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Invitations to National or International Conferences- Joe B. Putnam, Jr., M.D.

  1. Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Thoracic Rounds, Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux and its Complications, 9/89.
  2. Nationl Naval Medical Center, General Surgery Grand Rounds, Gastroesphageal Reflux, Bethesda, MD, 9/98.
  3. General Surgery Conference - Results of Pulmonary Surgery for Metastatic Sarcomas, 2/90.
  4. Department of General Surgery Grand Rounds - Pulmonary Resection for Metastases, 2/90.
  5. Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center Cancer Seminar, Limits of Surgical Resection for Primary Carcinoma of the Lung, 4/90.
  6. The University of Iowa Surgery Grand Rounds, The Limits of Surgical Resection for Carcinoma of the Lung. 6/90.
  7. United States Naval Hospital Family Practice Grand Rounds, The Diagnosis and Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux, Twenty-Nine Palms, CA, 7/90.
  8. Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds - Prognostic Indicators for Survival Following Resection of Pulmonary Metastases, 7/90.
  9. University of Tennessee at Memphis, Surgical Grand Rounds, Management of Pulmonary Metastases, 9/91.
  10. Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Backfill Experiences During Operation Desert Storm, San Antonio, TX, 11/91.
  11. The Society of Surgical Oncology Laparoscopic/Thorascopic Symposium, 46th Annual Meeting, Thoracoscopic Resection of Pulmonary Tumors, Los Angeles, CA, 3/93.
  12. North Florida Hematology and Oncology Associates, St. Vincents Medical Center Cancer Education Seminary, Cancer of the Esophagus, Jacksonville, FL, 5/93.
  13. Congress on Laparoscopy, Thoracoscopy, and Pelvioscopy, Video-assisted Thoracoscopy Istanbul, Turkey, 11/93.
  14. Congress on Laparoscopy, Thoracoscopy, and Pelvioscopy, Surgical Management of Esophageal Cancer, Istanbul, Turkey, 11/93.
  15. Bethesda Memorial Center, Annual Cancer Conference of The Center for Radiation Oncology, Surgical Management of Esophageal Cancer, West Palm Beach, FL, 11/93.
  16. Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas Cancer Symposium, Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery, Beaumont, TX, 11/93.
  17. Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas Cancer Symposium, Current Management of Esophageal Carcinoma, Beaumont, TX, 11/93.
  18. Society of Surgical Oncology 47th Annual Cancer, Symposium Surgery for Metastatic Disease-Resection of Pulmonary Metastases, 3/94.
  19. 81st Annual Meeting of the Texas Radiologic Society, Carcinoma of the Esophagus, Austin, TX, 4/94.
  20. 4th European Congress of Video Surgery, Application of V.A.T.S. Techniques in Thoracic Oncology, Istanbul, Turkey, 6/94.
  21. 4th European Congress of Video Surgery, Thoracic Resection of Pulmonary Metastases, Istanbul, Turkey, 6/94.
  22. 4th European Congress of Video Surgery, Thoracoscopy in the Staging and Treatment of Esophageal Carcinoma: Comment and Controversies, Istanbul, Turkey, 6/94.
  23. 4th European Congress of Video Surgery, Risks and Complications in Video Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey, 6/94.
  24. 3rd United States/Japan Clinical Trial Summit, Southwest Oncology Group, Treatment of Pulmonary Metastases, Seattle, WA, 8/94.
  25. Balboa Alumni of General Surgery Conference, Naval Medical Center, The Surgical Management of Esophageal Carcinoma: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Experience, San Diego, CA, 10/94.
  26. St. Thomas Regional Hospital, Perioperative Chemotherapy and Surgery in Stage III, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Norman, OK, 10/94.
  27. Current Management of Pulmonary Disease: Pleural Disorders Symposium Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion, St. Thomas Medical Center at Vanderbilt, Health Education Services, Laurence A. Grossman Medical Learning Center, Nashville, TN, 10/94.
  28. Bethesda Memorial Hospital 9th Annual Clinical Cancer Conference, Current Trends in the Treatment of Carcinoma of the Lung, Surgical Management of Carcinoma of the Lung, Boynton Beach, FL, 11/94.
  29. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Management Update in Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Baton Rouge, LA, 11/94.
  30. Bay Area Tumor Institute, Lung Conference, Current Therapies in the Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Oakland, CA, 2/95.
  31. Baptist Hospital Cancer Conference, Pensacola, FL., 2/95.
  32. General Thoracic Surgical Club 1995 Meeting, Resection of Pulmonary Metastases South Seas Plantation Resort & Yacht Harbour on Captiva Island, FL, 3/95.
  33. Invited Speaker. St. John's Hospital, Oncology Symposium, Combined Modality Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Detroit, MI, 9/95.
  34. International Workshop of Lung Metastases, National Heart and Lung Institute, Role of VATS, London, England, 10/95.
  35. International Workshop of Lung Metastases, Soft Tissue Sarcomas, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, England, 10/95.
