AAST This Month

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February 2008, Volume 64,

Number 2

Table of Contents

Acute Care Surgery
Program Application form, curriculum and program requirements information for graduate medical education.
AAST Research and Education Foundation offers scholarships in post-residency research in the fields of trauma, burns and acute care surgery.

August 2008

*** NEW*** 67th AAST Meeting - ABSTRACTS AVAILABLE
The 2008 oral and poster (poster session I and session II) abstracts are available.  

The scientific program schedule is available.  To view the schedule, click here. The oral abstracts and posters will be available soon. To view the preliminary program, please click here.

67th AAST Meeting - ADDITIONAL HOTEL BLOCK
The AAST hotel room block for the Grand Wailea Resort is full.  AAST has contracted with the Wailea Marriott for another block of rooms. The AAST block at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort and Spa group's nightly rate is $255 single/double for a Terrace room and $285 single/double for an ocean room, plus taxes and a $25 nightly resort services fee. Reservations can be made by calling 800-367-2960 or 808-879-1922. Reservations must be made by August 23rd.   Please click here to be directed to the online reservations system. Please click here to be directed to the hotel section of the AAST website.   

67th AAST Meeting - Registration Open
Online registration is now open.  A registration form that is a PDF fill-in form is also online.  Please click here to go to the registration page.

AAST Approves Two Sites as Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Training Sites
The Acute Care Surgery Committee and the AAST Board of Managers  has approved two sites: University of Nevada School of Medicine and University of Colorado School of Medicine (Denver Health Medical Center) as Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Training Sites.  A third site visit is planned for June.  Click the link in the next paragraph to fill out your Program Application Form (PAF).    

Acute Care Surgery Program Application Form and Information Book Online
The Acute Care Surgery Committee has completed the Program Application Form (PAF) and Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Acute Care Surgery. To download the book, please click on the Acute Care Surgery button on the right hand side, or click here.