AANPA - News and Announcements

News and Announcements

Are you interested in vacationing with your family
while getting 24 CME credits?
If so, our 1st annual Kidney Cruise is for you!

Please follow this link to our exciting website!
And see our Kidney Cruise Flyer

AANPA won the AAPA 2008 award for the best constituent chapter!
This is the first time in the history of AAPA that a specialty has won the award.
Shown are AANPA Treasurer Molly Lenahan and Vice President Karen Burchell,
accepting the plaque from Linda Contreras, AAPA constituent Chair.

Books and Projects:

"Hestia's House"
A Literary Memoir
by Blaine Paxton Hall
(founder of AANPA)
More information...

Making quilts for children who are kidney patients.

Links to Meetings and Conferences:

Renal Physician Association Annual meeting
March 15-17, 2008
Austin, TX
www.renalmd.org

NKF - National Kidney Foundation

National Kidney foundation
2008 Spring Clinical Meetings (CM08)
April 2-6, 2008
Gaylord Texan
Dallas, TX
contact: clinicalmeetings@kidney.org
website: www.nkfclinicalmeetings.org

The Louisiana Academy of Physician Assistants (LAPA)
Annual Primary Care New Orleans French Quarter Conference
is scheduled for April 25-27, 2008
at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, Louisiana.

23 Category I Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits will be offered at an unbelievable rate of less that $10 per hour. New Orleans is world renowned for its food, music and entertainment. The conference will be held in conjunction with the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival hosting entertainers such as Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow, Santana, Tim McGraw, Al Green, Jimmy Buffet and many, many more. Visit our website at http://www.ourlapa.org for conference details and http://www.nojazzfest.com/ for festival details. We are looking forward to an exciting conference offering topics of interest for all physician assistants and other healthcare providers. Please join us in New Orleans for some good old southern hospitality and lots of fun.

36th Annual American Academy of Physician Assistants Annual Meeting
AAPA
May 24-29, 2008
San Antonio, TX
www.aapa.org

AANPA Annual Meeting
AANPA
May 26th, 2008
San Antonio, TX
www.aanpa.org

National Convention on PKD
PKD Foundation
June 20-22, 2008
Dallas, TX
www.pkdcure.org

ISPD 2008
International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
June 20-24, 2008
Istanbul, Turkey
www.ispd2008.org

Introductory Course for the New Transplant & Procurement Professional
NATCO
June 20-24, 2008
Tempe, AZ
www.natco1.org

Kidney Cruise
American Academy of Nephrology Physician Assistants
Aug 24-31, 2008
Miami, Fl
http://www.world2sea.com/rw/group/Scott+%26+White+Kidney+Cruisers

35th Annual Convention
American Association of Kidney Patients
Aug 28-31, 2008
Washington, DC
www.aakp.org

Renal Week
ASN
Nov 4-9, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
www.asn-online.org