Activities and Announcements

University of Pittsburgh Clinical Research Office for Surgery and Trauma

CROST FEATURE PRESENTATION Luc Cynober, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Professor of Biological Nutrition, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France Citrulline: From Metabolism to Potential Therapeutic Use Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M., Watson Education Center,  PUH – 6th Floor F-Wing New presentations by Dr. Juan B. Ochoa: Arginine Friend or Foe Presented at Clinical Nutrition Week / ASPEN, January, 2007 Phoenix, AZ Early Enteral Nutrition in Trauma & Critical Illness Presented at Novartis, Minnesota New Presentation by Dr. Mazen S. Zenati: Clinical Research in Surgery and Trauma Presented at UPMC Trauma Conference, Watson Surgical Center

Date	Meeting	Location	URL link
February 6-9, 2007	Association for Academic Surgery	Phoenix, AZ	http://www.aasurg.or g
February 7-9, 2007	Society of University Surgeons	Phoenix, AZ	http://www.susweb.o rg
April 25-28, 2007	Southwestern Surgical Congress 59th Annual Meeting	Palm Springs, CA	http://www.swscongr ess.org/
April 26-28, 2007	American Surgical Association Colorado Springs, CO	Chicago,IL	http://www.american surgical.info/files/20 07/Hotel-Reservatio ns-Form.pdf
May 5-9, 2007	87th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery	Washington, DC	http://www.aats.org/a nnualmeeting/index. html
May 23-27, 2007	American Pediatric Surgical Association	Orlando, FL NC	http://www.eapsa.org
November 14-17, 2007	23rd Annual Meeting of the ISTSS, Preventing Trauma and its Effects	Baltimore, USA.	www.istss.org/meeti ngs/index.cfm

Date	Time	Title	Speaker	Place
3/07/2007	12-1 PM	Does Trauma and Surgical Admission Volume Affects Paralysis Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.	Matthew R. Rosengart, MD, MPH	Watson Surgical Educational  Center, 6F PUH
3/21/2007	12-1 PM	ILIAC Iliac Artery Aneurysms: A Contemporary Comparison of Endovascular and Open Repair.	Rabih A. Chaer, MD	Department of Surgery Conference Room, PUH-1275 F
4/4/2007	12-1 PM	Traumatic transections of the aorta and endo treatment results.	Michel S. Makaroun, MD	Department of Surgery Conference Room, PUH-1275 F
4/18/2007	12-1 PM	Contemporary Results with Repair of Ruptured Thoracoabdominal aortic Aneurysm	Jae Cho, MD	Department of Surgery Conference Room, PUH-1275 F
5/2/2007	12-1 PM	Increased Interactive Format for Morbidity & Mortality Conference Improves Educational Value and Enhances Confidence	Raghuveer Vallabhaneni , MD	Department of Surgery Conference Room, PUH-1275 F
1 CME will be awarded to those who attend Light refreshments will be provided

Date	Meeting	Location	Sponcer
March, 2-3, 2007	Seventh Annual     John M. Templeton Jr. Pediatric Trauma Symposium	Omni William Penn Hotel 530 William Penn Place. Pittsburgh, PA 15219	Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh ACCME by The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Date	Meeting/organization	UR/link
3/2/ 2007	Orthopedic Trauma Association, OTA 23rd Annual Meeting	http://www.ota.org/ab stracts/instr.cfm
3/15/2007	The American College of Surgeons (ACS, Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) (formerly Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics)	http://www.facs.org/
5/8/2007	The New England Surgical Society (NESS)	http://www.nesurgical. org/
9/1/2007	The Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), Annals of Surgical Oncology	http://www.surgonc.or g/
6/1/2007	The Western Surgical Association, Archives of Surgery	http://www.westernsur g.org/
11/ 30/06	Trauma association of Canada, TAC	http://www.traumacan ada.org/tac_meetings _and_events.htm