  36. International Workshop of Lung Metastases, VATS, Panel Discussion, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, England, 10/95.
  37. Invited Speaker, Argentine Congress of Pneumology, Neoadjuvant Therapy for the Treatment of Potentially Resectable Stage III Lung Carcinomas Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10/95.
  38. Invited Speaker, Argentine Congress of Pneumology, Lung Cancer and VATS, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10/95.
  39. Invited Speaker, Argentine Congress of Pneumology, Present Indications and Future Projections of VATS, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10/95.
  40. Invited Speaker, Argentine Congress of Pneumology, VATS in Lung Cancer, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10/95. International Society of Diseases of the Esophagus, Results of Esophagectomy for Severe Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus, Milan, Italy, 1995.
  41. International Society Diseases of The Esophagus, The Technique of Esophagectomy Does Not Influence Survival After Resection of Esophageal Carcinoma, Milan, Italy, 1995.
  42. Society of Thoracic Surgeons 32nd Annual Meeting, Resecting the Unresectable Thoracic Neoplasm, Orlando, FL, 1/96.
  43. Wayne State University, Harper Hospital Oncology Grand Rounds, The Role of Surgery in the Management of Esophageal Carcinoma, Detroit, MI, 3/96.
  44. Wayne State University, Harper Hospital Lung Cancer Academic Conference, Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus Surgery in the Treatment of Potentially Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Detroit, MI, 3/96.
  45. IASLC Workshop, Limits of a Surgical Resection for Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Brussels, Belguin, 6/96.
  46. Harvard Medical School, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Interest Group International Symposium, Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Sub-lobar Pulmonary Resection of Peripheral Lung Cancer, Boston, MA, 9/96.
  47. Henry Ford Hospital Oncology Grand Rounds, Multimodality Treatment of Advanced Stage Lung Cancer: Surgery and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, Detroit, MI, 9/96.
  48. East Texas Lung Symposium, Neoadjuvant Therapy of Lung Cancer, Tyler, TX, 9/96.
  49. Memorial Regional Cancer Center, 12th Annual Symposium, Perspectives in Cancer, Diagnosis and Treatment, Modesto, CA, 9/96.
  50. Invited Discussant for Burt, M. and Gold, J. American College of Surgeons, Pulmonary Metastatectomy with Removal of Tumor Invading the Left Atrium: Sequential Approach, Thoracic Surgery Cline Clinics, San Francisco, CA, 10/96.
  51. The Royal Academy of Surgery and Medicine of Galacia, Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Experience, LaCoruna, Spain, 10/96.
  52. Metastasis Pulmonares. III Reunion del Area de Oncologia de la Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirugia Toracica (SEPAR), Surgical Management of Pulmonary Metastases, LaCoruna, Spain, 10/96.
  53. Metastasis Pulmonares. III Reunion del Area de Oncologia de la Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirugia Toracica (SEPAR) Pulmonary Metastases: A brief introduction, LaCoruna, Spain, 10/96.
  54. John Alexander Society Meeting, Changing Roles in Thoracic Surgery, Ann Arbor, MICH, 11/96.
  55. Caraway Cancer Center Cancer Symposium, The Surgical Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer During the Multimodality of Treatment of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Birmingham, AL, 12/96.
  56. 2nd Andorran Congress on Lung Cancer, Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Andorra, Spain, 2/97.
  57. Society of Thoracic Surgery Meeting, U-10 Steering, MDACC ID91-025 - Phase III Double-blind Randomized Trial of 13-cis Retinoic Acid to Prevent Second Primary Tumors in Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer,San Diego, CA, 2/97.
  58. Neurosciences/Oncology Symposium, Into the 21st Century: The Treatment of Advanced Stage Lung Cancer: Surgery/Chemotherapy/Gene Therapy, California Cancer Center, Monterey, CA, 3/97.
  59. New Mexico Society Clinical Society, Multimodality Treatment of Small-cell Lung Cancer, Albuqueque, NM, 4/97.
  60. American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Surgery for Pulmonary Metastases, Washington DC, 5/97.
  61. American Association Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Symposium, Surgery for Metastatic Disease to the Lung, Washington DC, 5/97.
  62. Chest South Africa 1997 Conference, Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Surgery in the Treatment of Lung Cancer, Windhoek Namibia, South Africa, 9/97.
  63. Chest South Africa 1997 Conference, The Surgical Management of Esophageal Carcinoma, Windhoek Namibia, South Africa, 9/97.
  64. Chest South Africa 1997 Conference, Pulmonary Metastases: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Windhoek Namibia, South Africa, 9/97.
  65. Pulmonology Society Congress, Current Management of Advanced Stage Lung Cancer Windhoek Namibia, South Africa, 9/97.
  66. 8th World Conference on Lung Cancer, The Role of Thoracoscopy in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer, Dublin, Ireland, 10/97.
  67. 1st International Symposium in Current Concepts in Lung Cancer and Future Considerations for the XXI Century, Surgical Treatment of Advanced Lung Carcinoma: Into the 21st Century, Madrid, Spain, 11/97.
