Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

2003 Annual Meeting
Silver Anniversary
Celebrating 25 Years

General Information

Workshops & Evening Sessions

Included: Fee includes workshop, continental breakfast (morning workshops), breaks, snacks (evening sessions), and syllabus.

CME Accreditation: The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists designates these educational activities for a maximum of 4.0 hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Registration Limitations: Please note limitations. Pre-registration of workshops and evening sessions is available to SCA Members only. If space is available, sessions will be open to non-members on site.

25th (Silver) Annual Meeting

Location: All scientific sessions and workshops will be held at the Fountainebleau Hilton Resort, 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140.

Included: Scientific fee includes continental breakfasts, coffee breaks, (2) lunches, (1) reception and the meeting syllabus.

Accompanying Person Fee: The Accompanying Person Fee provides for admission to the Monday evening reception, hospitality suite and exhibit hall. This fee does not include lunch in the exhibit hall on Monday and Tuesday.

The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists designates this educational activity for a maximum of 23.5 hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Refund Policy

For the Workshops, Annual Meeting and PBLDs a full refund will be provided through March 15, 2003; an 80% refund will be provided from April 1, 2003. After April 1, 2003, the Society will not refund any registration fees. Refunds will be determined by the date the written cancellation is received in the SCA's headquarters office and the postmark.

Resort Information

The internationally-renowned Fontainebleau Hilton Resort is situated on 20 acres of Atlantic beachfront, 20 minutes from Miami International Airport and 12 minutes from the Port of Miami. The Hotel is easily accessible from I-95 and the Florida Turnpike.

The resort features a wide variety of watersports and recreational activities including tennis, windsurfing and jogging. There is a private dock with sightseeing, fishing and sailing charters. Golf is minutes away. The half-acre, free-form pool has cascading waterfalls with a raw bar and ice cream parlor beneath the rock grotto. A salt-water pool and cabanas are located nearby.

Travel Information

Association Travel Concepts (ATC) has been selected as the official travel agency for the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Meeting in Miami Beach, April 26-30, 2003. As the official agency, ATC has negotiated discounts with United, Continental and Alamo Rental Car to bring you special airfares and car rental rates that are lower than those available to the public. When calling ATC, you will save 10% to 15% off United and American Airline tickets purchased more than 60 days prior to the meeting. For tickets purchased less than 60 days prior, the discounts will be 5% to 10% off of the lowest available fares. Some restrictions may apply and a service fee may apply. ATC will also search for the lowest available fare on ANY airline serving Miami.

To take advantage of these great rates and personalized service, call Association Travel Concepts at 1-800-458-9383, Fax: (858) 581-3988, email: atc@assntravel.com, or go to www.assntravel.com

Above discounts apply for travel April 20 - May 3, 2003.
ATC is available for reservations from 9:00 am until 8:30 pm Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
You may also call your own agency or the vendors directly and refer to the following I.D. numbers listed: