Dixie-Great Lakes Joint Chapters Fall Meeting
October 1-4, 2015
Chattanooga, Tennessee, destination for the Dixie and Great Lakes Chapters Joint 2015 Fall Meeting. Beautiful fall destination with many attractions: Tennessee Aquarium, Rock City, Ruby Falls and Chickamauga Battlefield.
HOTEL: The Chattanoogan Hotel 423.756.3400 http://www.chattanooganhotel.com/ 1201 South Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
PARKING: $8 per night/$14 valet
RATES: $139 per night includes guestroom internet
CUTOFF DATE: September 1, 2015
FBO: Wilson Air Center 423.855.2299
AIRPORT: Lovell Field, 932 Jubilee Drive, Chattanooga, TN 374421 (9.5 miles, 15 minutes from Chattanoogan Hotel)
CAR RENTAL: Hertz rents cars at Wilson Air Center 423.855.2299 Transportation to the hotel provided departing at 2:00 and 4:00 pm 10/1. Recommend car rental if you plan to explore the area.
REGISTRATION FEE: Includes Thursday evening reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres; Friday and Saturday morning breakfasts; group tour Friday afternoon on River Gorge Explorer; Saturday night reception and group dinner. Spectacular scenery free.
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Thursday October 1, 2015
Arrivals at KCHA (Lovell Field) Wilson Air Center Contact: Glenn Rivenbark General manager 423-855-2299
12 miles to The Chattanoogan Hotel 20 minute drive
6:00 PM Reception and Dinner Patio The Chattanoogan Hotel
Friday, October 2, 2015
6:30 AM- Breakfast- Broad Street Grille (tickets provided)
7:45 AM Sign-in, Welcome and announcements
8:00-10:00 AM CME Scientific Session
10:00 AM RFS- Tour of Orange Grove Center
10:15 AM- 12:15 PM CME Scientific Session
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Catch electric shuttle to the Tennessee Aquarium for cruise on The River Gorge Explorer beginning at 2:00 PM Suggest arriving 1:30-1:45 PM for your ticket (provided)
6:00 PM Hospitality Hour Suite #TBA
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Saturday, October 3, 2015
6:30 AM- Breakfast- Broad Street Grille (tickets provided)
7:45 AM Sign-in, Welcome and announcements
8:00-10:00 AM CME Scientific Session
10:15 AM-12:15 PM CME Scientific Session
12:15 PM Sessions end and Chapter Business Meetings convene
LUNCH AND AFTERNOON ON YOUR OWN
6:30 PM- Hospitality and Group Dinner
8:00 PM – presentation by Barbershop Quartet
Sunday October 4, 2015
DEPARTURE- Breakfast on your own
MEETING PRESENTATIONS
Friday October 2, 2015
7:45 AM Welcome and Announcements -W. Kenneth Austin, M.D. and John Freitas, M.D.
8:00 AM George Cowan, M.D., “PTSD and Caring for Veterans”
8:45 AM Audience comments and Questions
9:00 AM Barry Knotts, M.D., “Shock: A Surgeon’s Point of View”
9:45 AM Audience comments and Questions
10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:15 AM Susan Northrup, M.D. Regional Flight Surgeon Southern region FAA, “Aerospace Medicine and Occupational Medicine”
11:00 AM Audience comments and Questions
11:15 AM David Mauritson, M.D., J.D., “Update in Cardiology”
12:00 PM Audience comments and Questions
12:15 AM Scientific Session adjourns for the day
Saturday October 3, 2015
7:45 AM Announcements W. Kenneth Austin, M.D. and John Freitas, M.D.
8:00 AM H. Alexander Arts, M.D., “Acoustic Neuromas”
8:45 AM Audience comments and Questions
9:00 AM Frank Browning, M.D., “Neurological Maladies and the F.A.A.”
9:45 AM Audience comments and Questions
10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:15 AM John Freitas, M.D., “Alcohol Abuse: The Airman, The AME, and the FAA”
11:00 AM Audience comments and Questions
11:15 AM Scientific Session Adjourns
11:15 AM George Shehl, M.D. (NON-CME), “Wilbur and Orville’s Discovery of Human Flight”
12:00 PM Audience comments and Questions
12:20 PM Chapter Business meetings convene
CONTACTS: Ken and Margo Austin, John and Beth Freitas
