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Digestive Disease Week and the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association
GASTROENTEROLOGY
1992:102:747-748
NOTICES Brief notices of interest to a substantial number of our readers are published in GASTROENTEROLOGY. Notices must be typewritten double-spaced and submitted
in triplicate. Notices received less than 5 months before the issue of publication cannot be guaranteed an appropriate publication date. Direct all Notices to: Nicholas F. LaRusso, M.D., Editor, GASTROENTEROLOGY, May Foundation, 200 First Street SW., Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK and the 93rd ANNUAL MEETING of the AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION San Francisco,
May 9-15,1992
American Gastroenterological Moscone Center Course Director: Co-Directors: Tuition:
Association Postgraduate Course, May 9-10,1992, San Francisco Marriott Hotel/
“Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders-What’s New and What To Do!” Robert S. Fisher, M.D. Benjamin Krevsky, M.D., M.P.H.; James P. Ryan, Ph.D. AGA Members-$210.00; Nonmembers-$250.00; AGA Trainee Members-$90.00; Residents and Nonmember Trainees-$95.00 Continuing Medical Education Credit: 15 hours Advanced registration required as course attendance will be limited
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Course Director: Tuition:
Qualified
Tract Postgraduate Course, May 10,1992, San Francisco Hilton
“Controversies in the Management ofInjlammatory Pancreatic Disease” John L. Cameron, M.D. SSAT Members-$175.00; Nonmembers-$215.00; Trainees-$90.00 Continuing Medical Education Credit: 8 hours
Annual Scientific Sessions, May lo-13,1992, Registration
California
Fee: Members-No
Moscone Center
Fee; Nonmembers-$80.00;
Nonmember
Residents
and Trainees-$25.00
Gastroenterology Research Group May 10 May IO-13 American Gastroenterological Association American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases May lo-12 May 11-13 The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract May 12-13 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Continuing Medical Education Credit: Based on hour-for-hour attendance
American Society for Gastrointestinal “Appropriate
Course Director: Co-Director: Tuition:
For further
Endoscopy Postgraduate Course, May 14-15,1992, San Francisco Marriott Hotel
Use of Technology
in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases”
Anthony J. DiMarino, Jr., M.D. Mitchell Conn, M.D. ASGE Members-$200.00; Nonmembers-$250.00; Trainees and GI Assistants-$100.00; Trainees-$125.00 Continuing Medical Education Credit: lo”/4 hours Advanced registration required as course attendance will be limited
information,
please contact:
Registration Supervisor, SLACK Incorporated, Thorofare, New Jersey 08086-9447. Telephone,
Nonmember
6900 Grove Road, (609) 848-1000.
AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 1992 FALL POSTGRADUATE COURSE Comprehensive Case Discussions, Controversies, and Scholarly Reviews of Important Topics in Gastroenterology and Hepatology Marvin H. Sleisenger-Co-Director John S. Fordtran-Co-Director John P. Cello-Associate Director Mark Feldman-Associate Director James H. Grendell-Associate Director Bruce Scharschmidt-Associate Director September 17-19, 1992 The Westin St. Francis San Francisco, California An Intensive Review of Major Problems in Gastroenterology
and Hepatology Designed for the Practicing
The course will be a highly focused 27-hour curriculum which includes pathophysiology, Faculty will also serve in Meet the Professor Luncheons. The course will also explore the future of interventional techniques. REGISTRATION Direct registration
inquiries
to: SLACK Incorporated,
The German Gastroenterology Society Verdauungs und Stoffwechselkrankheiten) Prize for outstanding scientific work in the The Cascan Company of Weisbaden sponsors
(Deutsche Gesellschaft fur announces the C. A. Ewald pathogenesis of peptic ulcer. this award of DMlO,OOO.
COURSE IN GENERAL SURGERY
and Trainees techniques,
New Jersey 08086-9447; or call (609) 848-1000.
1992 AASLD SINGLE-TOPIC
An applicant’s work for this award may be unpublished or published in 1990 or 1991 and should be written in German or English. The applicant is asked to submit five copies of his/her application to Professor Dr. M. Manns, Med. Hochschule Hannover, Abt. Gastroenterologie, KonstantyGutschow-Str. 8, 300 Hannover 61, Germany, no later than April 30, 1992. The application should include (a) a description of the scientific work, (b) the applicant’s curriculum vitae, and (c) a list of all previous publications.
POSTGRADUATE
and radiological
IS LIMITED
6900 Grove Road, Thorofare,
C. A. EWALD PRIZE
Gastroenterologist
diagnosis, endoscopic,
CONFERENCE
“Differentiation of Hepatocytes: Biological and Pathobiological Significance,” will be held June 11-14, 1992, at Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan. Discussion will center upon hepatocyte differentiation, its regulation, and the role played by the position-dependent hepatocyte expression of genes. There will be poster presentations by attendees, and abstract submission deadline is March 15. 1992. Contact: Diana L. Drescher, Program Coordinator, GI Section (lllD), VA Medical Center, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; or call (313) 761-7981. Fax: (313) 761-7549.
