2003 Annual Meeting

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="32852520.jpg" border=0 width="82" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page"><U>Home</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Annual Meetings"><U>Annual</U></A><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Annual Meetings"><U> </U></A><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Annual Meetings"><U>Meetings</U></A><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Annual Meetings"><U> Overview</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>M</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>usculo</B></FONT><B>S</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>keletal </B></FONT><B>I</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>nfection </B></FONT><B>S</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>ociety</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 2003 Annual Meeting</div> <bR> <div> 13th Open Scientific  Meeting </div> <div> Aug 1-2, 2003</div> <div> Snowmass Village, Colorado</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                                               </FONT> CME Accreditation:    11.5 hours Category 1 AMA Physician's Recognition Award,</div> <div>  </div> <div>                                                 Meeting Site:               Snowmass Conference Center</div> <bR> <div>                                                 Lodging:                       <A HREF="http://www.silvertreehotel.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.silvertreehotel.com/"><U>Silvertree Hotel</U></A>  </div> <div>                                                                                       For reservations, please call 1-800-837-4255 or 970-923-3520 </div> <div>                                                                                                                      or e-mail us at  reservations@silvertreehotel.com </div> <bR> <div>                                                 Program Chairman:     Alex C McLaren MD</div> <bR> <div>                                                 Meeting Coordinator:  Becky Zukowski RN MSN,   (412)  647-8220   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><A HREF="mailto:zukowskirs@upmc.edu" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:zukowskirs@upmc.edu"><U>zukowskirs@upmc.edu</U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                                                        UPMC-CCEHS (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, </div> <div>                                                                                     Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences)</div> <div>                                                 Registration Onsite:    Fee   Physicians  $425 </div> <div>                                                                                              Residents and other healthcare professionals  $225</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2003 Meeting Agenda"><U>Program</U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                 </FONT><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2003 Abstracts"><U>View Abstracts</U></A>      <a href="HTMLobj-199/Brochure_2003_Annual_Meeting.pdf"><u>View Meeting Brochure</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div> We gratefully acknowledge unrestricted educational grants from</div> <div> Depuy  and Biomet </div> <div> insupport of this meeting</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f2487d0.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#990099" FACE="Tahoma" ><IMG SRC="0f1487d0.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <div>   </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>