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Campus Clips Continued from page 11 Erick M. Remer, MD, Imaging Institute, has been named Chair of the Genitourinary Imaging Subcommittee of the Scientific Program Committee of the Radiological Society of North America for 2009-2011. The RSNA sponsors the largest medical meeting in the world, last year drawing more than 27,000 healthcare professionals from more than 100 countries. R E S E A R C H R O U N D U P www.clevelandclinic.org/alumniconnection | 12 | Two Quantitative Health Science staff members received good news at this year’s Society of Clinical Trials (SCT) meeting. Gerry Beck, PhD, was elected to a multi-year term as a member of the SCT Board of Directors, and Jennifer Gassman, PhD, was named as a Fellow of the SCT, one of only 10 fellows named this year. New Center Focuses on Blood Vessel Growth in Tumors, Some Diseases Cleveland Clinic’s new Angiogenesis Research Center will bring a more coordinated focus to research on blood vessel growth in tumors as well as a range of diseases caused by inadequate blood supply. The center, which represents a comprehensive program to understand the basic mechanisms underlying blood vessel formation, is being directed by Tatiana Byzova, PhD (RES/ JJ’99). “Angiogenic therapy is a new direction in the treatment of cancer and peripheral vascular and heart disease. It’s crucial to continue developing new strategies that target blood vessel growth in tissues that normally do not have those vessels,” she says. The Center will serve as a bridge between Lerner Research Institute’s laboratory-based researchers and clinical investigators in several Cleveland Clinic Institutes who are involved in developing and clinically evaluating drugs designed to promote or inhibit blood vessel growth. In the next several years, Dr. Byzova will organize a translational research program focused on angiogenesis and stem cells in cancer. Another long-term goal is to obtain leading-edge equipment that will be of general benefit to investigators throughout Cleveland Clinic. “Our recently formed spin-off company, AngioQuest, also will serve as an additional resource to bring innovations from the Center to patient care,” Dr. Byzova says. Formed in 2007, AngioQuest develops and commercializes anti-angiogenic therapies for the treatment of eye diseases. The Lerner Research Institute The Lerner Research Institute offers partnership graduate programs with Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University and Kent State University. Many Lerner Research Institute Faculty also have adjunct and/or primary appointments at one or more of these institutions, making it possible to complete the research requirements for the PhD with a Lerner Research Institute advisor at Cleveland Clinic and graduate with a doctorate from one of these universities. The Lerner Research Institute provides training and research education programs for more than 260 postdoctoral research fellows, more than 170 graduate students and more than 150 undergraduate research students. For more news from the Lerner Research Institute, go to www.lerner.ccf.org/news/.
C A L E N DA R Selected Live CCF Continuing Medical Education Courses and other Educational Events The Center for Continuing Education announces myCME: a free service that helps you organize your learning and allows you to keep an electronic file cabinet of CME credits from all providers. Monthly Newsflash: Stay informed of all the available live and online CME opportunities by signing up to our monthly newsflash: www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/SignMeUp October 2009 5-7 2009 Medical Innovation Summit: Improving the Prognosis: Cancer Cures Through Innovation Enter promotional code ALUMNI and receive $150 off the cost of registration. Pay only $649 before July 31. 9 The Anger Solution: A one-day workshop for clinicians and the general public to recognize and manage anger and rage. Embassy Suites Hotel Cleveland- Rockside, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd, Independence. More information at http://www. clevelandclinicmeded.com/ live/courses/2009/anger09/ default.asp January 2010 22-25 6th Annual Optimizing Minimally Invasive Gynecology Ritz Carlton Fort Lauderdale, FL NOTE: All courses are at the spectacular state-of-the-art InterContinental Hotel & Conference Center on the Cleveland Clinic campus in Cleveland, OH, unless otherwise noted. Center for Continuing Education For current information on these, as well as CME medical publications and to register for free e-mail updates and more, visit: www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/ and for Cleveland Clinic in Florida sponsored CME see: www.ccf.org/florida/cme The Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education is responsible for one of the largest and most diverse CME programs anywhere in the United States. Check the webpage for the latest course announcement information. February 2010 11-13 21st Annual International Colorectal Disease Symposium (ACDS 2010) Harbor Beach Marriott Fort Lauderdale, FL Alumni are entitled to a substantial discount on CME sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education, Cleveland, OH and by Continuing Medical Education of Cleveland Clinic in Florida. Additional Contact Information: Cleveland, OH: 216.448.0770; Toll-Free 800.238.6750; Fax 216.448.0782 Weston, FL: 954.659.5490; Toll-Free 866.293.7866; Fax 954.659.5491 Alumni Receptions: Alumni gatherings are planned for many major national medical meetings. Attendees and local alumni are invited. For more information, go to www. clevelandclinic.org/education/alumni or contact the Office of Alumni Affairs at alumni@ccf.org. August 2009 16 Annual “Welcome to Cleveland” GOODTIME Dinner/ Dance Cruise medical students, interns, residents, fellows, staff and alumni invited! Cleveland, OH Contact Alumni Relations for discount ticket information/ availability: 216.444.2487 (tollfree, 800.444.3664) or alumni@ ccf.org October 2009 4-7 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery TBA San Diego www.clevelandclinic.org/alumniconnection | 13 | 12 American College of Surgeons 6-8 p.m. Chicago 17-20 American Academy of Pediatrics TBA Washington, DC 17-21 American Society of Anesthesiologists TBA New Orleans 23-27 American Society of Plastic Surgeons TBA Robin Anderson Society Dinner Museum of Flight, Seattle 23-28 American College of Gastroenterology TBA San Diego 24-27 American Academy of Ophthalmology TBA San Francisco 10/29- Infectious Diseases Society 11/1 of America TBA Philadelphia 10/30- The Liver Meeting 11/3 (American Association for the Study of Liver Disease) Boston November 2009 12-14 North American Society for Pediatric GI, Hepatology & Nutrition TBA Gaylord National Resort on the Potomac National Harbor, MD December 2009 4-8 American Epilepsy Society TBA Boston
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