WESTERN REGIONAL MEETING AT A GLANCE

Carmel, California

January 30-February 2, 2008

TIME

ACTIVITY & LOCATION

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Faculty and Fellow Registration

Entry Lobby – Sunset Center

Student and Resident Registration

Monterey Beach Hotel – Captain’s Table Room

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

CME certified

What Is New About Obesity?

Sponsored by WAP

Sunset Center – Carpenter Hall

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm

WAP Business Meeting

Sunset Center – Carpenter Hall

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Welcoming Cocktail Party

Jointly sponsored by

WAFMR, WAP, WSCI, WSPR, and WSMRF

Carmel Women’s Club

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

7:00 am – 11:00 am

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Faculty and Fellow Registration

Pacific Repertory Theater – Golden Bough

Student and Resident Registration

Monterey Beach Hotel – Captain’s Table

8:30 am – 11:45 am

CME certified

WAFMR, WSCI, WAP, and WSPR Joint Plenary Session I

WSPR Ross Young Investigator Research Award

WAP Distinguished Lectureship

WSCI Mayo Soley Award

Pacific Repertory Theater – Golden Bough

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

New Investigator Workshops

(Intended for Fellows and Jr. Faculty Lunch included)

Sunset Center – Bingham #3

Grant Writing 101

John C. Rutledge, University of California, Davis

Sunset Center – Chapman #4

Manuscript Writing 101

TBD

1:45 pm – 4:15 pm

CME certified

WAFMR, WSCI, WAP, and WSPR Joint Plenary Session II

WSPR David W. Smith Pediatric Trainee Research Award

WSPR Lowell Glasgow Student Research Award

WSPR Stanley Wright Memorial Lecture

E.E. Osgood Award

WAFMR Outstanding Investigator Award

WSCI Outstanding Investigator Award

Pacific Repertory – Golden Bough

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm

WSCI Business Meeting

Pacific Repertory Theater – Golden Bough

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm

WSPR Business Meeting

Pacific Repertory Theater – Golden Bough

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Developmental Biology Club

Church of the Wayfarer

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Student Subspecialty Award Session: Posters, Pizza and Beer

Monterey Beach Hotel – La Grande Room

All welcome and encouraged to attend

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Cardiovascular Club

Il Forniao – Pine Inn

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

West Coast Endocrine Club

Carmel Room – La Playa Hotel

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Western Kidney Club

Il Forniao – Pine Inn

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008

 

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

7:00 am – 11:00 am

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Faculty and Fellow Registration

Entry Lobby – Sunset Center

Student and Resident Registration

Monterey Beach Hotel – Captain’s Table Room

CTS Credit Sign In Registration

Carmel Women's Club

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast-with-the-Investigator

Monterey Beach Hotel – La Grande Room

8:30 am – 12:00 noon

CME certified

Concurrent Sessions

Behavior and Development – Bingham #3, Sunset Center

Cardiovascular I – Il Forniao, Pine Inn

Endocrinology I – Room #6, Sunset Center

Genetics – Rehearsal Room, Sunset Center

Health Care Research I – Promenade Lobby, Sunset Center

Hematology and Oncology I – Studio 105, Sunset Center

Metabolism I – Carlson Hall, Church of the Wayfarer

Neonatal – Pulmonary – All Saints Church Sanctuary

Neonatology – General I – All Saints Church Auditorium

Neuroscience I – Conductor's Room, Sunset Center

Pulmonary and Critical Care I – Carmel Women’s Club

Surgery I – Green Room, Sunset Center

8:30 am – 11:30 am

Student Scientific Session I

Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Monterey Beach Hotel – Pt. Cabrillo

8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Student Scientific Session II

Aging, Behavior, and Development

Monterey Beach Hotel – Pt. Alones

8:30 am – 11:45 am

CME certified

Student Scientific Session III

Infectious Diseases

Sunset Center – Chapman #4

8:30 am – 11:15 am

CME certified

Student Scientific Session IV

Developmental Biology and Metabolism

Sunset Center – Carpenter Hall

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Society Officers Planning Luncheon Meeting

(invited attendees only)

La Playa Hotel

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

New Investigator Workshops

(Intended for Fellows and Jr. Faculty Lunch included)

