EACTS Newsletter March 2007

Dear EACTS member 

REPORTS

EACTS Advanced Techniques course in Venice 8-10 March 2007
Read this interesting blog by Tom Treasure following the highly successful meeting.   

Surgical Training and Manpower Committee: This active group is among other things working on a common curriculum in cardiothoracic surgery. Follow the progress by reading this interesting report. 

EACTS PRIZES

The EACTS Thoracic Prize has recently been instituted. It is awarded to a thoracic or cardio-thoracic surgeon with postgraduate training. More  

The Fontan Prize 2007 is awarded to a cardiac or cardio-thoracic surgeon with postgraduate training. More

The amount awarded for both prizes is €30,000. Deadline for submission of applications is 15 April 2007. 

EVENTS

Applied Science for Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, April 19 – 21, 2007, Prague
Deadline for applications is 6 April 2007. More 

Advanced Techniques in Cardiac Surgery, 31 May - 2 June 2007, Krakow, Poland More

21st EACTS Annual meeting, September 15-19, 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract submission is open via this link. We welcome abstracts on thoracic and cardiac topics.  Deadline for abstract submission is 1^st of April.

Register onsite via http://meetings.eacts.org/sections/Reg/index.html 

The Techno-College programme is posted on the website and so are the details of the postgraduate courses and breakfast sessions.

EACTS meeting presentations - NEW POLICY

EACTS council has decided that, for ALL abstracts accepted for presentation in the scientific programme of the EACTS annual meeting (Oral, Forum, DIP, Film), the full paper must be submitted to one of their official journals - EJCTS or ICVTS. This policy will be effective as from Geneva 2007. 

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