2009 NWUS Meeting

Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, WA USA

December 4-5, 2009

2009 NWUS Meeting Brochure
NWUS 2009 Meeting Agenda
Managers' Forum

Social Events
About Surrounding Area
Hotel Brochure
For Hotel Reservations

ONLINE REGISTRATION
(Stay 2 nights at the Hyatt Regency and receive $50 off of your registration.)

INFO FOR INDUSTRY SUPPORTERS:
Exhibit Request Form
Information Table Request Form


2009 SCIENTIFIC KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Raymond R. Rackley, MD Bio
Professor of Surgery
The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Staff, Center for Pelvic Health and Reconstructive Surgery
Glickman Urological Institute at The Cleveland Clinic
Director, Urothelial Biology Laboratory
Lerner Research Institute at The Cleveland Clinic

Keynote Lectures:
Successful Management of IC and Pelvic Pain Syndromes
Debate: The Argument Against the Use of Synthetic Mesh Kits for POP
Pelvic Anatomy

GUEST SPEAKERS

Chris Amling, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Urology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Bio


Jeff Frankel, MD
President, American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU)
Government Affairs Chair, Washington State Urology Society
Past President, Washington State Urology Society
Bio



Jeff Kaufman, MD
AACU Past President and current American Medical Association Delegate
Past President, California Urologic Association
Bio



David Penson, MD
Professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, Director of the Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research at the Vanderbilt Institute of Medicine and Public Health, Nashville, TN Bio


Hunter Wessells, MD
Professor and Chairman, University of Washington Department of Urology, Seattle, WA
Bio

Highlights from the 2008 NWUS Meeting

The Future of Medicine In America
Keynote by former Governor John A. Kitzhaber, MD

2008 Annual Conference Hits Record Attendance
The 2008 Annual Conference was held December 5-6 at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Tom Hatch and his 2008 Planning Committee coordinated one of the most successful NWUS meetings in the history of the society marked by record attendance and high ratings expressed through the audience response system, attendee exit interviews and exhibitor exit interviews. A new feature for the Annual Conference was the Health Policy Forum on Friday morning which was such a success, the 2009 Planning Committee headed by our new president Fred Govier, MD will be incorporating into the 2009 conference agenda. Below is a portion of the health policy keynote presentation by Governor Kitzhaber on the "Future of Medicine in America".

We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 Annual Conference that will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue, WA on December 4-5, 2009.