ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR & THORACIC ANNALS
INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS - CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Brief notices of meetings relevant to the practice of cardiovascular surgery and cardiology are published as a service. This list is in chronological order and is maintained by the publisher of the Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. Interested parties may post announcements of upcoming meetings by sending an email message to Asia Publishing EXchange Ltd.

2007

April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

 

2008

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

 

2009

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

 


Regional Events

JUNE 2008

2008 Vascular Annual Meeting
June 5–8, 2008, San Diego, California, USA

Contact:
Society for Vascular Surgery
633 N. Saint Clair Street, 24th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA

Tel: 1 800 258 7188
Email: vascular@vascularsociety.org
Website: www.VascularWeb.org

 

ESTS Meeting "Women in Thoracic Surgery
June 8–11, 2008, Bologna, Italy

Contact:
Adelheid End, MD
Medical University of Vienna
Waehringer Guertel 18-20
A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Tel: 43 1 40400 6490
Fax: 43 1 40400 6490
Email: adelheid.end@meduniwien.ac.at
Website: www.ests.org

 

16th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery(ESTS)
June 8–11, 2008, Bologna, Italy

Contact:
Dr. Sandro Mattioli
C/O The European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PO Box 159
Exeter EX2 5SH, United Kingdom

Tel/Fax: 44 1392 430 671
Email: sue@ests.org.uk
Website: www.ests.org

 

11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery(ISMICS)
June 11–14, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Contact:
ISMICS Meeting Department
900 Cummings Center, Suite 221-U
Beverly, MA 01915, USA

Tel: 1 978 927 8330
Fax: 1 978 524 8890
Email: ismics@prri.com
Website: www.ismics.org

 

AmSECT's Perfusion Safety Conference
June 18–22, 2008, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Contact:
Carla Maul

Tel: 1 504 836 6070
Fax: 1 804 282 0090
Email: maulccp@yahoo.com
Website: www.hatravel.com

 


JULY 2008

The World Congress on Controversies in Cardiovascular Diseases: Diagnosis, Treatment and Interventions [C-Care]
July 3–6, 2008, Berlin, Germany

Contact:
ComtecMed
53 Rothschild Boulevard
PO Box 68, 61000 Tel Aviv, Israel

Tel: 972 3 566 6166
Fax: 1 972 3 566 6177
Email: info@comtecint.com
Website: www.comtecmed.com/ccare

 

Clinical Application of Advanced Echocardiography for Decision Making in Clinical Cardiology and New Developments in Cardiovascular Surgery
July 18–20, 2008, Essen, Germany

Contact:
Lena Heyne-Pietschmann
Franz-Arens-Strasse 15
45139 Essen, Germany

Tel: 49 0 201 27 40 835
Fax: 49 0201 27 40 815
Email: LHP@reviera.de
Website: www.mayo-essen.com

 

Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium XVIII – Managing the Aortic Root: Current Therapies and Controversies
July 24–25, 2008, Missoula, Montana, USA

Contact:
The International Heart Institute of Montana Foundation
500 West Broadway, Suite 350
Missoula MT 59802, USA

Tel: 1 406 329 5668
Fax: 1 406 329 5880
Email: rocky@ihimontana.org
Website: www.rockymountainvalvesymposium.org

 

Cardiac Surgical Unit Advanced Life Support
July 24–26, 2008, Penrith, Cumbria, UK

Contact:
Joel Dunning
Old Rectory, Crosby Garrett
Kirby Stephen
Cumbria CA17 4 PW, United Kingdom

Tel: 44 780 154 8122
Email: joeldunning@doctors.org.uk
Website: www.csu-als.com

 

14th World Congress On Heart Disease – International Academy Of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions 2008
July 26–29, 2008, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Contact:
International Academy Of Cardiology
PO Box 17659
Beverly Hills, CA 90209, USA

Tel: 1 310 657 8777
Fax: 1 310 659 4781
Email: Klimedco@ucla.edu
Website: cardiologyonline.com/ wchd08/WCHD_index.htm

 


AUGUST 2008

The 57th Annual Meeting of Scandinavian Association for Thoracic Surgery and 28th of Scandinavian Society for Extracorporeal Technology
August 21–23, 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark

Contact:
ICS A/S
Strandvejen 169¨C171
PO Box 41, DK-2900
Hellerup, Denmark

Tel: 45 7023 7823
Fax: 45 7023 7888
Email: sats2008@ics.dk
Website: www.scandinavian-ats.org

 

5th Mulu Rafflesia Heart Valve Symposium
August 27–31, 2008, Danang, Vietnam

Contact:
The Secretariat
5th Muly Rafflesia Heart Valve
Symposium
#04-01 Gleneagles Medical Centre
6 Napier Road
Singapore 258499

Fax: 81 942 358 967
Email: sawhspl@singnet.com.sg

 

AmSECT's 16th Annual Symposium on New Advances in Blood Management
August 13–16, 2008, Jackson Hole, USA

Contact:
Donna Pendarvis
2009 Dickens Road
Richmond, VA 23230-2005, USA

Tel: 1 804 565 6363
Fax:1 804 282 0090
Email: donna@amsect.org
Website: www.amsect.org/cme/meetings.htm

 


SEPTEMBER 2008

Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA) 2008
September 2–6, 2008, Yokohama, Japan

Contact:
Secretariat of ELSA 2008
C/O Japan Convention Services, Inc.
18/F Daido Seimei Kasumigaseki Bldg.
1-4-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0013, Japan

Tel: 81 3 3508 1214
Fax: 81 3 3508 1302
Email: elsa2008@convention.co.jp
Website: www2.convention.co.jp/elsa2008

 

35th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO 2008)
September 3–6, 2008, Geneva, Switzerland

