Annals of the MBC - vol. 3 - n' 4 - December 1990

1The scientific programme includes:

Epidemiology, disaster management Data collection, morbidity - mortality First aid, resuscitation Metabolism, nutrition Infection, immunology and bacteriology Intensive care: respiratory problems, multiple organ failure. management Burn management in infants and children Burn wound: early excision, topical agents Skin substitutes: cultured epidermis, reconstituted dermis, homografts, xenografts, alloplastic material Special plastic problems: face, eyes, mouth, hands, feet, perineum, sexual organs Reconstructive surgery: late sequelae, transplants, naps, microsurgery, expanders Burn nursing: physiotherapy, ergotherapy Psychotherapy Prostheses Poster presentations Video presentations

Burn management past, present and future
Economics of burn care
Skin substitutes
Immunology
Disaster Management
Data collection

For further information please contact:
Mrs. Catherine Baer
Service de Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructive
CHUV
CH 10 11 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel: (021) 3144656
Tx: 455012 - Fax: (021) 3143181

The scientific programme includes:
- prevention
- reconstruction
- rehabilitation
- disaster medicine
- immunology

For further information contact:
Dr Jaroslav Blaha, Congress President,
Bum Center, Industra Hospital
04015 Kosice - Sala, Czechoslovakia

Under the auspices of.

- Société Internationale de Chirurgie
- Surgical Infection -Society
- American Bum Association
- European Burn Association
- ISBI

For further information contact:
Dr Eugen Faist
Ludwig Maximilians University
Klinikum Grosshadern; Dept. of Surgery
P.O. Box 701260: D-8000
Munich, West Germany

The scientific programme includes:
- wound healing
- wound management
- burn care

For further information contact:
Dr John Boswick
2005 Franklin St. 660
Denver, Co 80205 USA (303) 839-1694

The scientific programme includes:
- trauma
- disaster
- toxicology
- psychosocial
- prehospital
- analgesia / anesthesia
- disaster simulation

For further information contact:
7th WCEDM secretenat
Ms. Ursula Schwarz
Kush Medical Communication
6100 Montevideo Road, Unit 61
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
L5N 2N8 - Tel.: (416) 821-3541
- Fax: (416) 821-8863

By law n. 57 of June 14th 1983 the Sicilian Regional Assembly authorized the President of the Region to grant the "Giuseppe Whitaker Foundation", a non-profit-making organization under the patronage of the Accademia dei Lincei, with seat in Palermo, an annual contribution for the establishment of a "G. Whitaker International Burns Prize" aimed at recognizing the activity of the most qualified experts from all countries in the field of burns pathology and treatment.
The amount of the prize is fixed at twenty million Italian lire.
The prize will be awarded every year by the month of June at the Palermo seat of the G. Whitaker Foundation.
The adjudicating committee is composed of the President of the Foundation, the President of the Sicilian Region, the Representative of the Accademia dei Lincei within the Foundation, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Palermo University, the President of the Italian Society of Plastic Surgery, and a legal expert in the burns field nominated in agreement with the President of the Region as a guarantee of the respect for the scientific purpose which the legislators intended to achieve when establishing the prize.

Anyone who considers himself to be qualified to compete for the award may send by January 3 1 st 19 9 1 his detailed curriculum vitae to: Dr. Michele Masellis M.D., Secretary-Member of the Scientific Committee G. Whitaker Foundation, Via Dante 167 - 90141 Palermo - Italy.