Tuesday, October 12, 2004

ACS Clinical Congress

Well fellow bloggers, I am at the 90th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. The meeting seems better organized than in previous years. Also, being in such a large convention center makes the meeting seem roomier. No problems from the fire marshall like in S.F. Well, the idea of the Sunday convocation seems to make much more sense than having it on Thursday. The exhibits are as good as usual. Some very interesting sessions so far. The session on the surgeon and the law was quite good. Today I went to the session put on by the informatics committee. There is really great potential for the college in this arena; especially for education. The scientific posters were a pleasant surprise now that they are being reviewed rather than just accepted automatically. Another session I attended was by the program committee on tissue adhesives. This was a very well done scientific session. Also, went to the Scudder oration by Richardson. He obviously had fun doing the review, but I was shocked that he omitted any mention of the hemostatic products such as fibrin sealants. Anyway, two more days to go then back to work. JTE.

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