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Meetings in Rheumatology Readers are invited to submit notices of conferences, seminars, and other events in rheumatology, autoimmunology, and related fields. Details of your meeting should be submitted at least 2 months before the desired month of publication. E-mail notice of your event should be sent to jrheum@jrheum.com 2008
June 4-7, 2008 — 63rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association and the 121st Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Contact: COA Office. Tel: 514 874 9003 ext. 5. Fax: 514 874 0464. Website: www.coa-aco.org/www.aoassn.org June 4-7, 2008 — American Orthopaedic Association & Canadian Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada. Website: http://www.aoacoa2008.org June 5, 2008 — Joint Conference of the British Geriatrics Society and the British Society for Rheumatology: Rheumatology in Later Life, London, England. Contact: Royal College of Physicians of London. Tel: 011 44 207 224 1539. Fax: 011 207 487 5218. E-mail: conferences@rcplondon.ac.uk. Website: www.rcplondon.ac.uk June 5-9, 2008 — Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Contact: FOCIS. Website: www.focisnet.org June 6-7, 2008 — 15th Congress of the European Rheumatism and Arthritis Surgical Society, Barcelona, Spain. Contact: Organizing Secretariat Active Congress, Ronda General Mitre, 17, 08017 Barcelona, Spain. Tel: 34 93 205 09 71. Fax: 34 93 205 38 52. June 6-7, 2008 — Addiction in Chronic Pain Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Contact: Joan Brewer. E-mail: jbrewer1@unb.ca. Website: http://www.unbf.ca/nursing/documents/ CallforabstractsAddiction.pdf June 6-8, 2008 — New England Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, 2008 Annual Meeting, Manchester, Vermont, USA. Website: http://www.neplasticsurgery.com June 7-11, 2008 — XXVII Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Barcelona, Spain. Contact: EAACI Executive Office Sweden. Tel: 011 46 8 459 6623. Fax: 011 46 8 663 3815. June 8-11, 2008 — 15th EULAR Sonography Course, Paris, France. Contact: Dr. Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Paris Ile-de-France-Ouest UVSQ, Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, 9, avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt. E-mail: maria-antonietta.dagostino@apr.aphp.fr June 8-13, 2008 — 2nd International Conference on Osteoimmunology: Interactions of the Immune and Skeletal Systems, Rhodes, Greece. E-mail: osteoimmunology@aegeanconferences.org June 11-14, 2008 — European League Against Rheumatism, 9th Annual European Congress, Paris, France. Contact: EULAR. Website: http://www.slicsalud.com/ June 11-14, 2008 — American Society for Reproductive Immunology, 28th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Website: http://www.theasri.org/conference.html June 11-14, 2008 — American Physical Therapy Association Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.apta.org June 13-17, 2008 — Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons 60th Annual Meeting, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. Contact: ABJS. Website: http://www.abjs.org June 15-18, 2008 — The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting (ENDO 2008), San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: The Endocrine Society, 8401 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 900, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, USA. Tel: 301 941 0200. Website: http://www.endo-society.org June 16-19, 2008 — Fifty Years of AO: ECM IX/BAB I – Internal Fixation: From Research to the Clinics, Davos, Switzerland. Website: www.ecmjournal.org/ecm_meetings/next_event.shtml June 16-21, 2008 — 6th International Conference on Pathways, Networks, and Systems, Chania, Crete, Greece. E-mail: PathwaysNetworksSystems@aegeanconferences.org June 18-21, 2008 — 2008 Convention of the Canadian Association for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Contact: Kathy Kostycz, CAPO Head Office. Tel: 204-949-4970. Fax: 204-947-3627. E-mail: capo@mts.net June 18-21, 2008 — American Back Society 25th Anniversary Program, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Website: http://www.americanbacksoc.org June 18-21, 2008 — Advanced Diagnosis & Treatment for Neck & Back Pain, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Contact: American Back Society, 2647 International Blvd., Suite 