May 19, 2012

Career Fundamentals Workshop

From Residency to Tenure: A Road Map for Success for the Academic Plastic Surgeon

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June 16-17, 2012
Ann Arbor, Michigan

This complimentary two-day course gives the academic surgeon everything they need to:

  • Examine how to successfully manage your career as a surgeon-scientist
  • Identify and develop ideas into fundable research projects
  • Enhance their ability to successfully compete for extramural funding from federal and non-federal sources
  • Build a competitive CV for funding success
  • Select a research lab and mentor during residency
  • Prepare a successful grant proposal
  • Prepare during residency to get an academic dream job
  • Select the ideal academic job
  • Overcome the challenges a new surgeon-scientist will face
  • Understand the intricacies and opportunities of technology transfer
     

Course Director: Paul S. Cederna, MD, PSRC Chairman, Associate Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan
Co-Course Director:  James Bradley, MD, Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Los Angeles
Co-Course Director: Lars Steinstraesser, MD, Chief of Burn Center and Professor of Plastic Surgery, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

This free-of-charge workshop will run in conjunction with the Plastic Surgery Research Council's 57th Annual Meeting. Both meetings will be held at the Basic Science Research Building, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Note: This workshop is not for credit.

Hotel Information

Please book your hotel room immediately. We are nearly sold out of the block; any overflow hotel will be at some distance from the workshop.

Executive Learning & Conference Center (ELCC)
at the Ross School of Business

Rates start at $155 per night
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Call the Campus Inn at: 734-769-2200 or email requests to reservations@campusinn.com

Mention the PSRC and Group Booking number 4381

Rates start at $151 per night

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Call the Bell Tower Hotel at: 800-562-3559

Mention the PSRC and Group Booking number 5009

Rates start at $155 per night