Conference Addresses New Approaches to Surgery, Nov. 1 & 2
October 30, 2008
EVENT: Arizona Chapter, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting
WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 1, 8 a.m – 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 2, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE: Omni Tucson National Resort, 2727 W. Club Drive, Tucson
New techniques and technology enter the field of surgery all the time. That is why this specialty can be one of the most demanding in medicine. The Annual Meeting of the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Saturday, Nov. 1, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 2, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Omni Tucson National Resort, 2727 W. Club Drive, Tucson, will bring together surgeons, residents, nurses, and medical students from across the state to learn about the latest advancements in surgical procedures and technology.
Nationally and internationally known speakers include Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, professor of surgery, Yale University School of Medicine; Douglas Evans, MD, professor of surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Samir Fakhry, MD, PhD, chief of trauma at the Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Va.; and Rainer Gruessner, MD, transplant surgeon and chairman of the Department of Surgery at The University of Arizona. From the ACS leadership, J. David Richardson, MD, University of Louisville, will report on new changes and challenges in surgery. Sessions will cover a variety of surgery-related topics, including:
• The Future of Trauma Care in America: Keeping Our Trauma Centers Open and Retaining Our Trauma Surgeons and Trauma Nurses
• Going to and Coming Back From the War Front: How to Cope with the Changes?
• Recent Advances in Transplant Surgery
• Pancreatic Cancer
• International Outreach through Telemedicine and Advanced Technologies: A Different Kind of Surgical Volunteerism
• Abdominal Reconstruction 2008: Between the Science and Fiction
• Space Medicine: Current Status and the Potential
In addition, this year’s program, chaired by Rifat Latifi, MD, UA professor of surgery, will feature a significant number of residents and medical students presenting papers on their research. A new topic is a debate among two chief residents, one from Phoenix and one from Tucson, on difficult clinical problems.
The conference is sponsored by the American College of Surgeons.
MEDICAL WRITERS/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS NOTE: Reporters are welcome to cover this event. A copy of the conference program is available at the Arizona Chapter ACS Web site at http://www.azacs.org/events/events.htm. Interviews with speakers can be arranged prior to and following the conference, as well as during breaks.