TECHNIQUES OF ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY
IN GASTROINTESTINAL
DISEASES
This clinically oriented program, April Z-4,1992, in San Francisco, California, offers general surgeons an intensive overview of problems in daily practice and a review of current issues. ACCME/AMA/CMA course accreditation is approved. Contact: University of California, Extended Programs in Medical Education, Room LS-105, San Francisco, California 94143-0742; or call (415) 4764251.
SECOND INTERNATIONAL
INFLAMMATORY SYMPOSIUM
Georgetown University School of Medicine and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy will jointly sponsor this course at Georgetown University, Washington, DC., April 2-4, 1992. The program is designed to educate gastrointestinal endoscopists, gastrointestinal assistants, and other attendees in advanced therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography through the combined used of live video transmission with communication between the endoscopist and the audience, didactic lectures, panel discussions, and personal interactions.
BOWEL DISEASE
George Washington University Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, will sponsor this symposium, April 4-5, 1992, in Arlington, Virginia.
For registration information contact: Gastroenterology Associates, P.O. Box 9586, Friendship Station, Washington, D.C. 20016; or call (202) 6878741. For further information on program content contact Dr. David Fleischer at (202) 687-8741 or Dr. Firas Al-Kawas at (202) 687-8644.
Contact: Daniel E. Reichard, George Washington University Medical Center, Office of CME, 2300 K Street N.W., Washington, DC 20037; or call (202) 994-4285. PANCREATICO-BILIARY
FASEB
SUMMER
RESEARCH
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CONFERENCE:
OF SPLANCHNIC
PHYSIOLOGY
AND
CIRCULATION
The FASEB Summer Research Conference on Physiology and Pathophysiology of Splanchnic Circulation will be held July 26-31, 1992, at Copper Moutain. Colorado. 30 Category 1 credit hours will be given, For information and an application, contact: FASEB Summer Research Conferences Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3998; or call (301) 530-7093. Fax (301) 530-7014.
SYMPOSIUM
The Beth Israel Hospital North-Beth Israel Medical Center Internal Symposium, “Pancreaticobiliary Disorders-Endoscopic and Surgical Techniques,” will be held at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, April 9-10, 1992. The symposium will feature visiting faculty, including Drs. P. Banks, Carr-Locke, Haber, Ranson, and Soehendra. Contact: Jerome H. Siegel, M.D., Course Director, Medical Education Office, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003: or call (212) 420-2849.
1992:102:747-748
NOTICES Brief notices of interest to a substantial number of our readers are published in GASTROENTEROLOGY. Notices must be typewritten double-spaced and submitted
in triplicate. Notices received less than 5 months before the issue of publication cannot be guaranteed an appropriate publication date. Direct all Notices to: Nicholas F. LaRusso, M.D., Editor, GASTROENTEROLOGY, May Foundation, 200 First Street SW., Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK and the 93rd ANNUAL MEETING of the AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION San Francisco,
May 9-15,1992
American Gastroenterological Moscone Center Course Director: Co-Directors: Tuition:
Association Postgraduate Course, May 9-10,1992, San Francisco Marriott Hotel/
“Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders-What’s New and What To Do!” Robert S. Fisher, M.D. Benjamin Krevsky, M.D., M.P.H.; James P. Ryan, Ph.D. AGA Members-$210.00; Nonmembers-$250.00; AGA Trainee Members-$90.00; Residents and Nonmember Trainees-$95.00 Continuing Medical Education Credit: 15 hours Advanced registration required as course attendance will be limited
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Course Director: Tuition:
Qualified
Tract Postgraduate Course, May 10,1992, San Francisco Hilton
“Controversies in the Management ofInjlammatory Pancreatic Disease” John L. Cameron, M.D. SSAT Members-$175.00; Nonmembers-$215.00; Trainees-$90.00 Continuing Medical Education Credit: 8 hours
Annual Scientific Sessions, May lo-13,1992, Registration
California
Fee: Members-No
Moscone Center
Fee; Nonmembers-$80.00;
Nonmember
Residents
and Trainees-$25.00
Gastroenterology Research Group May 10 May IO-13 American Gastroenterological Association American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases May lo-12 May 11-13 The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract May 12-13 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Continuing Medical Education Credit: Based on hour-for-hour attendance
American Society for Gastrointestinal “Appropriate
Course Director: Co-Director: Tuition:
For further
Endoscopy Postgraduate Course, May 14-15,1992, San Francisco Marriott Hotel
Use of Technology
in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases”
Anthony J. DiMarino, Jr., M.D. Mitchell Conn, M.D. ASGE Members-$200.00; Nonmembers-$250.00; Trainees and GI Assistants-$100.00; Trainees-$125.00 Continuing Medical Education Credit: lo”/4 hours Advanced registration required as course attendance will be limited
information,
please contact:
Registration Supervisor, SLACK Incorporated, Thorofare, New Jersey 08086-9447. Telephone,
