CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

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PCSA ABSTRACT DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Dear Fellow Member:

This is the call for abstracts for the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association to be held at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, from February 13-16, 2009. The Program Committee encourages submission of your scientific contributions for presentation and publication in the Archives of Surgery. The Archives reaches nearly 22, 000 readers in over 70 countries each month and our papers enjoy the shortest time from presentation to publication of any major meeting.

All Abstracts will be submitted electronically. Click below to access the electronic form:

ABSTRACT FORM

All paper and posters presenters are responsible for the registration fee and travel expenses.

Newly revised CME regulations now dictate that all interested presenters submitting an abstract must turn in a completed Faculty Disclosure Form before the abstract can be given consideration by the Program Committee. At the time of submission, please complete the attached Disclosure Form and return electronically with your abstract:

DISCLOSURE FORM

A number of excellent Abstracts submitted each year are not accepted for presentation because of time limitations. Therefore, for the Poster Session in the 2009 program, please indicate on the abstract form if you do not wish your abstract to be considered for poster presentation. Poster presentations will be given in PowerPoint format and each presenter will be given three minutes to present followed by Q&A.

Abstract Submission Instructions

• Abstracts must be submitted in the "structured" format of the Archives of Surgery (Please access the Archives of Surgery website <http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/ifora_current.dtl> for the most recent version of Instructions for Authors).
• Abstracts must conform to the exact size and format specifications noted on the Abstract Submission Form.
• Abstracts too brief, or those containing insufficient data, will not be favorably considered by the Program Committee. Abstracts should be kept to 250 words.
• Do not reference any hospital or institution in the body of the abstract as abstracts are blinded to the reviewers.
• Do not reference any other identifiers in the abstract or title.
• Abstracts should not contain data submitted elsewhere concurrently or previously published, with the exception of the Surgical Forum.
• Return Abstract Submission: Via email to PCSA@facs.org.
• Return the Faculty Disclosure Form to PCSA@facs.org or by fax to 312-202-5003.

Authors and Presenters:

• Each paper presented at the annual meeting must have a member of the Association as an author, co-author or sponsor.
• The member author must be registered at the meeting and close the discussion.
• Should a paper be presented in the absence of the member co-author, it WILL NOT be submitted to the journal for publication.
• All manuscripts must be sent electronically to the Archives of Surgery at the time of presentation. It is no longer necessary to turn in copies of the manuscript to the Recorder at the meeting.

Notification of acceptance and all other correspondence related to the meeting will be sent to the PCSA author/sponsor with a copy to the presenter/author. Notification will be sent by October 31.

Residents’ Forum Competition

The Association is expanding the Residents’ Forum competition. The top-scoring resident papers will be presented as a group during the scientific session. A resident is defined as a surgical trainee enrolled in an AGCME (RRC) residency approved program. The presentation of each resident will be judged on clarity, focus, and the scientific relevance to surgical practice. Cash prizes for the residents participating in the competition will be presented at the President’s Banquet. Please indicate on the Abstract Form if the paper is to be onsidered for the Resident's’ Forum Competition, and include an e-letter from the Program Director with the abstract submission stating that the paper will be presented by the resident, is predominantly her or his work, and that the resident is enrolled in a AGCME program. Return the Program Director e-letter to PCSA@facs.org or, send by mail to my attention at PCSA, 633 N. St. Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

New Member Award

A New Member Award will also be given to a PCSA member who joined the Association within the last three years and, as determined by the Program Committee, has submitted the best abstract. The recipient of the award receives a complimentary registration to the next year’s annual meeting.

Your Program Committee can organize the best program if there are a large number of Abstracts to be considered. Please be generous in submitting your best work. We look forward to seeing you in 2009 for another outstanding scientific and social meeting.

Sincerely,

Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM
Recorder, Pacific Coast Surgical Association