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Peter's post yesterday (More Questions/Heart Talk) mentioned a web-site which he had gotten from a friend on the Ross Procedure board. This was a web-site on the "Society for Heart Valve Disease" and is specifically about their first biennial meeting held recently in London. In looking thru this I noticed it said that "the meeting is open for all those with an interest in heart valve disease".
Even though it is geared for Doctors, Nurses and Technicians, the agenda was fascinating and covered a broad range of topics.
I took the liberty of emailing the Executive Secretariat of the Society to clarify if these meetings were also open to Heart Valve Recipients.
Below is the reply which I've just received. The good news is that we would indeed be welcome to attend. Since I'm in the Travel Industry and get free airline tickets, it's frequently cheaper for me to travel abroad instead of closer to home. And the registration fee for non-doctors is very reasonable.
Don't know if this would be interesting to anyone else, but wouldn't it be neat if we could some day schedule a reunion or get-together in conjunction with a meeting of the Society for Heart Valve Disease. You know .... stranger things have happened.
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Dear Mr. Clifford,
Thank you very much for your interest in our Society. Indeed, the meetings
are open for all those having a vested interest in heart valve disease, and
this definition includes literally everybody with an interest. All you have
to do is to come and register, paying the registration fee.
It is another matter how much you might profit from attending a scientific
meeting, where the style and wording of the presentations are not meant to
address lay people but fellow scientists. As a first step, please visit
www.icr-heart.com or www.shvd.org, the to sites are interlinked; the former
is for The Journal of Heart Valve Disease, the latter for the Society for
Heart Valve Disease. On the Journal site, you will find abstracts of
published articles since January 1998, on the Society site you can read
online all abstracts of the past meeting in June 2001.
Please let me know if we can be of any additional help.
Best regards,
Endre Bodnar MD, PhD, FESC
P.S. Texan surgeons are excellent, I am sure you are doing fine!
Even though it is geared for Doctors, Nurses and Technicians, the agenda was fascinating and covered a broad range of topics.
I took the liberty of emailing the Executive Secretariat of the Society to clarify if these meetings were also open to Heart Valve Recipients.
Below is the reply which I've just received. The good news is that we would indeed be welcome to attend. Since I'm in the Travel Industry and get free airline tickets, it's frequently cheaper for me to travel abroad instead of closer to home. And the registration fee for non-doctors is very reasonable.
Don't know if this would be interesting to anyone else, but wouldn't it be neat if we could some day schedule a reunion or get-together in conjunction with a meeting of the Society for Heart Valve Disease. You know .... stranger things have happened.
...................
Dear Mr. Clifford,
Thank you very much for your interest in our Society. Indeed, the meetings
are open for all those having a vested interest in heart valve disease, and
this definition includes literally everybody with an interest. All you have
to do is to come and register, paying the registration fee.
It is another matter how much you might profit from attending a scientific
meeting, where the style and wording of the presentations are not meant to
address lay people but fellow scientists. As a first step, please visit
www.icr-heart.com or www.shvd.org, the to sites are interlinked; the former
is for The Journal of Heart Valve Disease, the latter for the Society for
Heart Valve Disease. On the Journal site, you will find abstracts of
published articles since January 1998, on the Society site you can read
online all abstracts of the past meeting in June 2001.
Please let me know if we can be of any additional help.
Best regards,
Endre Bodnar MD, PhD, FESC
P.S. Texan surgeons are excellent, I am sure you are doing fine!