Start Date: Thursday, September 13, 2012
End Date: Saturday, September 15, 2012
Time: 1:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Duration: 10 hour(s) and 30 minute(s)
Recurrence: One-time event
Venue: Parkwest Medical Center and Hilton Knoxville
City: Knoxville
State: TN
Country: US
Cost: $200
Company: University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Name: Jennifer Russomanno
Address: 1924 Alcoa Highway
Address 2: D116
City: Knoxville
State: TN
Postal Code: 37920
Country: US
Phone: 865-305-9190
Fax: 865-305-6823
Email: jrussomanno@utmck.edu
Website: www.tennessee.edu/cme/Whittington2012
Program Director(s): John L. Bell, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Description: Some of the top cancer experts in the U.S. will lead discussion in Knoxville during the John W. Whittington, M.D., Endowed Lecture, September 13-15, 2012. The lecture will examine research and treatment of breast, colorectal, melanoma and gynecologic cancers and is approved for 10.5 AMA, ACPE and AAPA credits. Registration and information are available at www.tennessee.edu/cme/Whittington2012. Featured speakers include renowned experts: Charles M. Balch, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center John L. Bell, M.D., F.A.C.S., UT Graduate School of Medicine, UT Medical Center Cancer Institute Jordan Berlin, M.D., Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center George J. Chang, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., MD Anderson Cancer Center Mitchell H. Goldman, M.D., F.A.C.S., UT Graduate School of Medicine Larry C. Kilgore, M.D., F.A.C.S., UT Medical Center Minetta C. Liu, M.D., Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Edward E. Partridge, M.D., Director, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Lawrence Solin, M.D., F.A.C.R., F.A.S.T.R.O., Albert Einstein Medical Center and Vernon K. Sondak, M.D., H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. An evening reception and CME-certified keynote presentation by Dr. Balch will take place on September 13 at Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville. Full conference sessions will commence on September 14-15 at Hilton Knoxville. The 2012 Whittington Lecture is appropriate for healthcare professionals practicing in dermatology, family medicine, gastroenterology, gynecology, internal medicine, oncology, pathology, radiology as well as pharmacists and others involved in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. After the adjournment of the conference, registered conference participants and guests are invited to attend a tailgate hosted by UT Medical Center prior to the UT Volunteers vs. Florida Gators football game on Saturday, September 15. Additionally, a limited number of complimentary tickets to the football game will be available to registered conference participants. Full details are available at www.tennessee.edu/cme/Whittington2012. The John W. Whittington, M.D., Endowed Lecture is presented by the University of Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institute, the UT Graduate School of Medicine and Department of Surgery, Knoxville, and is directed by John L. Bell, M.D. For more information, visit www.tennessee.edu/cme/Whittington2012.
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