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16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE "PROBLEMS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY: A CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL APPROACH"

February 19-24, 1995 S n o w m a s s Conference Center

S n o w m a s s , CO

Sponsored by the Section of Digestive Diseases, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, this 6-day course is designed to provide updated information about the pathophysiology, diagnosis, histopathol- ogy, and therapy of gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary diseases. Each day will be devoted to a different clinical entity. The format will include short lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and case presentations.

Fee: $525. Course director: Seymour M. Sabesin, MD Credit: 28 category I CME credits. For information or registration, contact Rhonda 800-846-0245 and identify the course as the "Snowmass

Gastroenterology Program."

HEPATOLOGY UPDATE 1995 February 23-24, 1995

Ritz-Carlton Hotel P h o e n i x , AZ

This course, sponsored by the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, is a general update on current topics in liver disease for hepatologists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, internists, and family practitioners.

Course director: David D. Douglas, MD Credit: 12 category 1 hours; 11.5, AAFP. Fees: $290, early registration; $330, late. For more information, contact: Tamara Zelinski, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, 13400 East Shea Blvd, Scottsdale,

AZ 85259; telephone: 602-301-7447.

"LIVER DISEASE IN HEMOPHILIA: DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT" March 4-5, 1995

Atlanta, GA

The National Hemophilia Foundation is sponsoring a medical conference to examine the role of liver disease in the hemophilia community. The conference is cosponsored by George Washington University.

Liver disease in hemophilia, most often the result of chronic hepatitis infection, is a major health concern for the nation's 20,000 people with hemophil ia--a genetic blood clotting disorder. Experts estimate that 90% of all people with hemophilia test positive for hepatitis C.

This conference will explore the natural history of hepatitis infections, current epidemiology, transfusion safety, diagnosis and t reatment issues, and HIV coinfection with hepatitis and liver disease.

For more information, please contact: Anne M. King, telephone: 212-219-8180, extension 3006.

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SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GALLSTONES: CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT

March 19-22, 1995 Tel Aviv Hi l ton Tel Aviv, Israel

This conference is sponsored by Tel Aviv University (Tuvia Gilat, MD) and George Washington University (Hans Fromm, MD). Category 1 CME credit is available. The conference will feature plenary sessions on epidemi- ology, natural history, pathogenesis, and gallstones; and research workshops on modulation of biliary lipids, cholesterol complexes in bile, cholesterol nucleation and crystallization, biomineralization and stone formation, and lithogenic events in gallbladder.

For more information, please contact: Peltours-Teum Congress Organizers, P.O. Box 8388, Jerusalem 91082, Israel; telephone: (972)2-617402; fax: (972)2-637572.

HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE UPDATE XI

March 23-25, 1995 Boca Raton Resort and Club

Boca Raton, FL

Course director: Eugene R. Schiff, MD, FACP. This course is directed toward internists, gastroenterologists, alimentary tract surgeons, hepatologists, and

other physicians, residents, nurses, and allied-health professionals who deal with these complex patients and issues. Didactic presentations will be augmented with extensive audiovisual support, workshops, panel discus- sions, and question-and-answer sessions. This course is designed to present an update of knowledge in the diagnosis and management of liver and biliary disease.

For more information, contact: Division of Continuing Medical Education, P.O. Box 016960 (D23-3), Miami, FL 33101-9839; telephone: 305-547-6717/800-863-6263; fax: 305-547-5613.

AASLD SINGLE-TOPIC CLINICAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE "LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FO R CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS: NEW APPROACHES TO

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF RECURRENT DISEASE" March 24-26, 1995

Hyatt Regency Res ton Reston, VA

Organizers: Jay Hoofnagle, MD, Michael Lucey, MD, and Teresa Wright, MD For more information, contact: Pamela Ballinger, Meeting Manager, AASLD, 6900 Grove Rd, Thorofare, NJ

08086-9447; telephone: 609-848-1000, extension 331; fax: 609-848-5274.

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CURRENT TRENDS IN CHRONICALLY EVOLVING VIRAL HEPATITIS

March 30-April 1, 1995 Perug i a , Italy

This conference, sponsored by the European Society Against Viral Diseases and the University of Perugia, is a biennial forum for epidemiologists, clinicians, virologists, molecular biologists, and all other specialists who are interested in diagnosis, prophylaxis, therapy, and pathogenesis of chronic viral hepatitis.

For further information, please contact: Professor Carlo De Bac, Department of Infectious and Tropical Dis- eases, Policlinico Umberto, 1-00161 Rome, Italy; phone and fax: (39)6-446-2904.

