Please share the following announcement about a health care technology conference with faculty and others who may have an interest:

Title:  "Impact of Emerging Technologies on HealthCare in the 21st Century"

Date:  December 3-4, 1998

Place:  Knoxville, Tennessee (University of Tennessee Medical Center - Knoxville)

The focus of the program will be on 4 major areas:

(1)  Patient information systems, including remote biosensors, and telemedicine;

(2)  Biomaterials, including bioreactions, new synthetic alloys, vascular implants, and re-stimulation of neuronal pathways;

(3)  Human genome project and its impact on pharmacogenetics and the exploding field of bioinformatics; and

(4)  New developments in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers

Format is morning plenary sessions and afternoon simultaneous workshops and poster sessions.

This conference is not only for physicians, health administrators, clinical and basic science investigators, and biomedical teachers, but also for engineers and computer scientists who wish to expand their vision of the impact of technology on medicine.

Faculty are drawn from universities, hospitals, industry, and the federal government (US Senate, NCI, NIEHS).  Opportunities for networking are encouraged.

A full program, list of speakers, registration forms, etc can be accessed at http://www.utmck.edu.  From this page click on the blue brochure on the right side of the page.

Thanks!  We  hope to see you there!

Debbie Smith
UT Memphis
xxxxxx@utmem.edu