The Goal of the Conference: This conference is designed to connect medical personnel and support staff with an involvement or interest in surgical trips to developing nations.  The goal is to promote best practices for patient care and effective trip organization considering cultural variables and resource management.   

Conference Description: The conference will include opportunities to network with local and national teams and organizations that do surgical trips.  Large group presentations in the morning will provide information on issues of interest to all team members.  Smaller focus sessions in the afternoon will be devoted topics of interest to specific disciplines as well as several cross-disciplinary topics.

Conference Date:    

        Saturday, February 9, 2008

       from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm 

       

 

 

Conference Site: 

        Neighborhood House Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for           Community Building

        179 East Robie Street

        Saint Paul, Minnesota  

Target Audience:  Physicians, Nurses, Speech-language pathologists, Audiologists, Physician Assistants, as well as students and residents

 

Registration Fees:

Registration for Students:                               $25.00

Early Registration for Professionals:          $90.00  

Professional Fee after January 1, 2008    $110.00 

Walk-In Registration on the day of the conference accepted.


For further information please contact:

        Ann Derr   at:       annderr@gmail.com

Conference Planning committee:

Steve Anderson, MD 

Jane Carlstrom, Audiologist 

Jennifer Cullen, SLP 

Ann Derr, SLP

Marilyn Fairchild, SLP 

Jamie Falinski

David Hamlar, MD 

Lindsey Hagstrom, Medical Student 

Denise Joyce, SLP

Anne Lampe, RN

Nathan McLean, Medical Student

Ken McMillan, MD 

Karlind Moller, SLP

Karl Nelsen, P.A.

Kelly Nett Corder0, SLP

Eric Nygren, Anesthesiologist 

Sue Pepin, RN 

Naomi Quillopa, RN

Warren Schubert, MD

Anna Thurmes, SLP