Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. X - n. 2 - June1997

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2ND EUROPEAN TISSUE REPAIR SOCIETY
(ETRS) CONSENSUS MEETING
21-22 August 1997, Freiburg, Germany

Topics:

  • Skin replacement and wound healing
  • Tissue engineering: replacement of detective
  • Tissue by cell culture
  • Gene therapy in tissue repair
  • Innovative dressing
  • Tissue engineering and biomaterials

For further information contact:
Prof. Dr Med. G. Bj6m Stark, Chairman Dept. of Plastic and Hand
Surgery, University of Freiburg Medical Center
Hugsetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
Tel.: 49-761-270-2817
Fax: 49-761-270-2501
E-mail: stark@chii.ukl.uni-freiburg.de

 

37TH WORLD CONGRESS SURGERY
INTERNATIONAL SURGICAL WEEK 1997
24-30 August 1997, Acapulco, Mexico

For further information contact:
Congress Secretariat 15W97, B.P.Servimed S.A. de CX
Insurgentes Sur 1188-5' piso
Col. del Valle, 03210 Mexico D.F., Mexico
Tel.: +525 575 99 31 or +525 575 98 61
Fax: +525 559 94 97
E-mail: 7417.1434@compuserve.com

 

EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
7-10 September 1997, Paris, France

For further information contact:
Mrs S. Smitz-de Smet, 40 Avenue Joseph Wybran, B- 1070, Brussels
Tel.:3225295829
Fax:3225270062
E-mail: esicm@pophost.eunet.be

 

THE FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE PAN-ARAB ASSOCIATION
FOR BURNS AND PLASTIC SURGERY (PABPS)
THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE SYRIAN
ESTHETIC RECONSTRUCTIVE
AND BURN ASSOCIATION (SERBA)
14-17 September 1997, Aleppo, Syria

Topics:

  • New trends in plastic and aesthetic surgery
  • Head and neck surgery
  • Reconstruction of the upper and lower extremity
  • Burn management and prevention
  • Disaster and emergency medicine
  • Congenital deformities

For further information contact:
President of PABPS: Dr A. Dayoub, Aleppo, Syria
Tel.: (963-21) 641501/2 or 218044
Fax: (963-21) 644900 P.O. Box: 6657 or
LUNA TRAVEL & TOURISM Mr Mahmoud Issa, Damascus, Syria
Tel.: (963-11) 2227247 or 2248887
Fax: (963-11) 2239606 P.O. Box: 7269

 

EUROPEAN BURNS ASSOCIATION
7TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
18-20 September 1997, Leuven, Belgium

Topics:

  • First-week treatment
  • Fluid therapy
  • Keratinocytes
  • Inhalation injury
  • Typical aspects of Burns in children
  • Pain treatment

For further information contact:
W.D. Boeckx, M.D., Ph.D., Local Organizer
Burns Unit
University Hospital Gasthuisberg
Herestruat 49, 3000 Leuven - Belgium
Tel.: +32. 16. 348721; Fax: +32. 16348723

 

WADEM
10TH WORLD CONGRESS
ON EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MEDICINE
24-27 September 1997, Mainz, Germany

Topics:

  • National emergency and disaster preparedness
  • International actions and disasters
  • Research, training and prospectives
  • New equipment, techniques and concepts
  • Manpower in disaster medicine
  • Special patient groups in disasters
  • Social and psychological impact of disasters
  • Other section on total disaster management

For further information contact:
Ernesto Pretto M.D.
Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
University of Pittsburgh, 3434 5tb Ave.
Suite 243, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
Tel.: 412 383-1904
Fax: 412 624-0943

 

THE 11TH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF
BURNS AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
24-28 September 1997, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Topics:

  • Advances in burns treatment
  • Prevention and treatment of post-combustional sequelae
  • Varia (including aesthetic surgery)

For further information contact:
Dr Georgescu Alexandru
Spitalul Clinic de Recuperare
Clinica Chirurgie Plastica
3400 Cluj-Napoca
Str. Vijilor Nr. 46-50 - Jud. Cluj
Tel.: 00-40-0-64-124620
Fax: 00-40-64-191850

