American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) 2014 Southern Regional Meeting

The Southern Regional Societies Annual Meeting will be held February 20-22, 2014 at the Inter- Continental New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Southern Regional Meetings promote excellence in both clinical and basic investigation. The three-day meeting will begin on Thursday morning with the Cardiovascular Club meeting with State-of-the-Art lectures, and Mentored Oral Sessions, and contine with afternoon workshops on Manuscript Preparation and Peer-Reviewed Publication and Effective Mentoring in Academic Medicine Today and concurrent sessions including Case Reports in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Pediatric and Adult Medicine Clinical Case Symposia. All meeting attendees are welcome to attend any of the workshops/symposiums being offered. SSGIM will be holding their annual Precourse on Thursday afternoon entitled “ Your Techie Toolbox: Clinical, Educational, and Administrative “Apps” for the General Internist ” and all are invited to attend. The Joint Plenary Poster Session will be held on Thursday evening with various specialty club meetings held thereafter.

SSCI/SAFMR, SSPR Plenary Sessions as well as the APA Sponsored Workshops entitled “ Don’t Re- invent the Wheel: Sharing Ideas for Community Pediatrics and Advocacy Training” and “An Objective Measure of Parenting Skills for the Pediatrician ” will be held on Friday morning followed by specialty club luncheons. In the afternoon, there will be Concurrent Subspecialty Scientific Sessions including State-of-the-Art presentations.

Saturday’s activities will kick-off with the Joint Plenary Session entitled “Transition - More than “Graduating to the Cliff ’s Edge”: Examining the Evidence that Good Transition is Good Care”. Following these programs, our traditional Jazz Lunch will be held. In the afternoon, there will be additional Concurrent Subspecialty Scientific Sessions and State-of-the-Art presentations. Please refer to the “Program-at-a-Glance” on the following page for further details on all of the exciting scientific sessions offered at this meeting. SSGIM will also have concurrent oral abstract and workshop sessions throughout the meeting that are open to all Southern Regional Meeting attendees.