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Notices
2003 May 1617, 2003 — 34th Laurentian Conference of Rheumatology, Mt. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Contact: Dr. Carol Yeadon, E-mail: carol-anne.yeadon.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca Tel: 514 890 8000, ext 28808, fax 514 412 7630. June 37, 2003 — First Joint Meeting of the International Bone and Mineral Society and the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Osaka, Japan. Contact: K. Nishimoto, Congress Secretariat, IBMS-JSBMR 2003, Japan Convention Service, Keihanshin Fudosan Yodoyabashi, Bldg. 4F, 4-4-7, Imabashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0047, Japan. Tel. 816 6221 5933, fax 816 6221 5939, email: ibms@convention.co.jp June 18-20, 2003 — e-Musk: Promoting Evidence Based, User Focused Practice in the Management and Prevention of Musculoskeletal Conditions, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK. Contact: School of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK Tel: 44 1642 384 108, fax 44 1642 384 995. E-mail: emusk@tees.ac.uk And Website http://emusk.tees.ac.uk June 1821, 2003 — EULAR 2003, Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, Lisbon, Portugal. www.eular.org. June 1920, 2003 — eMusk2: Second International Meeting on Evidence-Based, User-Focused Management of Musculoskeletal Conditions, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK. Deadline for submission of abstracts January 9, 2003. Contact: Kate Rowntree, eMusk Co-ordinator, School of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK TS1 3BA. Tel. 44 (0)1642 384108, fax: 44 (0)1642 384995. E-mail: emusk@tees.ac.uk June 20-21, 2003 — Spinal Injection Principles and Techniques: a Hands-on Course, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Contact: North American Spine Society, website: www.spine.org June 2528, 2003 — American College of Rheumatology 3rd Annual Summer Rheumatology Symposium, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Contact: American College of Rheumatology, Suite 250, 1800 Century Place, Atlanta, Georgia 30345-4300. www.rheumatology.org July 27-30, 2003 — Spine Across the Sea, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Cosponsored with the Japan Spine Research Society. Contact: North American Spine Society, website: www.spine.org August 26, 2003 — 6th World Congress on Inflammation, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Contact: Conference Secretariat, Triangle 3 Ltd., Triangle House, Broomhill Road, London SW18 4HX, England. Tel. 44 020 8875 2440, fax 44 020 8875 2421, e-mail: info@triangle3.com August 10-13, 2003 — World Spine II: Second Interdisciplinary Congress on Spine Care, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Contact: North American Spine Society, website: www.spine.org September 1620, 2003 — Joint Meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology with the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society and the International Society of Transcranial Stimulation, San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: AAEM, Suite 300E, 421 First Avenue SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55902. Tel. 507 288 0100, fax 507 288 1225. E-mail: aaaem@aaem.net September 1923, 2003 — 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research ASBMR 2003, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Contact: ASBMR, Suite 300, 1200 19th Street, NW, Washington DC 20036, USA. Tel 202 367 1161, fax 202 223 4579. Website: http://www.asbmr.org. E-mail: asbmr@dc.sba.com October 2-5, 2003 — 10th European Pediatric Rheumatology Congress, Lago Maggiore, Italy. Contact: ECON Srl, via della Moscova 16, 20121 Milan, Italy. Tel: 39 022900 5745, fax 39 022900 5790, e-mail: econsrl@tin.it October 1215, 2003 — Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) World Congress, Berlin, Germany. Contact: OARSI, Suite 800, 2025 M Street, Washington, DC 20036-3309, USA. Tel. 202 367 1177, fax 202 367 2177, e-mail: oarsi@oarsi.org October 21-25, 2003 — North American Spine Society 18th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA. Contact: North American Spine Society, website: www.spine.org October 2328, 2003 — 67th Annual American College of Rheumatology Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: American College of Rheumatology, Suite 250, 1800 Century Place, Atlanta, Georgia 30345-4300. www.rheumatology.org. 2004 April 2023, 2004 — XXI British Society for Rheumatology Annual General Meeting, Edinburgh, UK. Contact: C. Pembroke, Conference Manager, British Society for Rheumatology, 41 Eagle Street, London WC1R 4AR, UK. Tel: 44 20 7242 3313, fax: 44 20 7242 3277. E-mail: caroline@rheumatology.org.uk. Website: http://www.rheumatology.org.uk May 1418, 2004 — International Osteoporosis Foundation World Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Contact: S. Sharpe, IOF, 5 rue Perdtemps, 1260 Nyon, Switzerland. Website: www.osteofound.org,e-mail: info@osteofound.org June 912, 2004 — Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany. Contact: EULAR, MCI Congress, rue de Lyon 75, CH-1211 Geneva 13, Switzerland. Tel. 41 2233 99 590, fax 41 2233 99 621, E-mail: eular@mci-group.com October 15, 2004 — 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research — ASBMR 2004, Seattle, Washington, USA. Contact: ASBMR, Suite 300, 1200 19th Street, NW, Washington DC 20036, USA. Tel: 202 367 1161, fax: 202 223 4579. Website: http://www.asbmr.org. E-mail: asbmr@dc.sba.com October 1621, 2004 — 68th Annual American College of Rheumatology Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. Contact: American College of Rheumatology, Suite 250, 1800 Century Place, Atlanta, Georgia 30345-4300. www.rheumatology.org 2005 June 811, 2005 — EULAR Congress, Vienna, Austria. Contact: EULAR Secretariat, Witikonerstrasse 15, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel: 41 1383 9690, fax: 41 1383 9810. E-mail: secretariat@eular.org. Website: http://www.eular.org
2003 American Board of Internal Medicine 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 (SEP) and an examination which 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 Registration Administration Period May 6, 2003 December 1-2002March 1, 2003 November 5, 2003 June 1, 2003September 1, 2003 For more information and application forms please contact Registration Section, American Board of Internal Medicine, 510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3699. Tel. (800) 441 2246 or (215) 446 3500 Fax (215) 446 3590 E-mail: request@abim.org
Note: Physicians can register for all ABIM certification and recertification examinations via web site at www.abim.org (click on Online Services). 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. International Osteoporosis Foundation World Congress May 1418, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
IOF awards valuable fellowships for scientists:
IOF — Claus Christiansen Research Fellowship, value 45,000 Euros IOF — Servier Young Investigator Fellowship, value 40,000 Euros
Contact: S. Sharpe, IOF, 5 rue Perdtemps, 1260 Nyon, Switzerland. Website: www.osteofound.org e-mail: info@osteofound.org |