401, Oakland, CA 94601. Tel: 510 536 9929. Fax: 510 536 1812. Website: http://www.americanbacksoc.org June 19-22, 2008 — American Spinal Injury Association 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, California, USA. Website: http://www.asla-spinalinjury.org/annualMeeting June 21-26, 2008 — 5th International Conference on Innate Immunity, Crete, Greece. Contact: Aegean Conferences, 36 Haymarket Ln, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, USA. Tel: 610 527 7630. Fax: 610 527 7631. E-mail: info@aegeanconferences.org. Website: www.aegeanconferences.org June 22-25, 2008 — Spina Bifida Association 35th Annual Conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Website: http://www.sbaa.org June 23-25, 2008 — Bone Research Society Annual Meeting, Manchester, UK. Website: www.brsoc.org.uk June 23-25, 2008 — 2nd Joint Meeting of the Bone Research Society and the British Orthopaedic Research Society, Manchester, UK. Contact: Janet Crompton. Tel: +44 0 1453 549929. E-mail: janet@janet-crompton.com. Website: http://www.brsoc.org.uk June 26-30, 2008 — Society for Developmental Biology 67th Annual Meeting, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Website: www.sdbonline.org June 29-July 6, 2008 — Update in Medicine: Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, New York, New York, USA. Website: http://www.continuingeducation.net/coursedetails.php?program_number=578 July 10-13, 2008 — 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: Janisse Selan, Director of Education, AOSSM. Tel: 847 292 4900. Fax: 847 292 4905. E-mail: jan@aossm.org / aossm@aossm.org. Website: www.sportsmed.org July 11-13, 2008 — Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Society 18th Annual Scientific Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Website: http://www.llrs.org July 14-17, 2008 — Techniques & Applications of Molecular Biology, Warwick, England. Contact: Dr. Charlotte Moonan. Tel: 024 7652 3540. E-mail: Charlotte.Moonan@warwick.ac.uk. Website: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/ go/bioscienceshortcourses July 19-20, 2008 — Ten Topics in Rheumatology, Singapore. Contact: Ten Topics Asia Secretariat, Ping Healthcare Pte Ltd, 14 Science Park Drive, #02-01A, The Maxwell, Singapore 118226. Tel: +65 6778 5620. Fax: +65 6778 1372. E-mail: TenTopicsAsia@pinghealthcare.com July 24-25, 2008 — Clinical Exercise Testing and Interpretation: A Practical Approach, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Michelle Joyce. Tel: +44 0 1223 217763. E-mail: michelle.joyce@addenbrookes.nhs.uk July 24-27, 2008 — Principles of Dance Medicine CME course, New York, New York, USA. Contact: Harkness Center for Dance Injuries of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. Tel: 212 598 6022. Fax: 212 598 7613. E-mail: harkness@nyumc.org. Website: http://www.med.nyu.edu/hjd/harkness July 28-August 1, 2008 — Kaiser Permanente Orthopaedic Surgery Conference 2008, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Contact: Kaiser Permanente. Tel: 877 843 8500. Website: www.cmxtravel.com August 1-3, 2008 — 16th Biennial National Conference on Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Crystal City, Virginia, USA. Contact: OI Foundation. Website: http://www.oif.org July 10-13, 2008 — 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: Janisse Selan, Director of Education, AOSSM. Tel: 847 292 4900. Fax: 847 292 4905. E-mail: jan@aossm.org July 10-19, 2008 — Juvenile Arthritis Conference, Costa Mesa, California, USA. Contact: American Juvenile Arthritis Organization (AJAO). Website: http://www.arthritis.org/conferences.php August 7-8, 2008 — Elbow/Shoulder/Wrist Trauma and Arthroplasty Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Contact: Biomet Orthopedics. Tel: 800 348 9500. Fax: 574 267 8137. Website: www.biomet.com August 13-15, 2008 — Scandinavian Society for Immunology Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden. Contact: Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm. Tel: +46 8-524 800 0. Fax: +46 8-31 11 01. E-mail: info@ki.se August 13-16, 2008 — XV Panamerican Congress of Rheumatology, Guatemala. Contact: Asociacion Guatemalteca de Reumatologia. Fax: 502 2632 6890. E-mail: asoguareuma@gmail.com. Website: http://panlar2008. agreuma.org August 14-15, 2008 — 12th World Congress on Pain Satellite Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland. Tel: +44 0 1224 552 495. E-mail: