For those interested, the annual Frisbee Symposium on "Clinical and Molecular Advances in Immunotherapy and Stem Cell Transplantation" sponsored by Yale Medical School will be held on October 15 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, CT. A copy of the announcement is on-line ([ http://info.med.yale.edu/labmed/frisbeesymp/symposium.html OR go to our home page [ http://info.med.yale.edu/labmed/ ] and click on the "save the date" banner) with speakers listed. You may call 203-785-4578 for more information. Tuition includes conference materials, continental breakfast, luncheon and coffee breaks and is $50 for physicians and $25 for all other allied health professionals. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Omni-New Haven at the special conference rate of $115 per night (reservations should be made directly with the Omni at either 800-THE-OMNI or 203-772-6664). The symposium is approved for 6.5 hours in Category 1 CME for physicians and CE units are also planned to be available for nurses and technologists. Last year's conference was over-filled so we suggest you call earlier rather than later. Directions to the hotel may be found at the Omni's web site [ http://www.omnihotels.com/ ] or at our Visiting in New Haven site [ http://info.med.yale.edu/labmed/newhaven.html ]. Entertainment events that are occurring that weekend include live theatre at the Shubert [ http://www.shubert.com/perform.html#Oct ], the Long Wharf [ http://www.longwharf.org/ ] and the Yale Rep [ http://www.yale.edu/yalerep/ ] theaters and new exhibits at the Yale University Art Gallery [ http://www.yale.edu/yuag/ ], the Yale Center for British Art [ http://www.yale.edu/ycba/exhibit/exhibit.htm ], and the Peabody natural history museum [ http://www.peabody.yale.edu/ ]. Although the New Haven Symphony is not playing that night, the Yale Symphony Orchetra is [ http://www.yale.edu/yso/concerts.html ] and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones is appearing at Toad's Place [ http://www.toadsplace.com/dates.html ]. For some ramblings on restaurants and other things to do around New Haven, consult our Visiting New Haven page [ http://info.med.yale.edu/labmed/newhaven.html ]. Brian R. Smith, MD Professor and Vice-Chair, Dept of Laboratory Medicine Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Yale School of Medicine Ph: 203-688-2286
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