Other Organization Meeting Dates
Click here for a complete listing of meeting dates and locations (where available) for other medical organizations. Dates and locations contained in this list represent the most recent information we have received. Our goal in communicating this information is to avoid conflict with our Annual Meeting and National Leadership Conference. Please send comments or updates to info@ameriburn.org.

14th Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries
September 7-11, 2008
Montreal, Canada

Please visit the Congress Web site at: www.isbi2008-montreal.com for additional Congress information. Abstracts submission will be accepted until March 7, 2008.

Australia and New Zealand Burn Association
September 16-18, 2008
Melbourne, Australia

Please visit the ANZBA web site at www.anzba.org.au for more information.

21st Annual Southern Region Burn Conference
Hosted by Evans-Haynes Burn Center
October 31 – November 2, 2008

“Optimal Burn Care:  Charting the Course with Commitment “

Pre-Conferences on October 30, 2008:
Rehabilitation Symposium - “Successful Burn Rehabilitation:  A Team Effort”
The Southern Disaster Plan: Current Status and Future Directions

You are invited to contribute abstracts for the 21st Annual Southern Region Burn Conference and participate in this platform for oral and poster presentations designed to promote dialogue within all burn care disciplines, at all career stages.  This meeting will provide an informed vision of current practices and emerging advances to make a difference in burn care delivery across the global community today. 
 
The Planning Committee will build upon the foundation of the past twenty years to provide a forum offering evidence-based medicine, treatment modalities, rehabilitation advances, disaster planning, prevention education, research, outreach programs, and burn unit’s work-in-progress from across the United States. The exhibit hall promises to be another valuable resource to broaden your knowledge beyond the classroom.  

Conference registration:  $325 physicians; $180 non-physicians; $175 rehabilitation symposium

Hotel reservations:  $139 Single/Double - Contact the Richmond Marriott directly at (800) 228-9290 and refer to Southern Medical Association’s Burn Conference before October 6, 2008.  
 
Please mark your calendar,

William D. Hardin, Jr., MD — Southern Region Chair
Alan R. Dimick, MD — Program Chair

To submit an abstract, register, or receive an exhibitor prospectus, visit: www.sma.org/calendar/cfa/burn_2008/burn_instructions.cfm.  For additional information, contact Vicki Baugh, Conference Manager, (800) 423-4992, ext. 177, or email vickib@sma.org.

Deadline for abstract submissions:  June 2, 2008

Submit abstracts or register on-line at www.sma.org/calendar/cfa/burn_2008/burn_instructions.cfm.

International Conference on Emergency Medicine
April 3-6, 2008
San Francisco, CA

For additional information, go to www.acep.org.

13th Congress of the European Burns Association
September 2-5, 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland

Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Course
The Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Courses provide guidelines in assessment and management of burn patients from the scene of the burn injury through the first 24 hours post injury. The courses are open to MDs, RNs, LPNs, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, therapists, and paramedics, fire service and other emergency care personnel. For more information about ABLS Courses, see ABLS Course Descriptions. For classes in your area, view the ABLS Course Schedule.

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