epidemiology@abdn.ac.uk August 17-22, 2008 — Immunochemistry & Immunobiology Conference, Oxford, England. Contact: Gordon Research Conferences. Tel: 401 783 4011. Fax: 401 783 7644. E-mail: grc@grc.org August 17-22, 2008 — 12th World Congress on Pain, Glasgow, Scotland. Contact: International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Secretariat. Tel: 206 283 0311. Fax: 206 283 9403. E-mail: iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org. Website: www.iasp-pain.org August 21-23, 2008 — Mayo Clinic Selected Topics in Rheumatology, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Tel: 800 323 2688. Website: www.mayo.edu/cme August 24-29, 2008 — XXIV Triennial World Congress of the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT), Hong Kong. Contact: SICOT AISBL. Tel: 011 32 2 648 6823. Fax: 011 32 2 649 8601. E-mail: hq@sicot.org. Website: www.sicot.org September 1-5, 2008 — 54th Congress of the South African Orthopaedic Association, Cape Town, South Africa. Contact: Leana Fourie, SAOA Secretariat. Tel: 011 051 430 3280. Fax: 011 051 430 3284. Website: www.saoa.org.za September 3-7, 2008 — 6th International Congress on Autoimmunity, Porto, Portugal. Contact: Kenes International, 17 Rue de Cendrier, P.O. Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 908 0488. E-mail: autoimmunity@kenes.com. Website: www.kenes.com/autoimmunity September 8-11, 2008 — 2008 American Academy of Pain Management Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Contact: AAPM. Tel: 209 533 9744. Fax: 209 533 9750. E-mail: rosemary@aapainmanage.org. Website: http://www.aapainmanage.org/conference/Conference.php September 9-13, 2008 — 43rd Annual Scoliosis Research Society Meeting & Course, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Contact: Scoliosis Research Society. Tel: 414 289 9107. Fax: 414 276 3349. E-mail: info@srs.org. Website: www.srs.org/meetings September 11-13, 2008 — 4th EULAR Course in Diagnostic Laboratory Testing in conjuction with AutoCure, Lyon, France. Contact: Julie Racinet, Immunology Research Unit, Hopital Edouard Herriot, 5, Place d'Arsonval, 69437 Lyon, France. Tel: +33 472 117463. Fax: +33 472 117429. September 11-14, 2008 — American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedics 81st Annual Assembly, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. Website: http://www.aoao.org/aoao/meetings September 12-16, 2008 — 30th ASBMR Annual Meeting: Advancing the Future, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Contact: The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Website: www.asbmr.org September 14-17, 2008 — 15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress, University College London, UK. Contact: British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology. Tel: +44 0 20 8979 8300. Fax: +44 0 20 8979 6700. E-mail: pres2008@hamptonmedical.com. Website: www.pres2008.ukevents.org, www.pres.org.uk September 15-17, 2008 — 3rd European Course of Capillaroscopy and Rheumatic Diseases, Genova, Italy. Contact: EDRA Spa, Viale Monza 133, 20125 Milano, Italy. Tel: +39 02 281 72300. Fax: +39 02 913 90681. E-mail: 3rdcapillaroscopy@edraspa.it September 16-19, 2008 — 2008 Annual Congress of the British Orthopaedic Association, Liverpool, England. Contact: BOA. Tel: 011 44 207 405 6507. Fax: 011 207 831 2676. Website: www.boa.ac.uk September 17-20, 2008 — Joint 13th Annual Meeting for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis of the Americas Committee and 24th Congress of the EU, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Contact: ACTRIMS, c/o National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Tel: 212-476-0452. Fax: 212-499-0741. E-mail: actrims@nmss.org. Website: www.actrims.org/future.asp September 18-20, 2008 — 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Contact: ASSH. Tel: 847 384 8300. E-mail: meetings@assh.org. Website: www.assh.org September 18-20, 2008 — 2008 European Congress on Shoulder Surgery (SECEC), Brugge, Belgium. Contact: Medicongress. Tel: 011 329 344 3959. Fax: 011 329 344 4010. E-mail: secec@medicongress.com September 18-20, 2008 — 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Association of Osseointegration (EAO), Warsaw, Poland. Contact: Colloquium. Tel: 011 33 1 4464 1515. Fax: 011 33 1 4464 1516. Website: www.eao.org September 18-20, 2008 — 2008 European Congress on Shoulder Surgery (SECEC), Bruge, Belgium. Contact: