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Georgia Surgical
Society
Knowledge, Skill, Compassion
Annual Meeting
The 2008
Meeting of the
Georgia
Surgical Society
will be September 19, 20, and 21
at The
Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation
at Lake Oconee
Greensboro, Georgia
A Welcome Reception for all
members, speakers, guests, and exhibitors is scheduled to be
held from 6:30 until 7:30
Thursday
evening,
September 18.
The Georgia Surgical Society
scientific sessions will be held each morning and will consist of
informative
presentations
by guest speakers who are well-known in academic medicine and/or
academic surgeons
from medical schools
from
various areas of the country, as well as State
speakers from the
medical schools
in Georgia.
Guest speakers for 2008 will be:
James M. Becker, MD, Chairman,
Department of Surgery at Boston University,Boston, Massachusetts
Mitchell P. Fink, MD, President and CEO, Logical
Therapeutics, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts
Mark
A. Malangoni, MD, Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Case
Western Reserve
University,
Cleveland, Ohio
Robert
V. Rege, MD, Chairman, Division of Gastrointestinal and Endocrine
Surgery,
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
State Speakers from the
medical schools in Georgia will be:
Emory University School of
Medicine -- Linda C. Cendalas, MD;
John F. Sweeney, MD
Medical College of Georgia --
James M. McLoughlin, MD;
Todd D. Merchen, MD
Mercer University School of
Medicine, Macon -- Dennis W. Ashley, MD;
Juan Ayerdi, MD
Mercer University School of
Medicine, Savannah -- Oliver Whipple, MD;
Christopher Wixon, MD
Morehouse School of Medicine --
Kenneth Wilson, MD; Olefumi Babalola, MD
The 11th annual William G. Whitaker Jr.
lecturer will be:
David V. Feliciano, MD, Chief of Surgery, Grady Memorial
Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
SOCIAL AND SPORTS EVENTS
Social events
and sporting competitions will include a spouse breakfast, evening
receptions, golf,
tennis, skeet
shooting,
and running events. All events
are open to all members, guests, and exhibitors.
EXHIBITORS
Representatives from medical and
pharmaceutical companies are invited to reserve exhibitor space for the
meeting. Time
is allotted for the attendees to visit with the exhibitors
and to view their products. Exhibitors are encouraged
to attend the
evening receptions and to compete in the scheduled sporting events.
For inquiries or comments,
please contact
Jessie Moore,
Georgia Surgical Society
at
404-906-8798 or 404-727-4137
or e-mail at
jmoore@gasurgsociety.org.
Exterior View
The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation
Photograph Courtesy
The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation
Revised 3/3/2008
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