Society Meetings
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Announcements
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Listed below are announcements of upcoming meetings 01 our afflliatsd societies, which appear on the msstheac pegem
The Society for Cllnkal Vascular Surgery
18th Annual Msetbrg March 6-12, 1990 Madott’s DeselI Springs Palm Desert, Callfomla For further information, please contact: The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 13 Elm Street, Manchester, MA 01944; telephone (508) 5268330.
for Surgical Educatii 10th Annual MeetlIg April 4-7, 1990 Dallas, Texas
Seventh
National Interim PosQra&ate Course The American Society for Gastdntestlnsl Endoscapy February 9-11, 1990 Boston Marriott Hotel Copley Place Boston, Massachusstts
“Endoscopic Pearls and Tricks of the Trade” is the focus of this course. Edward L. Cattau, Jr., MD, and David A. Johnson, MD, will serve as course co-directors. For further information, contact: ASGE, 13 Elm Street, tinchester, MA 01944; telephone (508) 526-8330.
The Association
For further information, please contact: Hollis W. Merrick, MD, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Ohio, P.O. Box 10008, Toledo OH 43699.
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surgical congress
42nd Antwal Meeting April 22-25, 1990 La Qulnta Gall and Tennis Resorl Palm Spbqs, Callfamla For further information, please contact: Walter Purcell, The Southwestern Surgical Congress, 111 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601; telephone (312) 6446610.
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
31st Annual Meet@ May 15-16, 1990 San Antonlo, Texas For further information, please contact: Keith A. Kelly, wD, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Medical School, Rochester, MN 55901; telephone (507) 284-2644.
lllesooMtyofHeadandNecksurgeons
36th Amual Meetirg May 20-23, 1990 Hyatt Besency Washington,DC For further information, please contact: The Society of lead and Neck Surgeons, 13 Elm Street, Manchester, MA )1944; telephone (508) 5268330.
The North Pacltk Surgkal Asssoclatkn 77th Annual Meeting
November 9-10, 1990 Four Seasons Olympic Hotel Seattle, Washiion For further information, please contact: Philip C. Jolly, AD, P.O. Box 900, Seattle, WA 9811 l-0900.
Lasera, Stents, and lnterventlonsin Vascular Surgery
lntematiil Coqress Ill February 11-16, 1990 PhoentclanResoti Scott&de, Arizona The Arizona Heart Institute announces that registration is iow open for the International Congress Ill: Lasers, Stents, md Interventions in Vascular Surgery. Live demonstrations lroadcast from the Arizona Heart Institute and Humana iospital, Phoenix, showing laser surgery and stent implanation of the peripheral and coronary arteries will augment he educational attributes of the Congress. Audience interaction and exhibits will provide additional information. The neeting is open to specialists, nurses, and technicians nvolved in vascular laser therapy or research. For further information, contact: Erika Scott, Internationrl Congress Ill, P.O. Box 10,000, Phoenix, AZ 85064; teleIhone (602) 266-2200, ext. 623.
The Second Phlladetphii Symposluman Blllary
LithOtlipsy March 1-3, 1990 lb GallstonsEvaluationand TreatmentCenter and ths Departmentsd Radiologyand Medicine, Hospitalof the Unlverslty of Pennsylvania Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rhis course, directed by lgor Laufer, MD, and Peter Malet, dD, will review basic and clinical aspects of biliary lithoripsy and other nonsurgical treatment of gallstones. In addition to formal presentations, site visits will be conductrd to three manufacturing installations in Philadelphia. The registration fee is $495 per attendee. The program Bffers 18 hours of Category I continuing medical education xedit (pending approval). For further information, contact: Janice Ford, Departnent of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvalia, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19 104; telephone 215) 662-6904 or (215) 6626982.