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November, 2007

(Faculty and Fellows: Please contact your respective societies for instructions…DO NOT REGISTER on the student and resident site.)

Greetings Everyone:

Congratulations on your invitation to present at the Western Regional Meetings in Carmel/Monterey. We are delighted to offer the convenience of on-line registration again this year. All students and residents must pre-register for the conference in order to participate. You have the option to register with a credit card or pay by check if you prefer. You will receive an instant, printable receipt. All of the activities listed where a meal is mentioned are included in your registration fee.

Among our conference activities this year:

Inter Societies Welcoming Cocktail Party held at the Carmel Women's Club Wednesday January 30th 5:30-7:00 p.m. If you arrive on Wednesday afternoon, you are encouraged to join in a faculty "schmooze" in Carmel. (Cocktails and light repast)

Joint Plenary Sessions I and II Thursday January 31st 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:45-4:15 p.m., respectively, held in Carmel at the Pacific Repertory Theater, Golden Bough. All participating societies. (Great place to meet faculty from all sponsoring medical societies and hear the best of the best presentations of the Western Meeting.)

Additionally, the Western Association of Physicians invites interested students and residents to learn "What is New About Obesity" from 2-5 PM on Wednesday, January 30th at the Sunset Center – Carpenter Hall.

You are invited to select one breakfast in our "Breakfast with the Investigator Series" on Friday, OR Saturday morning. There are three topics each day from which you may select the one you will attend. Please select only one of them on Friday, OR Saturday (when prompted in the registration process below). Seating for each of the six options is limited to twenty students or residents only.

"Posters, Pizza, and Beer Session," featuring 20 student subspecialty award-winning posters. This will be held on Thursday evening January 31st, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Monterey Beach Hotel. Many faculty members from the various participating medical societies also attend this event. Your guests are welcome to attend this activity at no additional charge.

Eighth Annual Residents' Luncheon chaired by Dr. Brian Jonas. Residents will host a Residency Application Panel for Medical Students, Saturday, February 2nd, 12- 2 p.m., La Grande Room, Monterey Beach Hotel. Students will have the rare opportunity to meet current residents in the Western Region and get answers to those questions you all have. We welcome the Founding Chair of the Residents' Forum, Dr. Sergio Huerta Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, as our keynote speaker. Dr. Huerta will share his views on "Science, Academics, Medicine, a Life: What does it all mean?"

If you are a resident and are scheduled to present at a scientific venue on Friday, Feb.1 in Carmel, we encourage your participation at the Residents’ Forum on Saturday morning, February 2, at the Monterey Beach Hotel for a second presentation. We are able to accept only the first seven registrants for the Residents’ Forum for this second presentation. INCENTIVE: $500 prize to the best case presentation in the Residents’ Forum. We would also appreciate your participation on the Residents’ Panel for medical students during the Residents’ Luncheon following the Saturday morning Residents’ Forum session. Please email Fran Kissel at fkissel@mednet.ucla.edu by December 30th if you wish to make a second presentation and/or serve on the panel.

Student Awards Banquet Saturday February 2nd 6:30-9:00 p.m., Points Ballroom, Monterey Beach Hotel. We are honored to have Dr. James R. Heath, Professor of Chemistry at Caltech, Professor Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at UCLA, and Director of the National Cancer Institutes of NSB Cancer Center, deliver our keynote address.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS: You must contact the hotel directly to make reservations BY JANUARY 10 to receive the discounted conference rate. Please do so by calling the Monterey Beach Hotel, at (800) 242-8627. OR MAKE YOUR RESERVATION ON LINE: http://www.montereybeachresort.com/group.html GROUP CODE: WSMRF2008.
If you choose to call, be sure to mention that you are with the Western Student Medical Research Forum.

WSMRF and RESIDENTS' FORUM REGISTRATION BEGINS BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK:https://www.acteva.com/go/wsmrf

Please remember to upload your Power-point presentation by the January 23, 2008 DEADLINE. Here is the link:www.glastonburyinc.com, click on the link UPLOAD CENTER AT THE TOP, select "For Doctors Conference Presenters, " and
follow the prompts. If you have questions you may contact ops@glastonburyinc.com or by phone at: 831-583-0880.

TRANSPORTATION: If you plan to fly to the meeting, you may wish to check out www.studentuniverse.com for deeply discounted airfares. Ticket purchases on this site are limited to students (residents included), and faculty. The airport code for Monterey is MRY. The airport code for San Jose is SJC. For those of you who will fly into San Jose, it takes about 1 1/2 hours to make the drive to Monterey. Here is a link to a reasonable shuttle service and their schedules http://www.montereyairbus.com/. (The charge is approximately $30 round trip and reservations are strongly suggested.) For those of you plan to drive, parking at the Monterey Beach Hotel is free with validation.

We wish you a peaceful and joyous holiday season and look forward to meeting you at the end of January.

Fran Kissel and Mary Lambeth

WSMRF Program Co-Directors

Just outside your door at the Monterey Beach Hotel