Southern California Chapter

American College of Surgeons

         
  Abstract Information Form DEADLINE: SEPT. 19, 2008  
 
The Program Committee of the Southern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, requests your participation in the 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting. You are invited to submit an abstract on the clinical or laboratory research project of your choice. Abstracts will now only be accepted via e-mail -- no longer through the mail. Abstracts must conform to the Instructions for Preparation of Abstract, and may not have been submitted to a journal for publication, published previously, or presented at a national or regional meeting prior to the 2009 Chapter meeting. Accepted abstracts will be published in the program. If your abstract is selected for presentation in the General Session, you will be required to submit a manuscript for consideration of publication in The American Surgeon. All participants will be required to register for the meeting.*

ATTENTION RESIDENTS! A cash prize will be awarded for the best paper submitted by and presented by a resident. This must be indicated on the Abstract Form if the paper is to be considered for e the Residents’ Research Award, and include a letter from the Program Director stating that the abstract is primarily the work of, and will be presented by, a resident.

The Program Committee looks forward to receiving your abstract by Friday, September 19, 2008 via e-mail only. No abstracts will be considered for plenary presentation after Sept. 19, 2008.

Shirin Towfigh , MD, FACS
Program Chairman

*There will be no Registration Fee charged to Residents or Medical Students.

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