Friday, January 20, 2012
AAPS Workshop on “Thrive – Not Just Survive XV: Building a Healthy Independent Practice.” Orleans Hotel and Casino, 4500 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89103. Workshop 12:50-5:30pm; Reception, Briefing & Dinner 6:00-8:30pm. Sponsored by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a voice for private physicians since 1943. Register at www.aapsonline.org/lasvegas.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
12th Annual Guze Symposium on Alcoholism, “College-Age Drinking: A Report Card.” Washington University Medical Center in the Eric P. Newman Education Center, St. Louis, MO. Please visit http://alcoholdependence.wustl.edu for the registration brochure and additional information. Registration deadline: January 31, 2012
March 30-April 1, 2012
154th MSMA Annual Convention, Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel, 9801 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63134. Sponsored by the Missouri State Medical Association. For information, visit http://www.msma.org/mx/hm.asp?id=AnnualConvention.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
MPA Day at the MSMA Annual Convention, Schedule: 9am-11am, MPA Executive Council Meeting. 11:30am to 1:30pm, Psychiatry Specialty Program on “When Disaster Strikes: Psychiatric Services to the Rescue.” 2pm-4pm, MPA Membership Business Meeting. For the Psychiatry specialty program, Carol S. North MD, MPE will speak on “After the Unthinkable: Disaster Psychiatry 101” and Syed Arshad Husain MD, FRCPsych, FRCP(C) will follow on “Trauma, Resiliency and Recovery in Children: Lessons from the Field.” MPA Day is sponsored by Missouri Psychiatric Association. There is no registration fee for the specialty session. See page 1 for a complete description of MPA Day at the MSMA Annual Convention. For more information, contact Rebecca DeFilippo at RDefilippo@aol.com or (636) 326-6326.
May 5-9, 2012
165th APA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia. Sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association. For information, visit http://www.philadelphiausa.travel/apa.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
NAMI St. Louis Community Walk for Mental Illness Awareness, Upper Muny Parking Lot in Forest Park, St. Louis, Mo. 5K & 1 Mile walks, check-in at 8am, start time at 9am. Please mail matching gifts and offline donations to NAMI St. Louis, 1750 South Brentwood Blvd., Suite 511, St. Louis, MO 63144. For more information about this event, please contact Nathan Martin, 2012 Walk Manager, nmartin@namistl.org, (314) 962-3347 or visit http://www.namistl.org and www.nami.org/namiwalks/mo.