News & Notices

News & Notices

164 GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY VOLUME 56, NO. 1, 2002

Medicine. The course is designed for gastroenterolo-gists, internal medicine specialists, surgeons, familypractitioners, and nurse practitioners, who areinterested in the management of hepatic and biliarydiseases. Contact the Conference Coordinator at410-955-2959; fax 410-955-0807; e-mail cmenet@jhmi.edu; web site www.med.jhu.edu/cme.

Endorectal Ultrasonography

This course, to be held September 10, 2002 at theRadisson Riverfront in St. Paul, Minnesota, is beingsponsored by Continuing Medical Education. This 7-hour course will earn 1 credit toward the AMAPhysician’s Recognition Award. Contact ContinuingMedical Education of the University of Minnesota,612-626-7600 or 800-776-8636; fax 612-626-7766;web site www.med.umn.edu/cme.

Pelvic Floor Workshop: Testing, PatientSimulation, and Evaluation

This course, to be held September 11, 2002 at theRadisson Riverfront in St. Paul, Minnesota, is beingsponsored by Continuing Medical Education. This 6-hour course will earn 1 credit toward the AMAPhysician’s Recognition Award. Contact ContinuingMedical Education of the University of Minnesota,612-626-7600 or 800-776-8636; fax 612-626-7766;web site www.med.umn.edu/cme.

Colon and Rectal Surgery: Principles andPractice 2002

This course, to be held September 12-14, 2002 atthe Radisson Riverfront in St. Paul, Minnesota, isbeing sponsored by Continuing Medical Education.This 18-hour course will earn 1 credit toward theAMA Physician’s Recognition Award. ContactContinuing Medical Education of the University ofMinnesota, 612-626-7600 or 800-776-8636; fax 612-626-7766; web site www.med.umn.edu/cme.

Second Update on Coloproctology

This course, to be held October 10-11, 2002 at theAcademic Medical Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands,is directed by Willem Bemelman, Freddy Penninckx,and Frederik Slors. For information, call 31-20566-3926/4386; e-mail epgs@amc.uva.nl; web site www.epgs.nl.

NEWS & NOTICES

Eighth Annual Topics in InfectiousDiseases

This course, to be held August 4-7, 2002 at theStein Eriksen Lodge in Park City, Utah, is directedby John G. Bartlett, MD, and Richard E. Chaisson,MD. Primary care clinicians will be provided withupdated information about management of thecommon infectious diseases encountered in officeand hospital practice. Contact the ConferenceCoordinator, 410-955-2959; fax 410-955-0807; e-mailcmenet@hmi.edu; web site www.medjhu.edu/cme.

Eighth Annual Hepato-biliary Update

This course, to be held August 31-September 2,2002 at the Grand Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland, issponsored by Johns Hopkins University School of