General

Scientific Organizing Committee
(C.R.S.A. Founding Members)

Enrico Benedetti, MD, FACS (Chicago, USA)
Parveen Bhatia, MD (New Delhi, India)
Francesco Bianco, MD (Chicago, USA)
Laurent Bressler, MD (Nancy, France)
Luciano Casciola, MD (Spoleto, Italy)
George J. Chang, MD (Houston, USA)
Gyu Seog Choi, MD (Kyungpook, Korea)
Woong Youn Chung, MD (Seoul, Korea)
Andrea Coratti, MD (Grosseto, Italy)
Annibale D’annibale, MD (Rome, Italy)
Mark Dylewski, MD (Miami, USA)
Fernando Elli, MD (Chicago, USA)
Carlos Galvani, MD (Chicago, USA)
Eric Genden, MD (New York, USA)
Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD (Chicago, USA)
Seon Hahn Kim, MD (Seoul, Korea)
Woo Jin Hyung, MD (Seoul, Korea)
Kemp Kernstine, MD (Los Angeles, USA)
Arvind Kumar, MD (New Delhi, India)
John Meehan, MD (Seattle, USA)
Philippe Morel, MD (Geneva, Switzerland)
Jose Oberholzer, MD (Chicago, USA)
Elena Oshiro Ortiz, MD (Madrid, Spain)
Jaydeep H. Palep, MD (Mumbay, India)
Edoardo Parra Davilla, MD (Orlando, USA)
Graziano Pernazza, MD (Rome, Italy)
Alessio Pigazzi, MD (Los Angeles, USA)
Leela M. Prasad, MD (Chicago, USA)
Jens C Ruckert, MD (Berlin, Germany)
Fabio Sbrana, MD (Chicago, USA)
Thomas Schmid, MD (Innsbruck, Austria)
Giuseppe Spinoglio, MD (Alessandria, Italy)
Giulia Veronesi, MD (Milano, Italy)
Claudio Vicini, MD (Forlì, Italy)
Erik Wilson, MD (Houston, USA)
Willem Wisselink, MD, FACS (Amsterdam, Holland)
Ning-Xin Zou, MD (Peking, China)
Anusak Yiengpruksawan, MD (Ridgewood, USA)

Social Event
Signature Room [95th Floor of the John Hancock Center]

Enjoy panoramic views of the City of Chicago and Lake Michigan from the 95th Floor of the John Hancock Center while socializing with your colleagues from the CRSA
Visit Signature Room website

Congress Venue
UIC Forum
725 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: +1 (312) 413-9875
Visit UIC Forum website

Cellular phones
Cellular phones must be switched off during all sessions.
Certificate of Attendance
A Certificate of Attendance for the 1st international congress C.R.S.A. 2009 can be collected at the registration desk on the last day of the meeting.
Congress bags
Each delegate will receive a congress bag which includes an abstract/program book.
Hotel accommodation
For more information and online booking of your preferred room please click here.
Insurance
The organizers are not responsible for any personal damage. Participants are strongly recommended to arrange their own personal insurance.
Language
All presentations during the meeting will be conducted in English. There will be no translation.
Registration
For more information about registration click here.
Smoking policy
Smoking is prohibited inside the congress centre.
Speaker Service Centre
Only digital presentations will be accepted during the meeting and all presentations should be handed in at the Speaker Service Centre at least two hours prior to the start of the session.