SECRETARY'S UPDATE
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John Morris, MD
ATA Secretary/
Chief Operating Officer |
Dear Colleagues,
The search for the Editor of VideoEndocrinology is underway. Tony Hollenberg, who serves as chair of our publications committee is chairing the search committee for this effort. This is obviously an exciting time for ATA with the launch of this new video journal, the first of its kind in our specialty. We anticipate that most of many of the video publications will be surgical in orientation and that the editor will likely have a surgical background, however we also anticipate a variety of non-procedural videos on surgical and non-surgical topics will be included and that the new editor and the editorial board will be pioneers in this novel platform of scientific communication.
The numbers of registrations, hotel rooms reserved, and abstracts received indicate that our annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico will be an outstanding one. The scientific program, which has been organized by Julie Ann Sosa, Ron Koenig, and members of their program committee will be stimulating, broad in scope, and include the best of basic, clinical, and translational thyroid science. The venue in San Juan promises to be beautiful and unique. We are looking forward to seeing you there—don't miss it!
The ATA election is underway and links to the electronic ballots sent to your inboxes very shortly. The slate of candidates recommended by the nominations committee for officers is a very strong one. PLEASE VOTE! Historically we have enjoyed only between 25% and 30% voter response in our elections and we should be able to do better. The process that has been implemented by our office, using SurveyMonkey.com, is efficient and easy. The ballot is open until Monday, October 7. If you do not have the email containing the link for voting, please call the ATA office and we will be glad to re-send it to you. Results will be announced at the annual business meeting in San Juan. PLEASE VOTE.
Short Call for Abstracts - Site Closes Tuesday Sept 10th
Short Call Abstracts are reserved for the presentation of the very latest, important thyroid-related research with high impact. Submission of a Short Call Abstract does not guarantee acceptance for presentation. (Please note that regular research reports should be submitted by the Regular Abstract deadline.)
Site Opens – Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Site Closes – Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Acceptance notification – Thursday, September 19, 2013
ATA Welcomes New Members
The ATA welcomes 238 new members in 2013 as of September 3 (38 Active, 171 Associates, 29 Corresponding)
The ATA Highlights Early Career Members
Early career members are introduced to all Society members with this special feature of photos and expressions of their interest in the ATA. Take time to welcome them into this collegial group of thyroid specialists at the upcoming annual meeting in San Juan. The ATA reaches out by promoting career development, providing a trainee educational track and customized website access focused on trainee interests. The ATA is happy to report that 125 new trainees have joined since January 2013 – here is your opportunity to briefly get to know them.
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