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Contents:
• Dr. Britt chosen as next President-Elect
• ACS Regents and Governors named
• Innovative model for solving organ shortage involves elective surgery patients
• Past-Presidents
• Distinguished Service Award
• Best Scientific Exhibit
• International Guest Scholars
• Surgical Humanitarian and Volunteerism Awards
• Clinical Congress candids
• Nation’s capital to serve as host to 2010 Clinical Congress

Nation’s capital to host 2010 Clinical Congress

Mark October 3-7, 2010, on your calendar for next year’s Clinical Congress.

It’s never too early to start planning for the 96th annual Clinical Congress, scheduled for October 3-7, 2010, in Washington, DC—the first time the meeting has ever been held in the nation’s capital. American College of Surgeons event planners said it was the ideal time to have the Clinical Congress meeting in Washington, DC, because the College is continually striving to have a more visible presence on Capitol Hill.

Nearly all educational sessions will be held in the new, state-of-the-art Walter E. Washington Convention Center and the host hotel, the Washington Marriott Wardman Park, has hosted a long list of U.S. Presidents, dignitaries and other VIPs, and features 16 acres of gardens, and an outdoor swimming pool and sundeck.

In addition to the hundreds of scientific sessions that will be featured at next year’s Clinical Congress, participants may also enjoy the city’s wealth of attractions. The section of the city known as “the Hill,” short for Capitol Hill, is home to the U.S. Capitol and stretches to include a residential district of Victorian row houses, parks, and tree-lined streets. The Hill also includes the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court building, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the National Postal Museum and Union Station. Eastern Market (the oldest operating public market in the city) thrives on Saturdays and Sundays and Barracks Row, along 8th Street SE, is dotted with shops, restaurants, and bars.

The major monuments in Washington DC are always a popular draw. Thousands of visitors a year flock to the Washington Monument, the most prominent structure in Washington DC; the Jefferson Monument, modeled after the Pantheon of Rome; and the Lincoln Memorial, similar in form to a Greek Doric temple, and located on the National Mall in Washington DC. The White House is also a must-see attraction.

Downtown Washington DC serves as the entertainment center of the city with its many theater, restaurant, business, and museum choices.

The ACS Web site (www.facs.org) will provide additional information on the 2010 Clinical Congress as it becomes available.