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18A JUNE 2002 THE JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

ty examinations may complete applica-tions online during the registration pe-riods for new applicants. Therequirements for online applicationsmay be found on the American Boardof Pediatrics (ABP) Web site:www.abp.org or may be obtained bycontacting the ABP. Additional infor-mation including eligibility require-ments and registration dates may alsobe found on the ABP Web site.

General Pediatrics ExaminationExamination Date: October 14-15,

2002.Subspecialty ExaminationsPediatric Cardiology, Pediatric

Critical Care Medicine, and Pedi-atric Pulmonology

Examination Date: August 19, 2002.Medical ToxicologyExamination Date: October 26,

2002.Developmental-Behavioral Pedi-

atrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine,Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, andPediatric Rheumatology

Examination Date: November 18,2002.

Scheduled meetings

July 2002

Children’s Hospital Medical Cen-ter, Division of Pediatric Gastroen-terology and Nutrition, Cincinnati,Ohio, “24th Annual Aspen Confer-ence on Pediatric Disease: PediatricLiver Disease and Liver Transplanta-tion,” Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado,July 21-26, 2002. For further infor-mation, please contact: The Institutefor Pediatric Medical Education(www.PedMedEd.com) or PamBallinger, 17000 Commerce Pkwy,Ste C, Mt Laurel, NJ 08054; phone:856-642-4439; fax: 856-439-0525.

October 2002

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute,“XXIV Inter-American Course inClinical Ophthalmology,” Hotel Inter-continental, 100 Chopin Plaza, Miami,Florida, USA, October 27-30, 2002.Credit: No AMA CME Credits. Forfurther information, please contact:Coordinator; phone: 305-326-6110;

fax: 305-326-6518; E-mail: [email protected]; Web site:www.bpei.med.miami.edu.

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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund iscurrently accepting applications for its2003 Charles E. Culpeper Scholar-ships in Medical Science Program designed to support the career devel-opment of academic physicians. Dead-line for applications is August 15,2002. Awards will be announced inJanuary 2003 for activation on orabout July 1, 2003. Application formsand instructions may be obtained bycontacting the Rockefeller BrothersFund, 437 Madison Avenue, 37th Fl,New York, NY 10022-7001; phone:212-812-4200; fax: 212-812-4299; Website: www.rbf.org.

2002 Certifying Examinationsof The American Board of Pediatrics

First-time applicants using fellow-ship training to qualify for subspecial-

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