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Calendar Review CalendarNational 2000 OCTOBER 15-20 SANTA FE, N.M. 14th International Congress of Eye Research. Contact the ICER Secretariat at (502) 852-5459, fax: (502) 852-7450, Web: www.iser.org. 19-21 DALLAS 2000 Fall World Refractive Surgery Symposium of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS). Category one CME credit. Contact ISRS at (407) 786-7446, fax: (407) 786-7447. 22-25 DALLAS 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Call (415) 561-8500, ext. 320, fax: (415) 561-8576, Web: www.eyenet.org. 26 BROOKLYN, N.Y. Macular Degeneration: Update 2001, sponsored by Helen Keller Services for the Blind and the Department of Ophthalmology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Maximum of three category one CME credit hours. Contact Michelle Spinelli at (718) 522-2122, ext. 201. 31-NOVEMBER 3 MIAMI Bascom Palmer Eye Institute XXII Inter-American Course in Clinical Ophthalmology. Course in English-Spanish. No CME credits. Contact R. Bondar at (305) 326-6417, fax: (305) 326-6417, e-mail: rbondar@bpei.med.miami.edu, Web: www.bpei.med.miami.edu. NOVEMBER 11-12 ORLANDO, FLA. Ophthalmic Anesthesia Block Techniques: Hands-on Workshop 2000, sponsored by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Inc. Maximum of 12.5 category one CME credit hours. Call (800) 222-6927, fax: (509) 547-7065, e-mail: nwas@owt.com, Web: www.nwas.com. 11-18 FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. Laser Surgery in Ophthalmology Caribbean Cruise. CME. Call (888) 647-7327 or (604) 684-7327, fax: (604) 684-7337, e-mail: cruises@seacourses.com, Web: www.seacourses.com. International 2000 SEPTEMBER 10-14 BANFF, ALBERTA, CANADA International Neuro-ophthalmology Society (INOS) 2000 Meeting. Contact Jane Pomfret via e-mail at brains@ccns.org, fax: (416) 603-5596. 14-16 PARIS 18th Meeting of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ESOPRS). Call 33-1-452-05789, fax: 33-1-405-06863, e-mail: jabernard@wanadoo.fr, Web: www.esoprs.com. 21-22 CHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM Annual meeting of the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. Contact the UKISCRS Secretariat at 0044-1642-854054, fax: 0044-1642-231154, e-mail: ukiscrs@onyxnet.co.uk. OCTOBER 4-6 LEÓN, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO Hospimedica Mexico 2000, international trade show for medical products, equipment and services. Contact Messe Düsseldorf North America at (312) 781-5180, fax: (312) 781-5188, Web: www.hospimedicamexico.com. NOVEMBER 11-15 GUANGZHOU, CHINA 12th Afro-Asian Congress of Ophthalmology, sponsored by the Afro-Asian Council of Ophthalmology. Contact the Congress Secretariat at +86-20-8733-0393, fax: +86-20-8733-3370, e-mail: lwuicv@gzsums.edu.cn, Web: www.king-on.com/12afasco. 22-25 DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY Medica 2000: World Forum for Physicians’ Practices and Hospitals. Contact Messe Düsseldorf North America at (312) 781-5180, fax: (312) 781-5188, Web: www.mdna.com. DECEMBER 8-9 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL The Sixth Annual Nidek International Excimer Laser Symposium. Contact April Avey at (800) 223-9044, ext. 701, e-mail: april_avey@nidek.com. National 2001 JANUARY 21-26 KAUAI, HAWAII Hawaii 2001: The Royal Hawaiian Eye Meeting, sponsored by Slack Inc. Call (877) 307-5225. FEBRUARY 11-14 BAL HARBOUR, FLA. 15th Annual Meeting of the American College of Eye Surgeons (ACES), Quality Surgery XV. Contact ACES at (915) 335-0077, fax: (915) 335-0057, e-mail: Quality@acesabes.com. 12-14 LAS VEGAS The Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO) Annual Meeting. Contact CLAO at (504) 835-3937, fax: (504) 833-5884, e-mail: msalassi@clao.org, Web: www.clao.org. 17-24 SNOWMASS, COLO. The 21st Annual Meeting of the Aspen Corneal Society. For more information, send a fax to Mitchell H. Friedlander, MD, at (858) 554-6150 or e-mail: mfried@scrippsclinic.com. 23-25 LAS VEGAS The First Annual Nidek Refractive User’s Symposium. Contact April Avey at (800) 223-9044, ext. 701, e-mail: april_avey@nidek.com. MARCH 9-10 COLUMBUS, OHIO 44th Annual Postgraduate Symposium in Ophthalmology, entitled “2001: A Corneal Odyssey; Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery in the New Millennium.” Contact the Center for Continuing Medical Education at (614) 293-3576 or (800) 492-4445, fax: (614) 293-4180. International 2001 FEBRUARY 1-2 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND First International Congress on Non-Penetrating Glaucoma Surgery. Contact Cornelia Jeannin at +41-21-626-8590, fax: +41-21-626-8889, e-mail: glaucoma@ophtal.vd.ch, Web: www.glaucoma-lausanne.org. MARCH 22-25 PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Third International Glaucoma Symposium. Contact the Secretariat at +420-2-2421-0650 or +420-2-2421-0735, fax: +420-2-2421-2103, e-mail: glaucoma@kenes.com, Web: www.kenes.com/glaucoma. |