American College of Surgeons 90th Annual Clinical Congress

Press Information

The deadline for press preregistation for the 2004 Clinical Congress has passed. You may register on site in the American College of Surgeons Press Room provided you meet the appropriate criteria set forth by the College. Please bring appropriate business identification and a copy of a bylined publication. The Clinical Congress Press Room is located in the College Office section at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

Qualifications for Press Credentials

About the Clinical Congress

The American College of Surgeons will present its 90th Clinical Congress, October 10-14, 2004 at the Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Boulevard, New Orleans, LA. The event will feature 41 postgraduate courses, more than 300 hours of general and specialty sessions, and hundreds of scientific exhibits and technical exhibits from a wide variety of companies. The Surgical Forum, a three-day presentation featuring 247 research-in-progress reports, is another highlight of the meeting. This year's Congress promises to be an outstanding event, with timely programs and sessions on topics such as: the application of robotic surgery in all surgical specialties; advances in the recognition and treatment of sepsis and shock; specialty coverage in trauma centers: can trauma centers survive?; and gene silencing: a new frontier for surgical scientists and its clinical implications. The preliminary Clinical Congress program can now be searched online through the American College of Surgeons Web site. We will continue to post updated program information online throughout the summer and fall until the meeting begins.

Other Details

The Press Room, exhibit hall, and majority of the scientific sessions will be at the Morial Convention Center. If you require hotel accommodations, we encourage you to make your reservations early. You can request a housing form through the mail on the linked application for press credentials, or you may book hotel accommodations for the 2004 Clinical Congress through the Internet. Visit the American College of Surgeons Travel Page.

For further information, contact Sally Garneski, Manager, Public Information/Electronic Publishing, or Cory Petty, Senior Public Information Assistant, in the ACS Office of Public Information.

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