MAYO CLINIC-MAYO FOUNDATION COURSES AND MEETINGS

SCOTTSDALE JACKSONVILLE

April 7 ,1990 Otology Update Mayo Clinic Scottsdale , Scottsdale , Arizona This course will review new techniques of electrical testing of the seventh cranial nerve, imaging modalities, and ap­proaches to the dizzy patient. The course director is Mitchell S. Marion, M.D.

May 4 ,1990 Infectious Diseases Update 1990 Mayo Clinic Scottsdale , Scottsdale , Arizona This seminar will enhance the attendees' knowledge of infectious diseases. The program will emphasize common problems in clinical practice and will provide updated infor­mation on diagnosis and treatment. The course director is Jerry D. Smilack, M.D.

September 7 to 9 ,1990 Pulmonary and Infect ious Diseases Los Abrigados Resort, Sedona, Arizona A variety of topics of current interest in pulmonary and infectious diseases will be presented at this 3-day seminar, which will also feature open roundtable discussions of selected journal articles. The course directors are Philip J. Lyng, M.D., and Jerry D. Smilack, M.D.

September 21 to 23 ,1990 Clinical Rev iews Ponte Vedra Inn and Club, Ponte Vedra Beach,

Florida Clinical Reviews is a program of lectures and discussions on problems of general interest in medicine and surgery. Presentations will be made by members of the staff of Mayo Clinic Jacksonville and the faculty of Mayo Medical School.

December 1 to 2 ,1990 Alzheimer's Disease: Status of Clinical and Basic

Research Ponte Vedra Inn and Club, Ponte Vedra Beach,

Florida This 2-day course for researchers and physicians will pro­vide an update on recent advances in both clinical and basic research areas on the pathophysiologic features and phar­macotherapy of Alzheimer's disease.

For further information, please contact Marian Hunter, Division of Education, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224 (904-223-2058).

ROCHESTER

October 5 to 6, 1990 Cancer Rev iews 1990 Orange Tree Resort , Scottsdale , Arizona Selected topics in cancer medicine will be presented at this 2-day course. Issues of concern to primary-care providers will be emphasized. The course directors are Robert F. Marschke, Jr., M.D., and Theodore A. Braich, M.D.

For further information, please contact Jodi Lee Smith, Postgraduate Courses, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, 13400 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259 (602-391-8300).

April 4 to 7 ,1990 Total Jo int Arthroplasty La Posada Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona Presentations on total joint arthroplasty of the elbow, shoulder, knee, and hip will be featured at this meeting.

April 14,1990 Ophthalmology Update Rochester , Minnesota This course is designed to provide an update on current approaches to the diagnosis and management of eye disease for practicing ophthalmologists.

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April 23 to 26 ,1990 B o n e and Soft Tissue Tumors Hyatt Orlando, Orlando, Florida A review ofthe clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features of benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors will be presented at this 4-day seminar.

April 26 to 28 ,1990 Graduate Course for Radiologic Technology

Educators Rochester , Minnesota This course will present topics of interest in the general areas of curriculum design, testing and evaluation of in­structional methods, and educational psychology.

April 30 to May 4 ,1990 Pract ice of Internal Medic ine Rochester , Minnesota An update in general internal medicine will be presented at this meeting intended for general internists and internal medicine subspecialists. See page 607 for detailed in­formation.

October 10 to 13,1990 Two-Dimensional Doppler and Color Flow Imaging

in Congenital Heart Diseases Rochester , Minnesota This course will focus on two-dimensional Doppler and color flow imaging in the fetus and in pediatric and adult patients with suspected congenital heart disease.

October 22 to 24 and November 5 to 7 ,1990 Clinical Rev iews Rochester , Minnesota This 3-day course consists of lectures and discussions on problems of general interest in medicine and surgery. The program will be offered in two identical sessions.

October 28 to November 1,1990 Advances in Diagnost ic Radiology Westin La Paloma, Tucson, Arizona A comprehensive update on new diagnostic entities, tech­niques, and modalities in diagnostic radiology will be pre­sented at this meeting.

Ju ly 26 to 28 ,1990 Operative Gynecology Rochester , Minnesota Discussions and lectures based on telecommunications of actual surgical procedures will be featured at this course.

For further information, please contact Postgraduate Courses, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 (507-284-2509).

September 6 to 7 ,1990 2nd International Meet ing of the Society for

Fracture Repair Rochester , Minnesota The primary objective of this society is the exchange of information on bone fracture and remodeling. Interna­tionally recognized scientists and orthopedic surgeons will discuss basic scientific principles and clinical ap­plications.

September 7 to 8, 1990 Mayo Surgical Sympos ium Rochester , Minnesota At this 2-day program, current advances in surgical meth­ods and techniques will be presented.

September 23 to 27 ,1990 2nd International Congress on Tissue Integration

in Oral, Orthopedic, and Maxillofacial Reconstruct ion

Rochester , Minnesota Both basic scientific and clinical aspects of the use of extraoral, intraoral, and orthopedic tissue-integrated alloplastic implants will be considered at this meeting.

B O W I E S Y M P O S I U M O N v o n W I L L E B R A N D ' S D I S E A S E

M a y 11 t o 1 3 , 1 9 9 0 R o c h e s t e r , M i n n e s o t a

This international symposium in honor of the retirement of Dr. E. J. Walter Bowie, long-time head of the Section of Hematology Research at the Mayo Clinic and an interna­tional leader in the study of hemostasis and thrombosis, will summarize progress in the understanding of von Willebrand's factor and von Willebrand's disease through oral and poster presentations by experts from the Mayo Clinic and throughout the world. Panel and open discussion sessions will also be featured. The program directors are William L. Nichols, M.D., and David N. Fass, Ph.D.

