Internationally Renowned Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgeons To Meet in San Diego

Internationally Renowned Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgeons To Meet in San
Diego

CLEVELAND, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The upcoming prestigious Minimally Invasive
Surgery Symposium (MISS) will include discussion of advances in metabolic
surgery, a robotic approach to colon surgery, single-port bariatric surgery,
transoral gastroplasty, and other "frontier" topics. That February 2010
program announcement was made today by MISS Executive Director Philip R
Schauer, MD, on behalf of the symposium's organizers and 50-member faculty.

The five-day CME conference, which will be held February 22-27 at the San
Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, covers the latest advances in laparoscopic
surgery for colon, hernia, and foregut. In addition, its flagship program on
morbid obesity is one of the largest gatherings of bariatric specialists in
the country. MISS offers surgeons and other clinicians the opportunity to
earn as many as 38 AMA PRA CME credits(TM). In its 10th year, MISS is the
premier meeting of thought leaders and pioneers in minimally invasive surgery.

Dr. Schauer, Director of Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery at
Cleveland Clinic, acknowledged the symposium's 10th anniversary: "MISS has
grown from a small gathering to an internationally recognized conference
drawing more than 300 surgeons by providing superior educational content
immediately applicable to practice in an informal, collegial atmosphere. The
2010 meeting is certain to be the best MISS yet."

The MISS faculty features physicians from the apex of bariatric and advanced
laparoscopic surgery, including Program Co-Directors Drs. John Dixon, Morris
Franklin, Bruce Ramshaw, Lee Swanstrom, and Bruce Wolfe; and faculty members
Drs. Jeffrey Allen, Eric DeMaria, David Flum, Harry Frydenberg, Kenneth
MacDonald, Jr, Ninh Nguyen, Walter Pories, David Rattner, Francesco Rubino,
Bruce Schirmer, and Scott Shikora.

Other topics at MISS 2010 will include novel risk management strategies and
management of intra-operative complications. MISS always includes generous
opportunity for faculty-audience interchange and a schedule that provides
conference participants plenty of time to enjoy local activities and
attractions.

The San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina is conveniently located 10 minutes from
the airport and in walking distance of the Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego's dining
and entertainment district. The hotel features sweeping views of the San Diego
Bay and onsite access to water activities, including sailing and kayaking.
Family attractions, such as the San Diego Zoo and Legoland, are nearby.

MISS 2010 is jointly sponsored by the University of Cincinnati and
contemporarysurgery.com. The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the
ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Contemporarysurgery.com (www.contemporarysurgery.com) is the exclusive home of
"Surgery Findit," a time-saving vertical search portal through which surgeons
launch focused, relevant searches for information in their field.
Contemporarysurgery.com is produced by Dowden Health Media, a full service
health care communications company with peer-reviewed journals and Web sites,
e-newsletters, and live CME events.

For more information about the Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium and to
register as an exhibitor or attendee, visit www.miss-cme.org.

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