 

6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SECTION OF THE ISSA
FOR THE PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL
RISKS IN THE IRON AND METAL INDUSTRY
20-22 October 1997, Barcelona, Spain

Topics:

  • Management, organization and control
  • Occupational hygiene
  • Assessment methods
  • Support provided for small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Other current problems and solutions

For further information contact:
Asociasôil para la Prevenciôn de Accidentes (APA)
Echaide, 4
E-200 San Sebastiàn, Spain
Tel.: +34-43-421752
Fax: +34-43-429132

 

SECOND IBEROLATINO-AMERICAN BURN CONGRESS
21-25 October 1997, Acapulco, Mexico

For further information contact:
Tuxpan #27, 5° piso, Col. Roma
C.P. 06760, Mexico, D.F.
Tel.: 525-264-70-99
Fax: 525-564-24-96

 

CEMEC
EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISASTER MEDICINE
REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSES 1997
3-21 November 1997

The following courses willl be held:

3-8 November - Organization of sanitary emergency and first aid in prehospital and major emergencies.
14-15 November - Human rights, humanitarian law and ethics in disaster situations
17-18 November - Burns and fire disasters
19-21 November - Advances in clinical toxicology: environment toxicology and common drug poisonings

For further information coruact:
CEMEC - Secretariat General
Via Scialoja, I - 47031 Rep. San Marino
Tel.:+994535
Fax:903706
Area Code: 0549 (from Italy) - 00378.549 (from other countries)

1998 AWARD
THE TANNER-VANDEPUT-BOSWICK BURN PRIZE

The Tanner-Vandeput Burn Prize (now the Tanner-Vandeput-Boswick Burn Prize) was started in 1984 by Dr J.C. Tanner of Atlanta, Georgia, co-inventor with Dr. Jacques Vandeput of the Tanner-Vandeput mesh dermatome. The Prize was conceived and established to promote the aims of the International Society for Burn Injuries and to motivate individual investigators to perform research, undertake patient care and treatment, and attempt to solve other aspects of the burn problem. In 1984 the ISBI Executive Committee voted to accept Dr Tanner's offer to work with the ISBI in coordinating the Prize, which consists of a cash payment and a gold and diamond pin. The Prize is awarded at each Quadrennial Congress of the ISBI. The International Burn Foundation was created to promote and administer the Prize. In 1991 Dr Tanner requested that the name be changed to the "Tanner Vandeput-Boswick Burn Prize" to reflect the contributions of Dr John Boswick, who has been Chairman of the Foundation Board of Directors since inception. The first award was Presented to Dr Ian Alan Holder of Cincinnati at the 7th ISBI Congress in Melbourne in 1986. The second award was presented to Dr Fortunato Benairn of Buenos Aires at the 8th ISBI Congress in New Delhi in 1990. The third award was presented to Dr John F Burke of Boston at the 9th ISBI Congress in Paris in 1994. The next award will be presented at the 10th ISBI Congress to be held in November in Israel. The Prize consists of a gold pin and a cash payment anticipated to be in excess of $ 100,000. The Prize will go to a person (or persons) who in the opinion of the Prize Committee has made an outstanding contribution to any aspect of the burn field. This could be a specific achievement or might represent a body of work over a period of years. The recipient does not have to be a physician or a member of the ISBI. Nominations for the 1998 Prize may be made by colleagues of those who have made such major contributions, or a candidate may make application on his own behalf. Anyone interested in making a nomination should request an application form from the International Burn Foundation at the address below.
INFORMATION REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR THE 1998 PRIZE:

  1. Completed application
  2. Letter of nomination
  3. Description of work
  4. Current CV
  5. Letters of support from colleagues

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: JANUARY 30,1998

CONTACT: Dr John Boswick
Chairman, Board of Directors International Burn Foundation
P.O. Box 24386
Denver, CO 80224 USA
Phone: (303) 839-1694 Fax: (303) 839-1695

 

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