Contact:
ESAO 2008
C/O MCI Suisse SA
Rue de Lyon 75, CH-1211
Geneva 13, Switzerland

Tel: 41 22 339 9571
Fax: 41 22 339 9601
Email: esao2008@mci-group.com
Website: www.esao2008.medecine.unige.ch

 

22nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
September 15–17, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal

Contact:
EACTS Executive Secretariat
3 Park Street, Windsor
Berkshire SL4 1LU, UK

Tel: 44 1753 832 166
Fax: 44 1753 620 407
Email: info@eacts.co.uk
Website: www.eacts.org

 


OCTOBER 2008

10th National Congress of the Turkish Cardiovascular Surgery Society
October 16 – 21, 2008, Cesme Izmir, Turkey

Contact:
Congress Secretariat
C/O Interium Organization

Tel: 90 212 292 8808
Fax: 90 212 292 8807
Email: info@interium.com.tr
Website: www.tkdcd20008.org

 

International Symposium on Hybrid Approach to Heart Diseases (with Live Demonstrations)
October 18 – 20, 2008, Beijing, China

Contact:
Hybridheartbeijing Secretariat
C/O Fuwai Hospital
167 Beilishi Road
Beijing 100037, China

Tel: 86 10 8839 8063
Fax: 86 10 6831 3012
Email: hybridheartbeijing@gamil.com
Website: www.hybridheartbeijing.org

 

6th Triennial Brigham Cardiac Valve Symposium
October 23 – 24, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Contact:
Dr. R. Morton Bolman, III
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston MA 02115, USA

Tel: 1 617 732 6964
Fax: 1 617 732 6559
Email: ljaffe1@partners.org
Website: brighamandwomens.org/cardiacsurgery

 


NOVEMBER 2008

ISMICS Winter Workshop 2008
November 14 – 16, 2008, Okinawa, Japan

Contact:
Head Office for the ISMICS 2008 Winter Workshop
C/O Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery
Kanazawa University Hospital
13-1 Takara-machi
Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan

Email: info@ismics2008winterworkshop.org
Website: www.ismics2008winterworkshop.org

 

13th Congress on Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
November 15, 2008, Woluwe, Brussels, Belgium

Contact:
Dr. A. Poncelet
Chairman Scientific Committee
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Unit
Avenue Hippocrate 10
1200 Brussels, Belgium

Email: poncelet@chir.ucl.ac.be
Website: www.bacts.org

 

1st Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Session (APHRS2008)
November 27 – 29, 2008, Singapore

Contact:
Symposium Manager
Pacific World Singapore Pte Ltd
73 Bukit Timah Road
Rex House, Unit 03-01
Singapore 229832

Tel: 65 6330 6724
Fax: 65 6336 2123
Email: eeling@pacificworld.com
Website: www.aphrs2008.com

 


DECEMBER 2008

4th Intergrated Cardiovascular Repair Workshop (ICR 2008)
December 4 –6, 2008, Innsbruck, Austria

Contact:
Dr. Johannes Bonatti
C/O Conventive VeranstaltungsGesmbH
Feldmuehlgasse 9/A7
Vienna 1130, Austria

Tel: 43 1 890 3802
Fax: 43 1 890 3815
Email: icrworkshop@conventive.at
Website: www.icrworkshop.at

 

New Horizons in Cardiovascular Treatments
December 11 – 13, 2008, Shanghai, China

Contact:
Cleveland Clinic

Website: www.ccfcme.org/NewHorizons08

 

7th Biennial International Conference ¡ª Pakistan Society of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons
December 18 – 21, 2008, Peshawar, Pakistan

Contact:
Conference Secretariate
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery & Thoracic Surgery
Post Graduate Medical Institute
Lady Reading Hosptial
Peshawar, Pakistan

Tel: 92 91 9211430 49 Ext 3086
Fax: 92 91 2119669
Email: info@7bic.org

Website: www.7bic.org

 


JANUARY 2009

45th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
January 26 –28, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA

Contact:
STS
633 N. Saint Clair Street, Suite 2320
Chicago, IL 60611, USA

Tel:1 312 202 5800
Fax: 1 312 202 5801
Email: sts@sts.org
Website: www.sts.org

 


MARCH 2009

17th Annual Meeting of Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS)
March 5 – 8, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan

Contact:
Congress Secretariat
C/O K & A International Co., Ltd
7/F, No. 249, Fuxing S. Road, Sec 1
Taipei 10666, Taiwan

Tel: 886 2 2701 8768
Fax: 6 2 2702 2025
Email: ascvts2009@knaintl.com.tw
Website: www.ascvts2009.org

 


MAY 2009

89th Annual Meeting ¡ª American Association for Thoracic Surgery
May 9 –13, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Contact:
AATS
900 Cummings Center, Suite 221-U
Beverly MA 01915, USA

Tel:1 978 927 8330
Fax: 1 978 524 0498
Email: aats@prri.com
Website: www.aats.org

 

55th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons (CT CON 2009)
May 14 – 17, 2009, Srinagar, Kashmir, India

Contact:
Conference Secretariat
Prof. AG Ahangar
Head of Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of MedicalSciences
Soura, Srinagar, India

Tel: 91 194 240 0348
Email: iacts2009@yahoo.com

 


0CTOBER 2009

19th Biennial Congress Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA 2009 Seoul)
October 25 – 28, 2009, Seoul, Korea

Contact:
ATCSA 2009 Secretariat
C/O InSession International Convention Services, Inc.
4/F Yoongjeon Building
829-6 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu
Seoul 135-936, Korea

Tel: 82 2 3471 8555
Fax: 82 2 521 8683
Email: atcsa2009@insession.co.kr
Website: www.atcsa2009@insession.co.kr

 

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