Sunset Center – Bingham #3

Grant Writing 101

John C. Rutledge, University of California, Davis

Sunset Center – Chapman #4

Manuscript Writing 101

TBD

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

CME certified

Concurrent Sessions

Adolescent Medicine and General Pediatrics – Carpenter Hall, Sunset Center

Cardiovascular II – Il Forniao, Pine Inn

Gastroenterology and Hepatology I – Green Room, Sunset Center

Health Care Research II – Promenade Lobby, Sunset Center

Immunology and Rheumatology I – Studio 105, Sunset Center

Infectious Diseases – Room #6, Sunset Center

Metabolism II – Carlson Hall, Church of the Wayfarer

Morphogenesis and Malformations – Rehearsal Room, Sunset Center

Neonatology – General II – All Saints Church Auditorium

Nephrology and Hypertension – Conductor's Room, Sunset Center

1:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Student Scientific Session V

Neuroscience and Health Care

Monterey Beach Hotel – Pt. Cabrillo

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Student Scientific Session VI

Surgery I

Monterey Beach Hotel – Pt. Alones

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

California Thoracic Society – Session I

Managing Severe Asthma

Pulmonary Complications of Rheumatic Diseases

Keynote Lecture: Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: Diagnosis And Management

Carmel Women’s Club

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Dysmorphology Club

Carpenter Hall – Sunset Center

6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

CME certified

Jr. Faculty and Fellow Subspecialty Scholars Award Event

Entry Lobby – Sunset Center

(by invitation only)

6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Western Metabolism Club

Rehearsal Room – Sunset Center

6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Western Perinatal Club

La Playa Hotel – Carmel Room

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

CTS Social Hour and Dinner

La Playa Hotel

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2008

 

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

7:00 am – 11:00 am

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Faculty and Fellow Registration

Entry Lobby – Sunset Center

Student and Resident Registration

Monterey Beach Hotel – Captain’s Table Room

CTS Registration

Carmel Women's Club

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast-with-the-Investigator

Monterey Beach Hotel – La Grande Room

8:30 am – 12:00 pm

CME certified

Concurrent Sessions

Cardiovascular III – Il Forniao, Pine Inn

Endocrinology II – Room #6, Sunset Center

Gastroenterology and Hepatology II – Promenade Lobby, Sunset Center

Hematology and Oncology II Studio 105, Sunset Center

Immunology and Rheumatology II – Chapman #4, Sunset Center

Metabolism III – Carlson Hall, Church of the Wayfarer

Neonatology – Developmental Biology –All Saints Church, Auditorium

Neuroscience II – Conductor's Room, Sunset Center

Pulmonary and Critical Care II – Carmel Women’s Club

Surgery II – Green Room, Sunset Center

8:30 am – 11:45 am

Student Scientific Session VII

Health Care Research and Community Medicine

Monterey Beach Hotel – Pt. Cabrillo

8:30 am – 11:45am

Student Scientific Session VIII

Surgery II

Monterey Beach Hotel – Pt. Alones

8:30 am – 10:45 am

CME certified

Student Scientific Session IX

Cardiology

Sunset Center – Bingham #3

8:30 am – 11:00 am

CME certified

Student Scientific Session X

Hematology and Oncology

Sunset Center – Rehearsal Room

8:30 am – 11:15 am

CME certified

Student Scientific Session XI

Neonatal and Pulmonary

Sunset Center – Carpenter Hall

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Residents’ Forum

Monterey Beach Hotel – Pt. Pinos

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Residents' Luncheon and Residency
Application Panel for Medical Students

Invited Speaker: Sergio Huerta, University of Texas Southwestern

"Science, Academics, Medicine, A Life: What Does It All Mean?"

Monterey Beach Hotel – La Grande Room

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm

California Thoracic Society – Session II

Managing Sarcoidosis

Childhood Antecedents of Adult Pulmonary Disease

CTS Master Clinician Lecture:

Evidence-Based Guidelines For Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Carmel Women’s Club

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

WSMRF Committee Meeting

Monterey Beach Hotel – Captain’s Table

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Western Student Medical Research Forum Awards Banquet

Monterey Beach Hotel – Points Ballroom