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EVENTS OF INTEREST News items of interest to the vascular surgeon must be received at least 8 weeks before the desired month of publication. Announcements published at no charge include those received from a sponsoring society of this Journal, those courses and conferences sponsored by state, regional, national, or international vascular surgical organizations, and university-sponsored continuing medical education courses. All other news items selected for publication carry a charge of $60.00 US for each insertion, and the fee must accompany the request to publish. Send announcements and payment, payable to this Journal, to Journal Editing Department, Mosby, Inc, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr, St Louis, MO 63146-3318. World Congress on Cerebral Embolism: Monitoring, Prevention, and Treatment, Nov 12-15, 1998 This congress will be held at LeMeridien Hotel in New Orleans. For information contact Institute of Applied Physiology & Medicine, 701 16th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122; telephone 206-553-7330; fax 206-553-1717; e-mail [email protected]. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Nov 18- 20,1998 For information contact Teresa H. Szymanska; telephone 01244 365467; fax 01244 365263; e- mail Teresa©Vssgbi.co.uk. 9th Annual Symposium: Advances in Vascular Diagnosis and Vascular Laboratory Management, Nov 19-20, 1998 This symposium will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. For more information con- tact Office of Continuing Medical Education, Montefiore Medical Center, 3301 Bainbridge Ave, Bronx, NY 10467; telephone 718-920-6674; 718- 798-2336. 4th World Stroke Congress, Nov 25-29,2000 This congress will be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre in Melbourne, Australia. For more information contact ICMS Pty Ltd, 84 Queensbridge St, Southbank Vic 3006; fax 61 3 96820288. 34A JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERYjNovember 1998 Advances and Controversies on Venous Diseases, Oct 16, 1998 This symposium will be held at the Hyatt Hotel, Park Avenue at Grand Central Station, New York City. For more information contact The Page & William Black Post-Graduate School of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1193, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029; tele- phone 212-241-6737; fax 212-426-7748; or e-mail [email protected]. Progress in Angioscopy 1998: Minimally Invasive and Endovascular Surgery, Dec 6-8, 1998 This conference will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston, Mass. For more information and for registration contact the Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School, PO Box 825, Boston, MA 02117-0825; phone 617-432-1525. Practical Vascular Surgery, Dec 10-12, 1998 This continuing medical education meeting is sponsored by Northwestern University Medical School and will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, Ill. For more information contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E Chicago Ave, Ward 1-004, Mail Code WIll, Chicago, IL 60611-3008; phone 312-503-8533; fax 312-503-0146; or http://www.nums.nwu.edu/ cme.
