Eighth Annual Conference of the Multidisciplinary Alliance
Against Device-Related Infections

MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, SURGICAL ADVANCES
AND REGULATORY PERSPECTIVES ON
DEVICE-RELATED INFECTIONS

June 6 - 8, 2008
Lansdowne Resort
Lansdowne, Virginia
15 Minutes from Washington Dulles International Airport, Washington, DC

Larry M. Baddour, MD: Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Robert B. Blasio: President and CEO, Western Litigation, Inc., Houston, TX.

G. Ralph Corey, MD: Gary Hock Distinguished Professor of Global Health; Hubert/Yeargan Center for Global Health; Director, Infectious Disease Research, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Rabih O. Darouiche, MD: Professor, Departments of Medicine (Infectious Disease Section) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Director, Center for Prostheses Infection Baylor College of Medicine; Founder, Multidisciplinary Alliance Against Device-Related Infections, Houston, TX.

Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD: Professor of Surgery and Director of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Rodney M. Donlan, PhD: Biofilm Laboratory Team Leader, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCID/DHQP/ELB/EAMT, Atlanta, GA.

A. Doyle Gantt, Jr.: Senior Review Scientist, Division of Cardiovascular Devices, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Bethesda, MD.

Richard J. Hamill, MD: Professor, Department of Medicine (Infectious Disease Section), Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX.

Chiu S. Lin, PhD: Director, Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Infection Control and Dental Devices, Office of Device Evaluation, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD

Janine M. Morris: Branch Chief, Urology and Lithotripsy Devices Branch, Division of Reproductive Abdominal and Radiology Devices, Office of Device Evaluation, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD.

Sheila A. Murphey, MD: Branch Chief, Infection Control Devices Branch, Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Infection Control and Dental Devices, Office of Device Evaluation, Center for Device and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD

Nadine Nakazawa, RN: PICC Program Coordinator, Stanford University Hospital and Clinic, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA; President-elect, Association for Vascular Access.

Stanley A. Nasraway, MD: Professor, Departments of Surgery, Medicine and Anesthesiology and Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.

David T. Netscher, MD: Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Departments of Otolaryngology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Robert J. Palmer, Jr, PhD: Staff Scientist-Microbiologist, National Institute of Dental Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, Bethesda, MD.

Trish M. Perl, MD: Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Epidemiology and Hospital Epidemiologist, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and University, Baltimore, MD.

Anthony J. Schaeffer, MD: Herman L. Kretschmer Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

Joseph S. Solomkin, MD: Professor and Director of Research, Division of Trauma/Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.

Lansdowne Resort
Lansdowne Resort, 44050 Woodridge Parkway, Lansdowne, VA 20176
(703) 729-8400 / Fax: (703) 729-4096 Website: www.lansdowneresort.com

Nestled deep in the heart of Virginia this AAA Four Diamond resort offers a worldly retreat, just 25 miles from the Nation's Capital and 15 minutes from the Washington International Airport. Nearby you can shop antique centers, tour historic sites and enjoy tastings at area wineries. Refreshing leisure choices include ours swimming pools, Robert Trent Jones, Jr. golf course, tennis, biking on our trails, and soothing spa treatments.

The resort/airport shuttle departs the resort every half hour (on the top and bottom of the hour) from 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Price is $25 per person each way. Advance reservations required (1-877-509-8400).

A block of rooms at a special discounted have been reserved for this conference. Reservations may be made by phone at 1-877-509-8400. Please make reservations by the cut-off date of May 5, 2008.

Room Rates: King $209.00+   Double $209.00+

Resort Fee: Rates do not include state and local room tax and a Resort Fee. The $15.00 per day Resort Fee covers access to the Health Club and all exercise classes, access to indoor and outdoor pool and aquatic complex, daily newspaper delivery, local and access telephone calls as well as daily coffee service.

[+Rates are quoted exclusive of applicable state and local taxes, currently 10% but subject to change without notice.]