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2010 Annual Meeting

The 51st Annual Meeting runs May 1 – 5, 2010, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in conjunction with Digestive Disease Week, the most prestigious event in the field of digestive diseases. The Preliminary Program with abstracts—including complete Poster Sessions with abstracts—is now online. Download the complete brochure ( 1.9 MB) SSAT member registration and housing is now open at the DDW Website. Register before the Early Bird deadline of April 2, 2010, and registration is only $95 (and complimentary for Candidate and Resident SSAT members). After April 2, 2010, registration fees will increase $100.

2010 Postgraduate Course: Multidisciplinary Management of Gastrointestinal Disease

The 2010 SSAT Postgraduate Course will be held on Sunday, May 2, 2010, during the 51st Annual Meeting and in conjunction with Digestive Disease Week. GI medicine and GI surgery have traditionally occupied mutually respected silos; however, the science of GI disease and rapid advances in technology will soon make these silos obsolete. The SSAT Postgraduate Course is structured to explore GI diseases that have traditionally been treated independently by surgeons or gastroenterologists. This course will focus on the multidisciplinary nature of modern treatment and explore the evidence that supports these therapies. The format will be a mix of didactic sessions, video sessions, debates, and a GI morbidity and mortality conference. All participants should leave with an enhanced understanding of both the current state-of-the-art and where we are going as GI physicians. Download the 2010 Postgraduate Course Preliminary Brochure ( 2.0 MB) Supplement your Annual Meeting registration by signing up for the 2010 Postgraduate Course, for which SSAT members receive preferred rates; you may also register for just the SSAT Postgraduate Course. Register now at the DDW Website.

SSAT Foundation Foundation Establishes the Kelly and Carlos Pellegrini SSAT/SAGES Joint Symposium Fund The Board of Trustees of the SSAT Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Kelly and Carlos Pellegrini SSAT/SAGES Joint Symposium Fund, to endow this Annual Meeting scientific offering at Digestive Disease Week. In making this announcement, the Foundation Board is asking the Society membership to consider a generous donation to the Pellegrini Fund at this time. Make a donation today! The Foundation welcomes secure online donations via credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or American Express), as well as accepts contributions via checks and a variety of other planned giving vehicles. The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Foundation was founded in 2000 to support the mission, goals and objectives of the SSAT by serving as its fundraising arm. Since its inception the Foundation has received financial support from the Society and its members that vastly exceeded all expectations. That continuing commitment has advanced our efforts to build the base for extraordinary research and education opportunities that will go on in perpetuity. More...

SSAT 2010 Calendar April 2 Early Bird registration for the 2010 Annual Meeting at DDW closes. After April 2nd, registration fees increase $100. May 1 - 5 The dates of the 51st Annual Meeting, in New Orleans, Louisiana (held in conjunction with Digestive Disease Week). May 2 The date of the 2010 Postgraduate Course, “Multidisciplinary Management of Gastrointestinal Disease”. Supplement your Annual Meeting registration by signing up for the 2010 Postgraduate Course, for which SSAT members receive preferred rates.

JOGS Online Access and Manuscript Submission
The Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (JOGS) articles are now published Online First in electronic form weeks before distribution of the print journal—even before the print issue and page numbers have been assigned. This is not a preprint service, but rather the publications in their final form. SSAT members in good standing are just two steps away from accessing their JOGS subscriptions and reading both Online First articles and those in print publication: 1) Log into the Members Only Area, then 2) click on the JOGS cover.

JOGS now offers its authors a web-based manuscript submission and review tracking system called Editorial Manager, which allows for quick and efficient processing of manuscripts. Read the revised Instructions to Authors, then log directly into Editorial Manager, where you may upload your manuscript files following the instructions provided on the screen.

International Congress of Endoscopy, September 10 – 14, 2011, Los Angeles, California
The SSAT is proud to be an official participating core society of the International Congress of Endoscopy (ICE 2011), a celebration of medical flexible endoscopy and surgical laparoscopic endoscopy, including diagnosis and therapy, NOTES, and emerging surgical and endoscopic procedures. Highlights will include: a scientific program with full representation of endoscopic topics several honorary lectures; live and video plenary sessions and postgraduate courses with an emphasis on new and advanced therapeutic techniques; a state-of-art medical and surgical endoscopic learning center with an interactive element; a young clinicians program offering an in-depth understanding of endoscopy through the association of contemporaries from around the world; and extensive high quality industry exhibitions and demonstrations to showcase the latest advances in rigid and flexible endoscopes and accessory equipment.