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Purpose of PancreasFest

PancreasFest 2011

Conference Venue:
University Club, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 

Conference Hotel:
Wyndham University Center, Pittsburgh PA.

Special rates - $132/night

Online registration: Go to "Reservations” and then “Special Rates & Codes”. PF13 group code 03016841PAN

Important Dates:
  • July 2, 2013 Early Registration
    • Physician -$220 early/ $270 late or onsite
    • Trainees & Non-physician - $170 early / $220 late or onsite
  • Scholarship (CAPER)
    • Trainee/Jr. Faculty Scholarship Submission Deadline
    • Scholarship Awardee Announcements
    • Scholarship Confirmation Required by Awardee
  • Poster-Abstracts Instructions
    • JULY 2, 2013: Abstract Submission Deadline

    • Pittsburgh, PA July 25-26, 2013
    CME Program - July 24 evening

    "A joint meeting of physicians and scientiest committed to learning and collaborating on translational studies of pancreatic diseases."

    Annual Meetings of the North Amersican Pancreatic Study Group and the Collaboative Alliance for Pancreatic Education and Research: CAPER

    Online registration is OPEN

    Topics:

    Trainees: 10 CAPER Travel Scholarships
    Review PancreasFest 2012 "PF12 was the best PancreasFest ever!", "The meeting was fantastic", "This is exactly what the pancreas field needs to push forward"
    PF12 Expert Recommendations
    Participants of PF12 - Send comments to:
     CP Diabetes; CP Pain or CP TPIAT

    Previous PancreasFest Programs

    Official website: PancreasFest 2011 (get CME credit for viewing!!!)

    To the PancreasFest organizing commitee... "I just wanted to send you my profound thanks for what I think is the world's premier pancreatic research meeting. I got more out of these past few days in terms of advancing my research than I have at 10 consecutive DDWs. I feel rejuvenated and inspired." - a young physician-scientist faculty who attended PF11.

    PF2013

    PancreasFest - Purpose
    What is PancreasFest (PF)?
    PancreasFest is an annual meeting of pancreas physicians and translational researchers who convene during the last week of July to find new ways of working together to improve patient care.

    PancreasFest is an umbrella meeting that supports multiple smaller meetings with very focused goals. These include education programs, discussion sessions for new ideas, learning from other disciplines, investigator meetings, and efforts to help young investigators get started exporing their own ideas. PancreasFest is a meeting with a pragmatic purpose - multicenter research.
    CP Clinical Recommendation - NEW CP working groups (click here)
    Group leaders will provide recommendations over the next 2-3 years based on literature review, recent advances and group discussions.

    Recommendations for a certified Pancreas Center of Excellence

    CP Nutrition:

    CP: Genetic Risk

    Idiopathic Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis

    Pancreas Working Groups - Multicenter Studies (click here)
    Name Puropse Meeting Contact
    CAPER Help young clinical investigators - CAPER
    open
    		 Michelle A. Anderson MD MS FAGA
    INSPPIRE Pediatriac acute pancreatitis group
    open
    		 Mark Lowe MD PhD
    IRAP Idiopathic recurrent acute pancreatitis
    invitation
    		 Nalini Guda MD PhD
    NAPS2 Prospective cross-secional RAP/CP Cohort
    closed
    		 David C Whitcomb MD PhD
    CP-Genetics Recommendations for physcians and patients
    open
    		 Sheila Solomon MS CGC
    CP-Nutrition Define nutrition measures and goals in patients with pancreatitis
    open
    		 David C Whitcomb MD PhD

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