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TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE "NEW TREATMENTS IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE"

Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation April 1, 1995 La Jol la , CA

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and general and internal medicine practitioners. In discussing new treatments and current concepts in liver disease, we will explore problems by highlighting the most relevant and latest knowledge available.

Credit: Six hours of Category 1 CME credit. For more information, contact: Department of Academic Affairs, 403C, Scripps Clinic and Research Founda-

tion, 10666 North Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037; telephone: 619-554-8556; fax: 619-554-6310.

FALK SYMPOSIUM NO. 83 April 6-8, 1995

Haus der Kultur Walter von der Vogelweide Bolzano, Italy

This conference is titled "Advances in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases: Clinical Topics." For information, contact Dr M. Felder or Dr G. De Pretis, Division of Gastroenterology, Bolzano Regional

Hospital, Via Boehler, 5, 1-39100 Bolzano, Italy; telephone: (39)471-908-506 or 515-341; fax: (39)471-27-28-83.

F I F T H CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF DISORDERS OF IRON METABOLISM

April 11-13, 1995 Boston Marriott Copley Place

Boston, MA

Topics will include update on clinical and pathological features on hemochromatosis, iron and liver disease, other disorders of iron overload, iron deficiency, key relationships between iron and heme metabolism, pathophys- iology of iron-induced tissue damage, advances in iron chelation and iron supplementation therapy, genetics of hemochromatosis, and the nature of the metabolic defect in genetic hemochromatosis.

Abstracts are invited for oral or poster presentation. Conference organizers: Bruce Bacon, Herbert Bonkovsky, Pierre Brissot, James D. Cook, J im Drysdale, Corwin

Q. Edwards, John Gollan, Norman D. Grace, Lawrie Powell, and Anthony S. Tavill. For more information, please contact: Norman D. Grace, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Faulkner Hospital,

1153 Centre St, Boston, MA 02130; telephone: 617-522-9996; fax: 617-524-6599.

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY AND NUTRITION

April 23-24, 1995 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

This symposium will be held at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre. Visas to the kingdom should be applied for at least 3 months in advance.

For more information, please contact the Department of Academic Affairs and Postgraduate Education: tele- phone: (966)1-442-7238; fax: (966)1-442-7237.

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BAVENO II 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS WORKSHOP ON DEFINITIONS, METHODOLOGY, AND

THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES IN PORTAL HYPERTENSION April 27-28, 1995

Grand Hotel Dino Baveno, Lago Maggiore, Italy

Coordinator: Prof. Roberto de Franchis, Serv. di Gastroenterologia, Ist. di Medicina Interna, Universit~ degli Studi, Via Pace, 9-20122 Milano.

For more information, contact: Area Congressi, Via F. Mangone 3, 20123 Milano, Italy; telephone: (39)2.58.11.29.78; fax: (39)2.58.10.19.51.

AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 1995 POSTGRADUATE COURSE

"EVOLVING CONCEPTS IN GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER DISEASE" May 13-14, 1995 San Diego, CA

Course Director: Loren Laine. CME credit available. For more information, please contact: AGA/PG Registration Manager, 6900 Grove Rd, Thorofare, NJ 08086;

telephone: 609-848-1000; fax: 609-848-5274.

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY 1995 POSTGRADUATE COURSE

"ENDOSCOPIC SOLUTIONS TO COMMON CLINICAL PROBLEMS: A CASE ORIENTED APPROACH"

May 18-19, 1995 San Diego, CA

Course Director: Blair S. Lewis. CME credit available. For further information, please contact: ASGE/PG Registration Manager, 6900 Grove Rd, Thorofare, NJ 08086;

telephone: 609-848-1000, extension 208; fax: 609-848-5274.

FALK SYMPOSIUM NO. 84 J u n e 9-10, 1995

Internat ional Congress Center Berlin Berlin, Germany

This conference is titled "Bile Acids, Cholestasis, Gallstones." For more information, contact: Hans Fromm, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, George

Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20039; telephone: 202- 994-4206; fax: 202-994-3949.

AASLD SINGLE-TOPIC SYMPOSIUM "OXIDANT STRESS AND LIVER DISEASE"

June 22-25, 1995 Airlie Conference Center

Airlie, VA

Organizers: Neil Kaplowitz, MD, D. Neil Granger, PhD, and John J. Lemasters, MD, PhD. For more information, contact: Pamela Ballinger, Meeting Manager, AASLD, 6900 Grove Rd, Thorofare, NJ

08086-9447; telephone: 609-848-1000, extension: 331; fax: 609-848-5274.

