ITEMS-AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

NOTICE: All correspondence for THE JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY should be sent to: Adrian E. Flatt, M.D. , Department of Orthopaedics, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Ave ., Dallas, TX 75246. Phone: (214) 820-2865.

Officers

Michael E. Jabaley, President Council

E. F. Shaw Wilgis, President-Elect David P. Green, Vice-President James R. Urbaniak, Secretary Gordon B. McFarland, Treasurer

Charles R. Ashworth , Past President, 1985

James H. Dobyns, Past President, 1984 Joseph E. Kutz, Member-at-large Andrew K. Palmer, Member-at-Iarge Richard I. Burton , Member-at-Iarge Vincent R. Hentz, Member-at-Iarge George Reading, Member-at-Iarge James W. Strickland, Member-at-Iarge

Continuing education courses Date

1986 July September 26 September 27

1987 January 19-21 September 9-12

Title of course or meeting

Primary care course of hand injuries

First Winter Meeting of Society Forty-second Annual Meeting of

Society Regional Review Courses in Hand

Surgery

Wrist disorders: Hands on experience

Chairman

James H. Herndon, M.D. J. Donald Opgrande, M.D. Joseph C. DeFiore, M.D.

Donald C. Ferlic, M.D.

William P. Cooney, M.D.

Central office

American Society for Surgery of the Hand

3025 S. Parker Road, Suite 65 Aurora, CO 80014 Phone: (303) 755-4588

Location

Newport, R.1. Fargo, N.D. Knoxville, Tenn.

San Francisco, Calif. San Antonio, Texas

13 cities

Rochester, Minn.

September/ October/ November

September 25-27

October 20-22 Difficult problems in hand surgery James W. Strickland, M.D., James B. Steichen, M.D. , William B. Kleinman , M.D. , Hill Hastings, II, M.D., and Richard Schell Idler, M.D.

Indianapolis, Ind.

Information about any course may be obtained from the central office of the Society.

These courses are sponsored by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Each course has been approved for Category 1 credit; the number of hours will be determined at the time of the meeting.

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