Medicongress. Tel: 011 329 344 3959. Fax: 011 329 4010. E-mail: secec@medicongress.com. Website: www.secec2008.org September 18-21, 2008 — 2008 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Rome, Italy. Contact: OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI), 15000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054, USA. Tel: 1 856 439 1385. Fax: 1 856 439 0525. E-mail: oarsi@oarsi.org September 21-26, 2008 — 3rd International Conference on Tissue Engineering, Rhodes, Greece. Website: www.aegeanconferences.org September 23-27, 2008 — 13th Congress of the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology, Yokohama, Japan. Contact: APLAR. Tel: 81 3 3508 1214. Fax: 81 3 3508 1302. E-mail: aplar2008@convention.jp. Website: http://www.aplar2008.com September 29-October 3, 2008 — 10th EULAR Postgraduate Course, Krefeld, Germany. Contact: Caroline Pasche, EULAR Education Programme Coordinator. E-mail: caroline.pasche@eular.org September 29-October 11, 2008 — Neurology and Pain Management Cruise, Athens, Greece. Contact: Sandra Barnhart. Tel: 800 422 0711. E-mail: contactus@continuingeducation.net. Website: http://www.continuingeducation.net October 2-4, 2008 — Knee Society Interim Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA. Contact: Knee Society. Website: http://www.kneesociety.org October 4-7, 2008 — 2nd Mediterranean Clinical Immunology Meeting, Antalya, Turkey. Contact: Ayse Zeynep Askin, Turkish Immunology Society and Serenas Tourism. Tel: 90 212 282 33 73. E-mail: immunology@serenas.com.tr. Website: www.clinicalimmunology2008.org October 10-14, 2008 — Bone and Joint Decade Annual Global Network Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. E-mail: benh@arthritiswa.org.au October 11-16, 2008 — 4th International Conference on Gene Regulation in Lymphocyte Development, Rhodes, Greece. Contact: 4thGeneRegulation@aegeanconferences.org October 11-25, 2008 — Rheumatology and Cardiovascular Medicine CME Cruise Course, Athens, Greece. Contact: Sea Courses Cruises, Dr. Martin Gerretsen. Tel: 888 647 7327. Fax: 888 547 7337. E-mail: cruises@seacourses.com. Website: www.seacourses.com October 11-25, 2008 — Rheumatology and Cardiovascular Medicine CME Cruise Course, Athens, Greece. Contact: Sea Courses Cruises, Dr. Martin Gerretsen. Tel: 888 647 7327. Fax: 888 547 7337. E-mail: cruises@seacourses.com. Website: www.seacourses.com October 16-19, 2008 — 13th Meeting of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID), Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Contact: Congress Care. Tel: 011 31 73 690 1415. Fax: 011 31 73 690 1417. E-mail: info@congresscare.com October 23-25, 2008 — 18th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Contact: Donna Krasnow, Conference Director, IADMS. E-mail: ConferenceDirector@iadms.org October 23-26, 2008 — 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Atherosclerosis Society, Fremantle, Western Australia. Website: http://www.meetingsfirst.com.au/meetings October 24-28, 2008 — 2nd Congress of the European Academy of Paediatrics, Nice, France. Contact: Kenes International. Tel: +41 22 908 0488. Fax: +41 22 732 2850. E-mail: paediatrics@kenes.com October 24-29, 2008 — American College of Rheumatology 2008 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. Website: www.rheumatology.org October 24-29, 2008 — Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals 2008 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: ARHP. Website: http://www.rheumatology.org/annual/ 08meeting.asp October 26-30, 2008 — 9th International Congress of Neuroimmunology, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Contact: Organizing Secretariat, EEM International Congress Service. Tel: 39 06 5193499. Fax: 39 06 5194009. Website: http://www.isniweb.org October 31-November 1, 2008 — International Cartilage Repair Society 2nd Surgical Skills Course, Miami, Florida, USA. Contact: ICRS Executive Office, Seestrasse 53, 8702 Zollikon, Switzerland. Tel: 41 44 390 118 40. Fax: 41 44 390 18 41. E-mail: office@cartilage.org. Website: www.cartilage.org November 4-6, 2008 — The Orthopaedic Design and Technology Conference and Expo, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Contact: Howard Revitch. Tel: 201 825 2552 x343. E-mail: info@odtexpo.com. Website: http://www.odtexpo.com November 6-8, 2008 — 3rd National Spinal Cord Injury Conference and the 16th Interurban Spinal