2004 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> 2004 Annual Meeting</div> <bR> <div> 14th Open Scientific  Meeting </div> <div> Aug 13-14, 2004</div> <div> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="780" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="247"><div> CME Accreditation:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="522"><div> 8.5  hours Category 1 AMA Physician's Recognition Award</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="247"><div>  Meeting Site:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="522"><div> Pittsburgh Sheraton Station Square Hotel Conference Center</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="247"><div>  Lodging:     </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Pittsburgh Sheraton Station Square Hotel  (800) 325-3535   (412) 261-2000 </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="247"><div> Program Chairman: </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="522"><div> Nalini Rao, MD   </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 50 WIDTH="247"><div> Meeting Coordinator:</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Kristie Maple,   (412)  647-9539  </div> <div> UPMC-CCEHS (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, </div> <div>                          Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="247"><div> Registration Fee</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="522"><div> Physicians  $425 </div> <div> Residents and other healthcare professionals  $225</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2004 Program"><U>Program</U></A>              <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                           </FONT><A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2004 Abstracts"><U>View Abstracts</U></A> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia" > </FONT>                   <a href="HTMLobj-247/2004_Meeting_Brochure_Final.pdf"><u>View Meeting Brochure</u> </a>  </div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> We gratefully acknowledge  unrestricted educational grants from</div> <div> Depuy Orthopaedics Inc, Warsaw IN  and  Stryker Orthopaedics Inc,Phoenix AZ</div> <div> insupport of Resident and Fellow Scholarship Awards</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16388450.gif" border=0 width="136" height="69" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                 <IMG SRC="1658a450.gif" border=0 width="138" height="69" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">          <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="17ed9430.png" border=0 width="217" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> and by Roche Laboratories Inc. in support of the 2004 Annual Meeting</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="16c542c0.png" border=0 width="84" height="44" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>