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AMERICAN SOCIETY

FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

Officers

George E. Orner, President Alfred B. Swanson, President-elect Harry J. Buncke, Vice-president Richard J. Smith, Secretary John W. Madden, Treasurer

Annual meeting

Council

Adrian E. Flatt Harold E. Kleinert Robert M. McFarlane Richard J. Burton Michael E. Jabaley Morton Spinner

Central office

American Society for Surgery of the Hand Three Parker Place, Suite 233 2600 South Parker Road Aurora, Colorado 80232

Phone: (303) 755-4588

The Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand will be held at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, February 19 to 21,1979. All interested professional personnel are invited to attend the scientific sessions and discussion panels. Registration will be at the Fairmont, beginning at 6 P.M. on Sunday, February 18, 1979. A preliminary program will be available upon request after October 15, 1979.

Continuing education courses Date

Feb 19-21, 1979

Mar 28-31, 1979

May 3-5, 1979

Sep 17-19, 1979

Oct 1-3, 1979

Oct 18-20, 1979

Location

San Francisco, CA

Philadelphia, PA

Long Boat Key, FL

Ann Arbor, MI

Kiowa Island Resort, SC

Grand Rapids, MI (Blodgett Memo­rial Hospitality Motor Inn)

Title of course or meeting

34th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Hand rehabilitation correlated with hand surgery

Primary care of hand injuries­the hand after trauma

Anatomy and function as related to trauma of the hand

Primary care of hand injuries­surface and physiological anatomy, general principles, and specific injuries

Implant surgery for the joints and tendons in the hand

Chairman

Drs. J ames Hunter and Lawrence Schneider, and Evelyn Makin, L.P.T.

Drs. Francis M. Howard, and Paul Wallace

Dr. Dean S. Louis

Drs. Sigurd Sandzen, Jr., and Gordon McFar­land, Jr.

Dr. Alfred B. Swanson

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March 28-31, 1979 Hand rehabilitation correlated with hand surgery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Benjamin Franklin Hotel) Drs. James Hunter and Lawrence Schneider and Evelyn

Makin, L.P.T., course chairmen This symposium and workshop is designed to present to the physician and therapist a unique opportunity to cor­relate the concepts, indications, surgical techniques, and preoperative and postoperative care of the injured and disabled hand. Credit: 25 hours, category I.

May 3-5, 1979 Primary care of hand injuries-the hand

after trauma Long Boat Key, Florida (Colony Beach and Tennis

Resort) Drs. Francis M. Howard and Paul Wallace, course

chairmen This course is designed for all physicians who treat acute hand trauma, including emergency physicians, general practitioners, orthopaedic surgeons, general surgeons, and plastic surgeons. The course is designed specifically for the physician who deals with upper ex­tremity problems but who has not received extensive training in surgery of the hand. Functional anatomy, general principles of wound treatment, and specific injuries are emphasized. Workshops will be divided according to individual specialty problems. Credit: 18 hours, category I.

October 1-3, 1979 Primary care of hand injuries-surface and

physiological anatomy, general principles, and specific injuries

Kiowa Island Resort, South Carolina Drs. Sigurd C. Sandzen, Jr., and Gordon B. McFar-

land, Jr., course chairmen This course is designed for all physicians who treat acute hand trauma, including emergency room physi­cians, general practitioners , orthopaedic surgeons, general surgeons, and plastic surgeons. The course is designed specifically for the physician who deals with upper extremity problems but who has not received formal training in surgery of the hand. Functional anat­omy, general principles of wound treatment, and spe­cific injuries will be emphasized.

October 18-20, 1979 Implant surgery for the joints and tendons

in the hand Grand Rapids, Michigan (Blodgett Memorial Hospital

and the Hospitality Motor Inn) Dr. Alfred B. Swanson, course chairman This is a unique and dynamic symposium which uses live, closed-circuit color television as the main teaching

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aid for anatomical, surgical, and clinical demon­strations of implant surgery of the hand. The goal of this 21,6 day course is to correlate concepts, indications, techniques, anatomical and physiological considera­tions, and the potential pitfalls of implant surgery of joints and tendons in the hand. The program will cover all aspects of the field, including basic science and clinical considerations. The format will include de­tailed lectures, live surgical demonstrations, patient presentation, and audience-participation discussion periods.

As an organization accredited for continuing medical education, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand certifies that these continuing medical education activities meet the criteria for credit hours in category 1 of the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.

For further infonnation about the continuing education courses sponsored by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, write to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Three Parker Place, Suite 233, 2600 South Parker Rd., Aurora, CO 80232 [(303) 755-4588]'

~ennbers' nnid-year nneeting

The 1978 Members' Mid-Year Meeting was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 6 and 7. The scientific program was attended by 130 members.

Papers presented at the meeting Wrist problems, a symposium moderated by Donald C.

Ferlic, M.D., and Lee W. Milford, M.D.: I. Nonunion fractured scaphoid

William P. Cooney , M.D. 2. Rotary subluxation of the scaphoid

Morton H. Leonard, M.D. 3. Triscaphium

H. Kirk Watson, M.D.

4. Intercarpal arthrodesis Martin A. Posner, M.D .

5. Intercarpal arthrodesis for kienbocks Harold M. Dick, M.D.

6. Operative technique for stabilization of silicone carpal bone implants Alfred B. Swanson, M.D.

Pain and psychiatric problems, a symposium moderated

by Mack L. Clayton, M.D., and Robert 1. Schultz, M.D.: 7. Treatment of the painful extremity with drugs

William F. Benson, M.D.