Society Meetings
Announcements
Listed below are announcements of upcoming meetings of our affiliated societies, which appear on the masthead page.
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 32nd Annual Meeting May 21-22, 1991 New Orleans Convention Center New Orleans, Louisiana For further information, please contact: Keith A. Kelly, MD, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Medical School, Rochester, MN 55901; telephone (507) 284-2644. The Association for Surgical Education 11th Annual Meeting April 3-6, 1991 Portland, Oregon For further information, please contact: Susan Kepner, M.Ed., Director, Educational Clearinghouse, Association for Surgical Education, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 19230, Springfield, IL 62794-9230; telephone (217) 785-3835. The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery 19th Annual Meeting April 3-6, 1991 Hyatt Regency Kauai, Hawaii For further information, please contact: The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 13 Elm Street, Manchester, MA 01944; telephone (508) 526-8330. The Southwestern Surgical Congress 43rd Annual Meeting April 21-24, 1991 The Mirage Las Vegas, Nevada For further information, please contact: Walter Purcell, The Southwestern Surgical Congress, 111 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601; telephone (312) 644-6610. The Society of Head and Neck Surgeons 37th Annual Meeting May 1-4, 1991 Hotel InterContinental Paris, France Assembly will be held jointly with the Head and Neck Cooperative Group of the European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer. For further information, please contact: The Society of Head and Neck Surgeons, 13 Elm Street, Manchester, MA 01944; telephone (508) 526-8330. The North Pacific Surgical Asssociation 78th Annual Meeting November 8-9, 1991 Benson Hotel Portland, Oregon For further information, please contact: Lloyd P. Johnson, MD, 801 Broadway, Suite 901, Seattle, WA 98122.
14th Annual Gold Coast Surgery Conference On the Cuffing Edge...Technological Advances
for the Surgeon February 21-23, 1991 Good Samaritan Hospital West Palm Beach, Florida This conference will cover such topics as laparoscopic surgery; advances in imaging technology; surgery without transfusion; and computer and video technology for the office, operating room, and intensive care unit. For more information, please contact: Laura J. Lehmann, CME Coordinator, Good Samaritan Hospital, P.O. Box 3166, West Palm Beach, Florida 33402-4308, or telephone (407) 650-6236.
Complications in Vascular Surgery III February 28-March 2, 1991 Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Tucson, Arizona This symposium will review the most recent advances in the treatment of complications encountered during the management of vascular disease, focusing on the recognition of patients in whom problems may occur, the most expeditious methods of diagnosis, an in-depth review of controversies in management, and preventive measures. The program meets the criteria for 16 hours of Category I Continuing Medical Education credit. For more information, please contact: Continuing Medical Education, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724, or telephone (602) 626-7832 or 1-800-3285868.
8th Congress Asian Surgical Association March 10-13, 1991 Fukuoka Sun Palace Fukuoka, Japan The congress will cover a wide range of surgical specialties, including general surgery, cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, urology, and orthopedics. The preliminary program features symposia on the present state of the art, invited lectures, freely submitted papers, and poster and video sessions. For more information, please contact: Congress Secretariat, Department of Surgery I, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan, or facsimile (092) 6322478. A5