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THE SOCIETY FOR ORGAN SHARING THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

July 17-19, 1995 Palais de Congres

Paris, France

The following topics are tentatively scheduled for the scientific program. Organ procurement: cerebral-death donor, non-heart-beat ing donor, living donor revisited, split organs, and prevention of disease transmission. Coordination, organ sharing: accreditation of national/regional organ sharing program, rules of allocation by organ, quality control, computers, information network, cost and beneficial aspects of sharing program, coordina- tion of organ/tissue retrieval, role of coordinators, and training courses of coordinators. Organ preservation and storage: experimental and clinical aspects, impact on long-term graft function, organ quality assessment, deep freezing, research programs, and islet and tissue preservation. Expanding the donor pool: evaluation of organ shortage, death rate on waiting list, kidney shortage, xeno organs as bridges before allografts, epidemiology of cerebral death, and revisiting indications for organ transplantation. Sociocultural aspects: donor consent legisla- tion/daily practice, ethical issues, impact of religion, role of media, public information, medical and paramedical information, hospital training programs, impact of governmental issues, developing countries, and international charter of ethics and good practice.

The deadline for abstracts is January 1, 1995. For further information, contact: Secretariat Office, France- Transplant, Hospital St-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France; fax: (33)1-42-069490.

THIRD INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON HEPATITIS C VIRUS AND RELATED VIRUSES FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HEPATITIS D VIRUS AND LIVER DISEASE

August 28-September 3, 1995 Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort

Gold Coast, Australia

Convenors: Graham Cooksley and Eric Gowans. For more information, contact: Secretariat Office, Hepatitis, P.O. Box 101, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane,

Queensland ~029, Australia; fax: (61)7-362-0108.

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FIFTH CONGRESS EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON ALCOHOLISM (ESBRA)

September 6-9, 1995 University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Main topics: alcohol and acetaldehyde metabolism: mechanism of alcohol toxicity; alcohol and genetics; neuro- biology of alcoholism; alcohol-induced organ injury; alcohol and cancer; alcohol abuse and nutrition; biological markers of alcoholism; economic problems; psychosocial aspects of alcohol; alcohol and women; new aspects in t reatment of alcoholism; preventive measures against alcohol abuse; and fetal-alcohol syndrome.

For information, contact: Convention Bureau Stuttgart, Berliner Platz 1-3, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany; fax: (49)711/2027766.

4TH UNITED EUROPEAN GASTROENTEROLOGY WEEK (UEGW) September 17-21, 1995

Berlin, Germany

The United European Gastroenterology Federation and the German Society of Gastroenterology and Metabo- lism will be hosting the 4th UEGW in Berlin, Germany, September 17-21, 1995. The meeting provides a forum for the presentation of high quality original data in basic and clinical gastroenterology. In addition, the meeting will give ample time for education and exchange of the most current information available about epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. The program includes postgraduate courses, state of the art presentations, clinical symposia, research fora and much more.

For more information, contact: Der-Congress, Bundesallee 56, D-10715 Berlin, Germany; telephone: (49)30/ 85 79 03-0; or fax: (49)30/85 79 03-26.

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FALK SYMPOSIUM NO. 86 October 17-18, 1995

C o n v e n t i o n Center Base l Basel , Swi t zer land

This conference, part I of the Basel Liver Week 1995, is titled "Bile Acids and Immunology." For information, contact: Prof. Dr. P.A. Berg, Abteilung for Inner Medizin II, Medizinische Universitatsklinik, Ottfried-Multers- trasse 10, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; telephone: (49)7071-29-44-79; fax: (49)7071-29-27-60.

FALK SYMPOSIUM NO. 87 October 19-21, 1995

C o n v e n t i o n Center Basel Basel , Swi tzer land

This conference, part II of the Basel Liver Week 1995, is titled "Acute and Chronic Liver Diseases: Molecular Biology and Clinics."

For more information, contact: Prof Dr L. Bianchi, Institut for Pathologie der Universit~t, SchSnbenstrasse 40. CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland; telephone: (41)61-265-26-25; fax: (41)61-265-31-94.

FALK SYMPOSIUM NO. 88 October 22-23, 1995

Convent ion Center Base l Basel , Swi tzer land

This conference, Part III of the Basel Liver Week 1995, is titled "Molecular Diagnosis and Gene Therapy." For more information, contact Prof Dr med H.E. Blum, Medizinische Klinik B, Departement fOr Innere

Medizin, Universitatsspital ZOrich, Ramstrasse 100, CH-8091 Z~irich, Switzerland; telephone: (41)1-2-55-40-20; fax: (41)1-2-55-44-46.