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May 26-30, 2002 — 5th European Conference on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Athens, Greece. Contact: Conference Secretariat, Amphitrion Congress Organising Bureau: E-mail: hmoutsop@med.uoa.gr, Or: congress @amphitrion.gr

June 12-15, 2002 — EULAR 2002: Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden. www.eular.org

June 23-27, 2002 — XIII Pan American Congress of Rheumatology, Caracas, Venezuela. Contact: Sorelcomm Inc., 625 President-Kennedy Avenue, Suite 1010, Montreal, Qc, Canada H3A 1K2; Tel. 514 499 8920; fax 514 499 8921; E-mail: sorelcom@microtec.net

June 27-29, 2002 — 10th International Congress on Behçet's Disease, Berlin, Germany. Contact: Prof. Ch. Zouboulis, Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin 12200, Germany. E-mail: zoubbere@zedat.fu.berlin.de

August 15-18, 2002 — 29th Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology, Tromso, Norway. Contact: H. Nossent, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Tromso, Norway. Tel. 47 776 27 294, fax 47 776 27 258. E-mail: 29scr2002@rito.no Or: revhan@rito.no

September 22-25, 2002 — OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI) World Congress, Sydney, Australia. Contact: OARSI, 2025 M Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Tel. 202 367 1177.

September 29-October 3, 2002 — 10th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Taormina, Sicily, Italy. Website: www.kenes.com/aps Contact: Secretariat, 10th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies, c/o Kenes International, PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv, Israel. Tel 9723 514 0018, fax 9723 514 0077, E-mail: aps@kenes.com

October 2-5, 2002 — Third International Congress on Spondyloarthropathies, Gent, Belgium. Contact: Medicongress, Waalpoel 28/34, 9960 Assende, Belgium. Tel. 32 09 344 3959, fax 32 09 344 4010. E-mail: congresses@medicongress.com Website for registration and to submit abstracts: www.medicongress.com

October 9-12, 2002 — American Association for Electrodiagnostic Medicine 48th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. Website: www.aaem.net/meetings.htm

October 25-29, 2002 — 66th American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Contact: ACR, Suite 250, 1800 Century Place, Atlanta, Georgia 30045-4300, USA. Tel. 404 633 3777, fax 404 633 1870. Website: www.rheumatology.org. E-mail: acr@rheumatology.org

November 27-30, 2002 — 17th Hellenic Congress of Rheumatology, Athens, Greece. Contact: Niki Veliarouti, Hellenic Rheumatology Association, 387 Mesogeion Avenue, 15343 Athens, Greece. Tel/fax: 3010 654 5243. E-mail: mail@ere.gr

WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS ETANERCEPT TRIAL
A multicenter, randomized trial of etanercept (combined with conventional treatment) versus placebo (combined with conventional treatment). WGET is funded jointly by the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases and the Food & Drug Administration's Office of Orphan Products Development. Experimental medication (etanercept/placebo) provided for patients enrolled. For information regarding patient referral to one of the eight clinical centers in the United States, please contact either: John H. Stone, MD, MPH, The Johns Hopkins University Vasculitis Center, tel 410-614-4905, or Gary S. Hoffman, MD, The Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, tel 216-445-6996.

CHARLES E. CULPEPER SCHOLARSHIPS IN MEDICAL SCIENCE

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is currently accepting applications for the Scholarship Program in Medical Science to support the career development of academic physicians. Nominations will be accepted until August 15, 2002. Up to four awards of $100,000 per year for up to three years will be made to United States medical schools or equivalent United States educational institutions on behalf of candidates who are US citizens or aliens who have been granted permanent US residence (proof required), who hold the MD degree from a US medical school or equivalent, and who are judged worthy of support by virtue of the quality of their research proposals and their potential for successful careers in academic medicine. All scientific research relevant to human health is eligible for consideration. No institution may nominate more than one candidate.

The foundation must receive the application from the nominating institution on behalf of the individual investigator by August 15, 2002. Awards will be announced in January 2003 and the scholarship will be activated on or about July 2, 2003. Application forms and instructions may be obtained from the website, www.rbf.org, or by contacting: Linda Jacobs, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, 437 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY 10022, USA Tel 212 812 4200, fax 212 812 4299.

2002 ABIM Recertification Examinations in Internal Medicine, its Subspecialties, >and Added Qualifications
The ABIM Recertification Program, which has been renamed the Program for Continuous Professional Development (CPD), consists of an at-home, open-book Self-Evaluation Process and an examination that will be administered twice each year in May and November. To register for the examination, Diplomates must be enrolled in the CPD Program and be in at least year 6 of their certification cycle.

CPD Examination Deadline for Submissions
Administration of Exam Registration Form
March 1, 2002 - September 1, 2002
May 7, 2002 - November 6, 2002

For information and application forms please contact
Registration Section,
American Board of Internal Medicine,
Suite 1700, 510 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3699, USA.
Tel. 800 441 2246 or 215 446 3500 Fax 215 446 3590
E-mail: request@abim.org Website: www.abim.org