Mediterranean Stroke Society, Marrakech, Morocco. Details: Dr N.M. Bornstein, P.O. Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel. Tel: 972 3 5140018/9. Fax: 972 3 5175674 or 972 3 5149977. E-mail:
[email protected] 14-17 April 1998 New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Biennial Conference: 'Communication Ahead'-Neurological Issues in SpeechLanguage Therapy. Dunedin Public Hospital, New Zealand. Details: Ms Lois Lawn, 142 Eglinton Road, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand. Tel: 64 3 453 4448. 24-28 May 1998 3rd European Congress of Epileptology, Warsaw, Poland. Details: Congress Secretariat, Polish Travel Agency 'Orbis' Congress Bureau. 142, Marszalkowska Stre. 00-061 Warsaw, Poland. Tel: 4822 826 8446 or 826 1332. Fax: 4822 826 4252. E-mail:
[email protected] 13-20 September 1998 Combined Meeting of the ISPNS & NSA, Melbourne, Australia. Details: Mr Myron Rogers, Suite 22, Cabrini Medical Centre, Isabella Street, Malvern, 3144, Victoria, Australia. Tel: 61 3 9576 0511. Fax: 61 3 9576 9085.
News & Notices is compiled by Gavin Fabinyi to whom contributions should be addressed: 62 Erin Street, Richmond, 3121, Australia. Telephone 61 3 9428 9066; Fax 61 3 9427 7085; E-mail:
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