Welcome to the Seattle Surgical Society!

Dear Friends:

Please let us know if you are planning to attend the Annual Meeting on January 15th and the dinner afterward. Even if you aren't able to register now, it will help us prepare to know that you are coming; simply email me. To register, please click here to access the registration form.

The 10oth Annual Meeting is January 15th at the Westin. Peter Wu has put together a terrific program (see enclosed). There will be updates in surgery, discussion of issues related to our practices, presentations of the year's most interesting cases by our residents, a talk by Dick Bell, "No Surgeon Left Behind- The Changing Face of Surgical Education", another by Carlos Pellegrini on the new challenges of our relationship with industry, and a review of our history by John Ryan. and historical celebration to match the momentous occasion.

The dinner Friday evening will be held at the Museum of Flight . (Admission to the Museum is free for our members and families all day Friday.) We will hear about the last century os Seattle's history from local historian, Leonard Garfield. Be sure to be there for the celebration and to be included in the group photo of the Society members celebrating our 100th Birthday and to receive a free book detailing the history of the Society!!

See you there!

Ted

Ted Kohler, MD, MSc
President, Seattle Surgical Society