For further information, please contact Postgraduate Courses, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 (507-284-2509).

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P R A C T I C E O F I N T E R N A L M E D I C I N E , 1990 A p r i l 3 0 t o M a y 4 , 1 9 9 0 R o c h e s t e r , M i n n e s o t a

This program of lectures, case presentations, panel discussions, and open question-and-answer periods is designed to provide updated information on advances in general internal medicine for primary-care physicians and internal medicine subspecialists. The multidis­ciplinary approach to patient management will be stressed in presentations by members of the faculty of the Mayo Medical School and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. In addition to sessions devoted to gastroenterology, endocrinology, pulmonary and allergic diseases, nephrology, infectious diseases, hematology/oncology, rheumatology, cardiovascular dis­eases, and various other topics of special interest, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in their choice of one of three different interactive group workshops offered daily, Monday through Thursday. "Lunch With the Professors," a popular feature of past meetings that affords participants the opportunity to visit with faculty members representing various medical specialties, will be offered on 2 different days. Another special feature of the program will be a presentation entitled "Epistles to the Editor," by Michael J. Hogan, M.D. The program director is Udaya B. S. Prakash, M.D.

For further information, please contact Mr. William Nietz, Continuing Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 (507-284-2509).

Study Patients Needed ilRB 319-87)

A clinical trial, supported by the National Institutes of Health, is currently being conducted at the Mayo Clinic testing the effects of calcium channel blockers in patients who have intractable epilepsy. To qualify for this trial, the patient must have suffered from intractable epilepsy for more than 2 years despite optimal use of current anticonvulsants. Patients must also be between 18 and 45 years of age. The calcium antagonist is used as an add-on therapy, and the patient's current anticonvulsant regimen is not altered. For further information, please contact Dr. Fredric B. Meyer, Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 (507-284-5317).

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MAYO MEDICAL LABORATORIES WORKSHOPS

April 4 to 8 ,1990 Laboratory Diagnos is of Fungal Infect ions Victoria, Brit ish Columbia, Canada This comprehensive workshop will present the diagnostic features of the fungi encountered in a clinical microbiology laboratory. The workshop will include both lectures and wet laboratories (microscopes will be provided). Partici­pants will become more proficient in collection and direct microscopic examination of clinical specimens, recognition of fungi in histopathologic sections, serologic diagnosis of fungal infections, and identification of yeasts and yeast­like fungi, hyaline and dematiaceous molds, dimorphic fungi, dermatophytes, organisms that cause opportunistic fungal infections, and agents of chromoblastomycosis, my­cetoma, and phaeohyphomycosis. This workshop would be beneficial for personnel from clinical laboratories of any size who are involved in the recovery and identification of fungi in clinical specimens.

Program Director: Glenn D. Roberts, Ph.D.

M a y 9 t o l l , 1 9 9 0 Marketing a n d Sel l ing Your Hospital Laboratory Rochester , Minnesota To compete for today's ever-decreasing health-care dollars, successful hospitals are developing and improving their laboratory outreach programs in the midst of legislative uncertainty and strong competition. This intensive semi­nar will provide a realistic overview of the marketing, sales, and legislative issues relative to such programs. The following topics will be presented: marketing basics, in­cluding market surveys, target markets, needs assessment, and the development of a marketing mix; how to apply the principles of marketing to your hospital laboratory; basic selling techniques, including an examination of the sales process, feature-benefit analysis, and seven common steps

in the sales cycle; value added-consultative selling; prepar­ing for important legislative changes; and how to launch your own sales effort. Representatives from four regional laboratories will discuss the benefits and pitfalls of develop­ing an outreach program on the basis of their own personal experiences. The workshop is designed for pathologists, laboratory managers, medical technologists, and adminis­trators who are interested in learning how to market and sell the services of their hospital laboratories.

Program Directors: Niems, M.Ed.

Gary Marx, J.D., and Steven C.

J u n e 1 to 2 ,1990 Morphology and Immunocytochemistry of

Body Fluids Rochester , Minnesota This conference, appropriate for pathologists, medical tech­nologists, and laboratory technicians who process or re­view Wright stained fluids, will address cytologic changes in both neoplastic and nonneoplastic diseases involving the body cavities. Immunocytochemical stains helpful in the difficult morphologic differential diagnoses will also be discussed. Participants will receive current information on routine cytology, the use of Wright's stain for serous effusions, immunocytochemistry as an aid in distinguish­ing benign from malignant tumors, and the use of a cytocen-trifuge. The diagnosis of disease states will be discussed in a case presentation format. Kodachrome slides of speci­mens will be mailed to registered participants prior to the seminar. A microscope session featuring one-on-one help from experts will include slides of Wright stained and im­munocytochemical stained specimens from the case presen­tations.

Program Director: Chin-Yang Li, M.D.

For further information, please contact Martha Carey, Regional Laboratory Services, 270 Hilton, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 (507-284-0397).

J u n e 28 to 29,1990 Practical Spirometry Chicago, Il l inois This 2-day course of lectures and discussions, approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for certification in pulmonary function testing, will provide "hands-on" instruction in spirometric testing. (This work­shop will be presented in identical sessions at different times and locations. See subsequent entries.)

Program Director: Paul L. Enright, M.D.

September 20 to21,1990 Pract ical Spirometry Seattle , Washington See June 28 entry.

November 8 to 9 ,1990 Practical Spirometry Scottsdale , Arizona See June 28 entry.

For further information regarding the spirometry course, please contact Ginny Allie, Mayo Pulmonary Services, 432 Plummer Building, Rochester, MN 55905 (507-284-8403; outside Minnesota, 800-533-1653).