Cord Injury Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tel: 416 597 3422 ext. 3693. E-mail: conferences@torontorehab.on.ca November 6-8, 2008 — Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Contact: MSTS. Website: http://www.msts.org November 6-8, 2008 — Congress of Chiropractic State Association Convention, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.cocsa.org November 6-8, 2008 — OSTEOMEN – 4th International Conference on Osteoporosis in Men, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy. Contact: IN&FO&MED Srl, Via Melchiorre Gioia, 82, 20125 Milano, Italy. E-mail: osteomen@infomed-online.it November 7-9, 2008 — American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons 18th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.aahks.org November 7-12, 2008 — 2008 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Seattle, Washington, USA. Contact: ACAAI. E-mail: mail@acaai.org. Website: www.acaai.org November 12-14, 2008 — 14th Annual Congress of the Egyptian Society of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Cairo, Egypt. Contact: EGYRAR. Tel: +202 24856957. E-mail: rheumasociety@yahoo.com. Website: www.egyrar.com November 13-16, 2008 — Arthroscopy Association of North America Fall Course, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Contact: Holly R. Albert, Director of Meetings, AANA. Tel: 847-292-2262. Fax: 847-292-2268. E-mail: holly@aana.org. Website: www.aana.org/cme/FutureMeetings.aspx November 20-23, 2008 — 69th Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, San Diego, California, USA. Contact: AAPMR. Tel: 312 464 9700. Fax: 312 464 0227. E-mail: info@aapmr.org. Website: www.aapmr.org November 27-30, 2008 — 24th Annual Meeting of the Indian Rheumatology Association and 2008 Bone & Joint Decade World Network Conference/Convention, Pune, India. Contact: Conference Secretariat, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, 11 Hermes Elegance, 1988 Convent Street, Camp, Pune 411001, India. Tel: +91 20 26348291, Fax: +91 20 26334756. E-mail: crdpune2008@gmail.com. Website: www.rheumatologyindia.org December 3-6, 2008 — Cervical Spine Research Society 13th Instructional Course & 36th Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA. Website: http://www.csrs.org December 3-7, 2008 — IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis, Bangkok, Thailand. Contact: Janice Blondeau, International Osteoporosis Foundation. Tel: +41 22 994 0100. Fax: +41 22 994 0101. E-mail: iofnews@osteofound.org December 6-7, 2008 — Perspectives in Rheumatic Diseases: Meeting the Clinical Challenge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Website: www.rheumatologynewsperspectives.com December 10-13, 2008 — Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Seminar, Orlando, Florida, USA. Website: www.siic.info 2009 January 14-17, 2009 — Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium 2009, Maui, Hawaii, USA. Contact: Nicole Gomez. Tel: 858 385 0785. Fax: 858 683 2027. E-mail: nicole.gomez@r-w-c-s.com. Website: www.r-w-c-s.com March 11-14, 2009 — 2009 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, Orlando, Florida, USA. Contact: ISCD Educational Department. Tel: 860 586 7563. Fax: 860 586 7550. E-mail: iscd@iscd.org. Website: www.iscd.org July 6-8, 2009 — International Workshop on the Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Bone Disease, Oxford, UK. Contact: Janet Crompton. Tel: +44 0 1453 549929. E-mail: janet@janet-crompton.com. Website: http://www.paget.org.uk September 13-16, 2009 — 2nd European Congress of Immunology, Berlin, Germany. Website: www.eci-berlin2009.com The 2009 Pediatric Rheumatology Initial Certifying Examination will be administered on March 30, 2009 by the American Board of Pediatrics. The new applicant registration period for the 2009 Pediatric Rheumatology Initial Certifying Examination commences August 4, 2008, and will end October 1, 2008 at 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Applicants must apply online at www.abp.org at least 24 hours before the deadline so that any technical difficulties can be addressed. Applications submitted after the deadline will require a late fee. The new applicant late registration period commences October 2, 2008, and ends October 31, 2008 at 3:00 PM EDT, after which time no applications may be submitted. Please review the requirements for certification found on the ABP Web site. |