International Neuro-ophthalmology Society Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, September 10-14. Contact Secreteriat, c/o Venue West Conference Services Ltd, #645-375 Water St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 5C6; tel: (604) 681-5226; fax: (604) 681-2503; e-mail: congress@venuewest.com.
Second International Conference on Biochemical Markers for Brain Damage (BMBD), Lund, Sweden, September 14-16. Contact Cecilia Bergh, BMBD secretary, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Lund, SE-221, 85 Lund, Sweden; fax: 46 46 15 86 35; e-mail: cecilia.bergh@thorax.lu.se.
Movement Disorders for the Clinician, Hyatt Regency Savannah, Savannah, Ga, October 6-8. Category 1 credit: TBA. Cost: $395. Contact Linda DiSalvo, Mayo School of Continuing Medical Education, Jacksonville, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32224; tel: (800) 462-9633, (904) 953-7114; fax: (904) 953-2954; e-mail: cme-jax@mayo.edu.
Fifth Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14-19. Contact European Federation of Neurological Societies Head Office, Neurologisches Krankenhaus Rosenhugel, Riedelgasse 5, A-1130 Vienna, Austria; tel: 43 1 880 00 270; fax: 43 1 88 92 581.
The Neurology Outcomes Research: Current Science and Future Directions, The American Neurological Association, Marriott Copley Plaza, Boston, Mass, October 15-18. Contact American Neurological Association, 5841 Cedar Lake Rd, Suite 201, Minneapolis, MN 55416; tel: (612) 545-6284; fax: (612) 545-6073; e-mail: nmedwards@earthlink.net.
10th International Symposium on the Autonomic Nervous System, The Westin Rio Mar Beach, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, October 27-29. Contact Anita Zeller/Sue Paxton, Registrars, American Autonomic Society, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 811 Guggenheim Building, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905; tel: (507) 284-3375; fax: (507) 284-3133; e-mail: zeller.anita@mayo.edu.
First Maldives International Conference, Updates in Neurology, Sun Island Resort, Maldives, October 25-30. Contact Amos D. Korczyn, Sieratzki Chair of Neurology, Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel; tel: 972 3 697 3528; fax: 972 3 640 9113; e-mail: neuro13@post.tau.ac.il.
The Scottsdale Headache Symposium, Marriott's Camelback Inn Resort and Spa, Scottsdale, Ariz, November 3-5. Contact Melissa R. Bishop, American Association for the Study of Headache, 19 Mantua Rd, Mt Royal, NJ 08061; tel: (609) 423-3195; fax: (609) 423-0082; e-mail: aashhq@aash.smarthub.com.
Second Annual Meeting of the Electroencephalography and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS), Mercer University, Macon, Ga, November 9-11. Contact Dr Norman Moore, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA; e-mail: moore_nc@mercer.edu.
Parkinson's Disease, Dementia and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders for the Practitioner, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Radisson Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, Ariz, November 17-18. AMA Category 12; Cost: $280. Contact Sarah Dorste, Mayo School of CME, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, 13400 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85259; tel: (480) 301-4661; fax: (480) 301-8323.
IX Curso en Espanol de la Academia Americana de Neurologia, Wyndham Miami Beach Resort, Miami, Fla, November 20-22. Cost: $325. Contact SUNY Upstate Medical University, Office of Continuing Education, 750 E Adams St, Syracuse, NY 13210; tel: (315) 464-4304; (315) 464-4422; e-mail: morer@upstate.edu.
11th Annual Neurology for the Primary Practitioner, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Harbor Court Hotel, Baltimore, Md, December 9. Category 1 and other appropriate credits pending. Cost: TBA. Contact Conference Coordinator, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education, Turner 20, 720 Rutland Ave, Baltimore, MD 21205-2195; tel: (410) 955-2959; fax: (410) 955-0807; e-mail: cmenet@jhmi.edu; Web site: http://www.med.jhu.edu/cme.
First World Congress on the Fetal Origins of Adult Disease (including sessions on neural programming and the fetal origins of neurological and psychiatric diseases), The Oberoi Towers, Mumbai (Bombay), India, February 2-4, 2001. Contact Ms Alifiya S. Motiwala, MSc; tel: 91 22 651 6439 or 91 22 645 6763; fax: 91 22 651 6438; e-mail: mrcssc@vsnl.com; Web site: http://www.sneha-india.org.
International Symposium on the West Syndrome and Related Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathies (ISWS), The Yayoi Memorial Hall, Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, February 10-11, 2001. Official Language: English. Abstract deadline: October 31, 2000. Contact Yukio Fukuyama, MD, Secretariat, ISWS, c/o Child Neurology Institute, Samban-cho TY Plaza, 5FI, 24 Samban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan; tel: 81 3 3238 1580; fax: 81 3 3238 1502; e-mail: yfukuyam@sc4.so-net.ne.jp.
The Practicing Physicians Approach to the Difficult Headache Patient, Marriott's Las Palmas Resort and Country Club, Rancho Mirage, Calif, February 13-17, 2001. Contact Meeting Planner, Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Educational Foundation, 467 W Deming Pl, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60614; tel: (773) 388-6363; fax: (773) 477-9712.
23rd Annual Carrell-Krusen Neuromuscular Symposium, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Tex, February 22-23, 2001. Visiting Professor: Robert B. Layzer, MD. Abstract deadline: November 27, 2000. Contact Susan T. Iannaccone, MD, Director, Neuromuscular Disease and Neurorehabilitation, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, 2222 Welborn St, Dallas, TX 75219; tel: (214) 559-7830; fax: (214) 559-7835; e-mail: susani@ixnetcom.com.