Volume 3Number 6December, 1980

National events-cont'd

Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 West 168thSt., New York, NY 10032.

*Central States Dermatological Society 49th AnnualMeeting, Ann Arbor, MI, May 16 and 17, 1981. Forinformation: James E. Rasmussen, M.D., UniversityHospital, C2069 Outpatient Bldg., Ann Arbor, MI48109.

AUGUST,1981

*23rd Annual Postgraduate Course in DermalPathology, Newport Beach, CA,AIIg. 16-21, 1981,sponsored by the University of California, IrvineCenter for Health Education. For information: Mar­garet Frederick, Executive Secretary, MemorialHospital Medical Center- UCI Center for Health Ed­ucation, 2801 Atlantic Ave., P.O. Box 1428, LongBeach, CA 90801.

SEPTEMBER, 1981

*Advanced Seminars in Dermatology, Cannel-Mon­terey, CA, Sept. 16-20, 1981. For information: Ad­vanced Seminars in Dermatology, c/o University ofCalifornia Medical School, Department of Der­matology, San Francisco, CA 94143.

MAY, 1982

Fifth Regional Conference on Dermatology (Asian­Australasian), Manila, Philippines, May 16-20,1982. Cosponsored by the International Society ofTropical Dermatology. For information: PerpetuaReyes-Javier, M.D., Chairperson, Fifth RegionalConference of Dermatology, 1060 Dos Castillas,Sampoloc, Manila, Philippines; or Coleman Jacob­son, M.D., 3600 Gaston Ave., Suite 1051, Dallas,TX 75246.

ONGOING COURSES

*One- or two-week course in dermatopathology,New York University Medical Center, New York,NY. For information: A. Bernard Ackerman, M.D.,Dermatopathology Section, 530 First Ave., NewYork, NY 10016.

*One- or two-week course in dermatopathology,Stanford University, CA. For information: Paul H.Jacobs, M.D., Dermatology Department, StanfordUniversity School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.

'Denotes programs approved for AAD Category I CME credit.

Dermatology calendar 77A

International events

FEBRUARY, 1981

Harvard-Miami Dermatologic Therapy 1981, GrandBahama Island, The Bahamas, Feb. 3-8, 1981. Forinformation: Howard Baden, M.D., Harvard MedicalSchool, Department of Dermatology, MassachusettsGeneral Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.

MARCH, 1981

. Fourth Ain Shams Medical Congress: "The Skin,"Cairo, Egypt, March 14-16, 1981. Abstracts dueDec. 30, 1980. For information: Prof. Aly Abdel­Fattah, Secretary General of Ain Shams MedicalCongress, Faculty of Medicine, Abbassia, Cairo,Egypt.

APRIL,1981

International Society of Tropical Dermatology, Co­logne, Germany, April 1-4, 1981, and Copenhagen,Denmark, April 9-11, 1981. For information: Prof.Dr. G. K. Steigleder, Direktor der Universitats Haut­klinik Koln, Jospeph-Stelzmann-StraBe 9, D-5000Koln 41, Germany.,

l\IAY, 1981

Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for CutaneousUltrastructure Research, London, England, May21-23, 1981. For information: D. M. MacDonald,M.D., Secretary of the Organizing Committee, De­partment of Dermatology, Guy's Hospital, St.Thomas St., London, SEI 9RT, England.

JUNE,1981

*The American-International Conference on Clini­cal Dermatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,June 15-18, 1981. For information: Richard L. Dob­son, M.D., Department of Dermatology, MedicalUniversity of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Ave.,Charleston, SC 29403.

JULY, 1981

*The Second International.Dermatopathology Sym­posium, London, England, JIIly 12-15, 1981. Forinformation: A. Bernard Ackerman, M.D., Der­matopathology Section, 530 First Ave., New York,NY 10016.

Third International Psoriasis Symposium, Stanford,CA, JIIly 13-17, 1981, sponsored by the Stanford

78A Dermatology calendar

International events-cont'd

University Department of Dermatology. For infor­mation: Paul H. Jacobs, M.D., Department of Der­matology, Stanford University School of Medicine,Stanford, CA 94305.

OCTOBER, 1981

The Stratum Corneum-An International Sym­posium, Cardiff, Wales, Oct. 29-30. 1981. Ab­stracts due June 26, 1981, to: Ronald Marks, M.D.,Department of Medicine, Welsh School. of Medi­cine, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF4 4XN, Wales.

MAY, 1982

XVI International Congress of Dermatology, Tokyo,Japan, May 23-28. 1982. For information: XVI In­ternational Congress of Dermatology, c/o AmericanAcademy of Dermatology, 820 Davis St., Evanston,IL 60201.

Public Relations for Dermatology

Public Relations for Dermatology is a bookletprepared by the Professional CommunicationsDepartment of the American Academy of Der­matology for use by dermatological societies. Thebooklet explains how to get effective results withthe news media.

This how-to-do-it manual for dermatologicalsocieties was prepared to assist societies seekingan improved and ongoing public relations pro­gram, The booklet gives guidelines for the publicrelations chairperson of societies to follow, pro­viding technics utilized by public relations pro­fessionals.

For a free copy of the booklet, write Profes­sional Communications Department, AmericanAcademy of Dermatology, 820 Davis S1.,Evanston, IL 60201.