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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

2003

March 28-29, 2003 — Advances in Anatomy and Clinical Examination of the Hand, Brussels, Belgium. Contact: Dr. F. Schuind, Department of Orthopaedics, Erasme University Hospital, 808 route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. Tel. 32 2555 6844, fax 32 2520 3556. E-mail: Hand.congress@ulb.ac.be

Eleventh Intensive Applied Epidemiology Course for Rheumatologists
February 24-28, 2003, Manchester, UK
Presented by the ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester. The course is residential and is limited to 25 places.
For information contact L. McClair, ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. Tel. 44 0161 275 5993, fax 44 0161 275 5043. E-mail: lisa@fs1.ser.man.ac.uk

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.

American Board of Internal Medicine
2002 Certification Examination in Rheumatology
Registration period: January 1-April 1, 2002
Late registration period: April 2-June 1, 2002
Examination date: November 6, 2002
Note: The Board now offers all its Subspecialty Certification Examinations annually.

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