Hotel Roanoke

	Ballyhack Golf course

2010 Annual Meeting
April 23-25, 2010
Hotel Roanoke

We are delighted that our Guest Speaker will be Donald Nuss, M.B; Ch.B; FRCS (C); FACS, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. Dr. Nuss has pioneered the use of minimally invasive techniques to correct pectus deformities in children and will discuss “Integrating New Technologies into Your Surgical Practice: You Can Teach Old Dogs New Tricks!” His address will be followed by a multi-disciplinary panel discussion centered on the same topic, in which Dr. Nuss and several surgeons from around the state will participate.

The Keynote Speaker for the Virginia Surgical Society will be David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS, Chairman, Department of Surgery; Executive Vice-dean, School of Medicine; and John E. Connolly Professor of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Medical Center. Dr. Hoyt has been named the new Executive Director of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

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We hope that you will plan now to attend the annual meeting and that you will include your family. The Roanoke Valley boasts a wide variety of golf and tennis facilities, as well as great outdoor recreation with hiking, biking, boating and fishing in the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains. And those who would like to adventure closer to the hotel can head downtown for its galleries, shops and a famous Roanoke Farmer's Market which offers the best in cultural arts and culinary specialties. Visit www.visitroanokeva.com for more information.

Built in 1882, the fully-restored Tudor-style Hotel Roanoke is proudly listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Please call the Hotel Roanoke at 540/985-5900 or toll free at 866-594-4722 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and request the discounted room rate for the Virginia Chapter, American College of Surgeons/Virginia Surgical Society. Click here to make hotel reservations online. Click Here for directions to the Hotel Roanoke.

Click Here to download a Meeting Registration form.