Conference Opportunities!

We are pleased to announce our 4th Annual Career Planning Workshop for Physician Scientists at the University of Chicago on September 26, 2009. These are quite exciting times for physician-scientists in the field of Internal Medicine and sub-specialties. As you are well aware, trainees graduating from your program are looking for opportunities to further their clinical and research expertise, in order to prepare themselves for successful careers as physician-scientists. We will be hosting a free workshop on the University of Chicago Campus on Saturday, September 26, 2009, to provide information and advice regarding career pathways open to graduates of MSTPs. A number of our physician-scientist faculty will be presenting and will be available to offer one-on-one counseling to any attendee. We feel this workshop will be an excellent opportunity for your trainees to learn more about post-graduate training options and hope you will share the attached information with your students.

Feel free to contact us at 773.702.1747 if you would like any additional information about this workshop or our graduate training program for physician scientists at, the Physician Scientist Development Program (PSDP). Please also find enclosed a brochure for the upcoming program that you can freely share with your trainees.

With Best Regards,

Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD
Eric Svensson, MD, PhD

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Applications are now being accepted for the AGA Institute’s Fourth Annual Attracting MD/PhD Students into Gastroenterology Workshop to be held March 19 and 20, in Houston, TX.

This program is designed to encourage future physician-scientists to pursue a career in GI through a series of lectures and interactive discussions that will emphasize the broad spectrum of GI research opportunities and demonstrate how gastroenterologists can cultivate their particular areas of research and interests, e.g., oncology, infectious disease, immunology, nutrition, geriatrics, gender impact, etc.. The program is open to students who have already committed to thesis research in GI and those wishing to learn more about the various opportunities in GI. Full travel grants are available to selected students. Deadline to apply is Nov.4.

Visit www.gilearn.org/mdphd for application instructions. For more information contact Lori Marks at lmarks@gastro.org.

Accepted students will receive a free one-year student membership to AGA, as well as one-year subscriptions to AGA Institute’s popular journals Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Jeanette Arrighi, MBA
Marketing Manager
American Gastroenterological Association

4930 Del Ray Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-941-2626 phone
301-652-2099 fax
JArrighi@gastro.org
www.gastro.org

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