TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010 — INVITATION TO THE RACES
Hello, ISOMS Members:
We understand that our staff (Jane Stein and her team) are working on a classy new electronic format for messages that will come your way soon.
For today, we want you to know that the Lake County Medical Society extends an invitation to any ISOMS member who might be in the area of Arlington Park Race Track to join us for A Day at the Races this coming Saturday, July 10.
Click here for the event announcement and we sincerely welcome the ISOMS membership to join us for this relaxing summer outing! There are about 30 seats remaining in the Governor's Room, so contact us soon if you would like to join us for lunch and some fun!
Mark A. Neault, MD
President
Lake County Medical Society
SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2010 — MESSAGE FROM A COLLEAGUE
ISOMS Members:
Here's a message from a colleague...
Dear Doctors,
You received a previous email message regarding the Illinois Dental Mission of Mercy. The clinic will be June 11 and 12. We hope to treat between 1000-1500 people in the Oral Surgery clinic on those 2 days. Patients will be coming from all over the state and will obviously spread out quite a bit after they leave.
Most of the patients will have had very simple procedures. (We are not removing any impacted 3rds, for example.) However, some will need follow-up care. Each patient who leaves the Oral Surgery clinic will have post op instructions stamped in red, that read ORAL SURGERY MISSION OF MERCY ("M.O.M.").
If any patients contact your office with the stamped M.O.M. post op instructions, please evaluate and treat them. Thank you in advance for your help with this worthy volunteer effort. If you have any questions call me at 1-800-348-6645.
...and GO HAWKS!!!
Respectfully,
Steve Doran
Bloomington, Illinois
Jane R. Stein
Executive Director
THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010 — ISOMS NEWS
Greetings, ISOMS Members:
Just a reminder — the 2010 AAOMS House of Delegates will meet in Chicago this fall at the Chicago Hilton Hotel beginning Monday, September 27 through Thursday, September 30. The President's Event will be Friday, October 1. All Delegates and Alternates are required to attend the House sessions. The six districts will convene pre-House of Delegates caucus sessions at 10:30 AM on Monday, September 27. This is prior to the opening of the first session of the House of Delegates.
There will be a District IV (Great Lakes) Summer Caucus on Saturday, August 21, at the Embassy Suites in Rosemont. The Caucus chairman is Dr. Brent T. Garrison of Indianapolis.
For information on the annual meeting, visit the AAOMS web site at www.AAOMS.org
Jane R. Stein
Executive Director
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010 — 2010 FALL EDUCATION PROGRAM
ISOMS Members:
For your information...
To: Members of the Chicago Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
From: Dr. Jeffrey Halpern, Vice President and Program Chairman for CSOMS
Topic: 2010 Fall Education Program
We were very pleased with the turnout for our 2010 Winter program in Oak Brook, and I am currently seeking input from CSOMS members for a fall 2010 program. Before we finalize arrangements, I would like to hear from you. If you have any suggestions for speakers or specific topics, please feel free to forward them to us soon. There will be a spring CSOMS executive committee soon and we hope to make a decision at that time.
Thank you for your attention. Feel free to send your reply to this email, which will be forwarded to me.
Dr. Jeffrey Halpern
Jane R. Stein
Executive Director
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010 — MISSION OF MERCY UPDATE
ISOMS Members:
The message below is an update we are forwarding to ISOMS members at the request of Dr. Steve Doran, who is aggressively trying to organize the Dental Mission of Mercy Event to be held in Bloomington, June 10-13.
Dear Doctors,
I am contacting you again regarding our Dental Mission of Mercy scheduled for June 10-13, 2010, in Bloomington,IL. Our plan is to stamp each post-op instruction sheet with Illinois Mission of Mercy. There will be a phone number for patients to call post-op. Our plan is to screen for REAL need and then direct them to the nearest ISOMS member for palliative treatment. You will be able to identify them by the stamp on their post op sheet. Thank you in advance.
Also,we are a little short of instruments.We will make every effort to keep instruments separate, if you do bring your own. If you have any to donate we'll take anything functional; forceps, suction tips, anything. It is my understanding we can give you a deduction for fair value. Lastly, if the time isn't working out for you, offer your staff an opportunity to come. OMFS assistants make this type of clinic run smoother as I have learned from past experience.
Hope to see alot of you in June.My contact info illiniwek4evr@hotmail.com, or phone 309-663-2526.
Pura Vida, Steve Doran
Jane R. Stein
Executive Director
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 — WISCONSIN EDUCATION PROGRAM
Hello ISOMS Members:
The Wisconsin Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons has extended an invitation to the Members of ISOMS to attend their annual session and education program, to be held Saturday, April 24 in Lake Geneva, WI. Dr. Mike Pikos will speak on hard and soft tissue grafting. Their brochure has been scanned for your convenience and can be viewed by clicking here. Please respond to the name and address on the brochure. Thank you.
Jane R. Stein
Executive Director
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 — ISOMS REMINDER
Hello ISOMS Members:
Doug Miller and his excellent training team from ACES (Acute Care Education Systems) in Hoffman Estates are gearing up for our ACLS training program to be held on Saturday and Sunday, February 27 and 28 at Hamburger University, on the campus of the Hyatt Lodge Hotel in Oak Brook. We have about 75 registrants so far, which is great. If you are planning on attending, please let us know very soon. Click here to read the event flier posted here our web site.
We can email the study materials ACES provided, and you can purchase the Full Provider Manual for ACLS from WorldPoint ifyou need it. Call 888-322-8350 and ask for publication 80-1088. This is the 2006 edition of the book, which has a red cover, so many of you may still have this book. The small spiral bound handbook is item number 80-1484.
Questions? Email, efax to 847-574-0445 or call 847-482-0222.
Jane R. Stein
Executive Director
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010 — ISOMS PROGRAM
Hello ISOMS Members:
The Saturday/Sunday, February 28 and 29, 2010 weekend training and testing program for ACLS is fast approaching. If you have registered and you think you might be interested in staying overnight at the hotel, please call now. Rooms are available at reasonable rates at the Hyatt Lodge, on the same campus with Hamburger University, where sessions will be held. (If you have registered, directly with the hotel, or otherwise, please let us know.)
For reservations, call 630-990-5800. The nightly rate for ISOMS is $89-plus taxes for Friday and for Saturday night.
If you have not yet registered, please do so now. Send your registration form, or print a new one by clicking here.
There will be an ISOMS Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Lodge at 6 PM on Friday evening, February 27.
Thank you!
Jane R. Stein
Executive Director
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010 — PROGRAM REMINDER
Greetings ISOMS Members:
Program Reminder —
The biannual ACLS Training and Certification program will be held on the weekend of February 27 and 28 at The Hyatt Lodge, in the Hamburger University Complex, across the pond from 'The Lodge', in Oak Brook. It was in the same location in 2008. Please respond as soon as you can so we can estimate the number of attendees as accurately as possible, and staff can be booked accordingly. We have 61 people registered to date.
There are still some rooms available for Friday and/or Saturday nights at The Lodge at a reduced rate ($89 for single or double occupancy) if you mention the ISOMS group. Reservations should be made by calling the hotel at 630-568-1234. The toll-free number is 800-233-1234. The cut-off date is Feb. 5, 2010.
We anticipate the training and testing ending by 12:30 PM on Sunday, based on past experience. We have hired Doug Miller and his staff from "ACES" — the same group we have used for the past three consecutive programs. Feedback has been entirely positive for this group of educators.
Questions? Let us hear from you.
Jane R. Stein
Executive Director