Report of Past Meeting

REPORT OF PAST MEETING

33rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Associationof Pediatric Surgeons

T HE 33rd ANNUAL MEETING of the Pacific Asso-ciation of Pediatric Surgeons was held in Las

Vegas, Nevada, May 15-19, 2000. The luxurious Bella-gio Resort was the venue for this successful meeting. DrMarvin W. Harrison, President of the Pacific Associationof Pediatric Surgeons, welcomed the participants from12 countries to the meeting and presided over the annualbanquet that culminated in the traditional Songfest led byPast-President Chad Baxter. The Program Committee,chaired by Margo Hendrickson, with James B. Atkinson,Ralph C. Cohen, Stephen G. Jolley, Philip A. King,Jer-Nan Lin, Koonosuke Nakada, and Chikara Tsugawa,selected 99 abstracts from 143 submitted, with 63 as oralpresentations and 36 poster presentations.

The Publications Committee, chaired by Richard E.Black, with members including Htut Saing, Gerald M.Haase, Sachiyo Suita, Akira Okada, Spencer W. Beasley,Yoshiaki Tsuchida, John M. Hutson, Kevin C. Pringle,Marvin W. Harrison, Rebecka L. Meyers, and MargoHendrickson, selected 35 manuscripts for publicationfrom 62 submitted for consideration. The excellent sci-entific program was interspersed with fun and an excitingsocial program including golf and tennis tournaments, a

Behind-the-Curtain Tour, a trip to Hoover Dam, and aRed Rock Tour. Dr Stephen Jolley did an outstanding jobof chairing the local organizing committee, along withhis dedicated office staff.

The Stephen L. Gans Memorial Lecture was deliveredby Dr Charles F. Wilkinson, Distinguished UniversityProfessor & Moses Lasky Professor of Law at the Uni-versity of Colorado. Dr Wilkinson spoke on “ReclaimingNative Homelands: The Indian Sovereignty Movementin Modern America.” The M. James Warden TravelingFellowship Lecture was delivered by Dr Luis De la Torrefrom Mexico. Dr Philip A. King will assume chairman-ship of the Guest Assistance Program with the passing ofDr Warden this past year. Dr Takeshi Miyano will serveas President next year and will host the 34th AnnualMeeting in Kyoto, Japan. Dr James B. Atkinson is thePresident-Elect, and Stephen G. Jolley will continue toserve as Secretary.

We believe that the contents of this issue accuratelyreflect the proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting, andwe look forward to gathering in Kyoto, Japan, in 2001.Our organization is indebted to Dr Jay M. Grosfeld andthe Journal of Pediatric Surgeryfor the opportunity tohave our proceedings published.

Richard E. Black, MDGuest Editor

Copyright © 2000 by W.B. Saunders Companydoi:10.1053/jpsu.2000.18350

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