Nonmember
6900 Grove Road, (609) 848-1000.
AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 1992 FALL POSTGRADUATE COURSE Comprehensive Case Discussions, Controversies, and Scholarly Reviews of Important Topics in Gastroenterology and Hepatology Marvin H. Sleisenger-Co-Director John S. Fordtran-Co-Director John P. Cello-Associate Director Mark Feldman-Associate Director James H. Grendell-Associate Director Bruce Scharschmidt-Associate Director September 17-19, 1992 The Westin St. Francis San Francisco, California An Intensive Review of Major Problems in Gastroenterology
and Hepatology Designed for the Practicing
The course will be a highly focused 27-hour curriculum which includes pathophysiology, Faculty will also serve in Meet the Professor Luncheons. The course will also explore the future of interventional techniques. REGISTRATION Direct registration
inquiries
to: SLACK Incorporated,
The German Gastroenterology Society Verdauungs und Stoffwechselkrankheiten) Prize for outstanding scientific work in the The Cascan Company of Weisbaden sponsors
(Deutsche Gesellschaft fur announces the C. A. Ewald pathogenesis of peptic ulcer. this award of DMlO,OOO.
COURSE IN GENERAL SURGERY
and Trainees techniques,
New Jersey 08086-9447; or call (609) 848-1000.
1992 AASLD SINGLE-TOPIC
An applicant’s work for this award may be unpublished or published in 1990 or 1991 and should be written in German or English. The applicant is asked to submit five copies of his/her application to Professor Dr. M. Manns, Med. Hochschule Hannover, Abt. Gastroenterologie, KonstantyGutschow-Str. 8, 300 Hannover 61, Germany, no later than April 30, 1992. The application should include (a) a description of the scientific work, (b) the applicant’s curriculum vitae, and (c) a list of all previous publications.
POSTGRADUATE
and radiological
IS LIMITED
6900 Grove Road, Thorofare,
C. A. EWALD PRIZE
Gastroenterologist
diagnosis, endoscopic,
CONFERENCE
“Differentiation of Hepatocytes: Biological and Pathobiological Significance,” will be held June 11-14, 1992, at Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan. Discussion will center upon hepatocyte differentiation, its regulation, and the role played by the position-dependent hepatocyte expression of genes. There will be poster presentations by attendees, and abstract submission deadline is March 15. 1992. Contact: Diana L. Drescher, Program Coordinator, GI Section (lllD), VA Medical Center, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; or call (313) 761-7981. Fax: (313) 761-7549.
TECHNIQUES OF ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY
IN GASTROINTESTINAL
DISEASES
This clinically oriented program, April Z-4,1992, in San Francisco, California, offers general surgeons an intensive overview of problems in daily practice and a review of current issues. ACCME/AMA/CMA course accreditation is approved. Contact: University of California, Extended Programs in Medical Education, Room LS-105, San Francisco, California 94143-0742; or call (415) 4764251.
SECOND INTERNATIONAL
INFLAMMATORY SYMPOSIUM
Georgetown University School of Medicine and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy will jointly sponsor this course at Georgetown University, Washington, DC., April 2-4, 1992. The program is designed to educate gastrointestinal endoscopists, gastrointestinal assistants, and other attendees in advanced therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography through the combined used of live video transmission with communication between the endoscopist and the audience, didactic lectures, panel discussions, and personal interactions.
BOWEL DISEASE
George Washington University Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, will sponsor this symposium, April 4-5, 1992, in Arlington, Virginia.
For registration information contact: Gastroenterology Associates, P.O. Box 9586, Friendship Station, Washington, D.C. 20016; or call (202) 6878741. For further information on program content contact Dr. David Fleischer at (202) 687-8741 or Dr. Firas Al-Kawas at (202) 687-8644.
Contact: Daniel E. Reichard, George Washington University Medical Center, Office of CME, 2300 K Street N.W., Washington, DC 20037; or call (202) 994-4285. PANCREATICO-BILIARY
FASEB
SUMMER
RESEARCH
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CONFERENCE:
OF SPLANCHNIC
PHYSIOLOGY
AND
CIRCULATION
The FASEB Summer Research Conference on Physiology and Pathophysiology of Splanchnic Circulation will be held July 26-31, 1992, at Copper Moutain. Colorado. 30 Category 1 credit hours will be given, For information and an application, contact: FASEB Summer Research Conferences Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3998; or call (301) 530-7093. Fax (301) 530-7014.
SYMPOSIUM
The Beth Israel Hospital North-Beth Israel Medical Center Internal Symposium, “Pancreaticobiliary Disorders-Endoscopic and Surgical Techniques,” will be held at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, April 9-10, 1992. The symposium will feature visiting faculty, including Drs. P. Banks, Carr-Locke, Haber, Ranson, and Soehendra. Contact: Jerome H. Siegel, M.D., Course Director, Medical Education Office, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003: or call (212) 420-2849.