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Saturday, May 25 is World Thyroid Day, celebrated by the ATA and international thyroid societies around the world: AOTA, LATS and ETA. The ATA has a very active Facebook page that you can 'like' and see our creative engagement of social media participants. ATA website user-friendly upgrade Before next month's SIGNAL comes out you will be seeing the launch of our newly designed website built on a WordPress Content Management System (CMS). Over 2800 pages have been concisely formatted to approximately 600 pages. The new design will provide quick access to ATA's resources for members, the profession and the public, including extensive educational links for patients. Look for our announcement in the coming weeks and be sure to let us know your review! ATA Members elected to Governing Council of The Endocrine Society Congratulations to our members who have been elected to the incoming Endocrine Society Council:
The new Officers and Council members will begin serving their terms following ENDO 2013, the 95th Annual Meeting & Expo of The Endocrine Society in San Francisco, June 15-18, 2013. 83rd Annual Meeting of the ATA
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Fellows' Track Videos from 82nd Annual Meeting of the ATA - Quebec City, Canada President-elect Gharib invites you to volunteer for Committee Service
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PRESIDENT'S UPDATE
Dear Colleagues, It is with great sadness, that I inform you of the passing this month of two giants in the field of Thyroidology. Dr Boris Catz passed away on May 2 and Dr Ernie Mazzaferri passed away on May 14. Boris Catz was Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California, and still seeing patients. Among his many accomplishments was his pioneering work with Samuel Perzik in the development of total thyroidectomy for the treatment of hyperthyroidism, cancer, multinodular goiter, and chronic thyroiditis not responsive to medical management. His generosity led to the annual Paul Starr Award which began in 1981 and recognizes an outstanding contributor to clinical thyroidology. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the ATA in 2001. Boris will be fondly remembered for his straight-talking, 'tell it like he sees it' style, and for his ever-present cigars. 
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Dr. Hossein Gharib, ATA president-elect, invites you to volunteer for committee service to the ATA. The term of committee service is 3 years and begins at the ATA Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 during the 83rd of the ATA. 