  68. 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting Connective Tissue Oncology Society, Isolated Single Lung Perfusion with Adriamycin for Unresectable Sarcomatous Metastases, Milan, Italy, 11/97.
  69. Austin Surgical Society, Esophageal Cancer: What is the Right Operation?, Austin, TX, 1/98.
  70. Pittsburgh Thoracic Surgical Society, Evolving Management of Pulmonary Metastases, Pittsburgh, PA, 3/98.
  71. Facing the Challenges of NSCLC: Innovations in Combined-Modality Treatment Strategies, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Problem, Staging, and Surgical Management, San Diego, CA, 4/98.
  72. Facing the Challenges of NSCLC: Innovations in Combined-Modality Treatment Strategies, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Problem, Staging, and Surgical Management, Los Angeles, CA, 4/98.
  73. Facing the Challenges of NSCLC: Innovations in Combined-Modality Treatment Strategies, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Problem, Staging, and Surgical Management, Birmingham, AL, 4/98.
  74. Cancer Initiative 2000, Surgical Options in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Dallas, TX, 4/98.
  75. American Radium Society Annual Meeting, New Approaches for a New Millennium, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Case Panel, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 5/98.
  76. Visiting Professor Lectureship Series, Allegheny General Hospital, Edward M. Kent, M.D., Pittsburgh, PA, 5/98.
  77. Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education: Facing the Challenges of NSCLC: Innovations in combined-Modality Treatment Strategies, Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Problem, Staging, and Surgical Management, Washington DC, 6/98.
  78. Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education: Facing the Challenges of NSCLC: Innovations in combined-Modality Treatment Strategies, Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Problem, Staging, and Surgical Management, Atlanta, GA, 6/98.
  79. Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education: Facing the Challenges of NSCLC, Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Problem, Staging, and Surgical Management, Oklahoma City, OK, 6/98.
  80. Lorain County Physicians/Community College Continuing Medical Education Consortium, Annual Pulmonary/Critical Care Seminar: Multi-Modality Treatment of Lung Cancer, Cleveland, OH, 9/98.
  81. Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education: Facing the Challenges of NSCLC, Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Problem, Staging, and Surgical Management Buffalo, New York, 9/98.
  82. Logical Communications, Inc.: Multimodality Approach to the Management of Malignancies of the Thorax, Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Problem, Staging, and Surgical Management Role of Surgery in NSCLC and the Revised Staging System, San Antonio, TX, 10/98.
  83. 5th National Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Conference, Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Surgery in the Multimodality Treatment of Lung Cancer, Antalya, Turkey, 10/98.
  84. American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress, Optimal Management of Malignant Effusions, Orlando, FL, 10/98.
  85. American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress, Massive Mediastinal Tumors - A Surgical Dilemma, Orlando, FL. 10/98.
  86. XXXI World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, Mediastinal Tumors, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11/98.
  87. XXXI World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, Treatment of Pulmonary Metastases, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11/98.
  88. XXXI World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, Adjuvant Therapy in Advanced Pulmonary Cancer, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11/98.
  89. XXXI World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, Pleural Mesoteliomy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11/98
  90. XXXI World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, Indications in Thoracic Pathology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11/98.
  91. XXXI World Congress of the International College of Surgeons, Current State in the Surgical Treatment in Pulmonary Cancer, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11/98.
  92. Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Early Cost Comparison Between Tube Thoracostomy vs. Chronic Indwelling Pleural Catheter (Pleurx) For Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusion, Orlando, FL, 11/98.
  93. Emory University Conference, The Role of Surgery and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in the Management of Advanced Stage Lung Cancer, Atlanta, GA, 11/98.
  94. RSNA 1998 84th Scientific Assembly & Annual Meeting, Management Lung Cancer, Chicago, Ill, 12/98.
  95. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 35th Annual Meeting, An Aggressive Multidisciplinary Surgical Approach to Superior Sulcus Tumors with Vertebral Invasion Can Lead to Long-Term Survival, San Antonio, TX, 1/99.
  96. 11th Annual MASCC International Symposium Meeting, Chronic Indwelling Pleural Catheter (Pleurx®) for Cost Effective Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions, Nice, France, 2/99.
  97. WellStar Promina Northwest Professional Cancer Education Program, Multimodality Approach in the Treatment of Lung Cancer, Marietta, GA, 3/99.
  98. Madigan Army Medical Center Grand Rounds and Chest Conference, The Multimodality Approach to Lung Cancer Tacoma, WA, 3/99.
  99. Visiting Professor, University of Toronto/Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, Thoracic Oncology Tumour Conference, Evolving Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 4/99.
  100. American Radium Society 81st Annual Meeting Esophagus Panel: Current Multidisciplinary Management for Cancer of the Esophagus, Role of Surgery for Esophageal Cancer, Big Island of Hawaii, 4/99.
  101. Japan/U.S. Cancer Therapy Symposium Post American Radium Society Meeting, Surgical Management for Carcinoma of the Esophagus: The University of M.D. Anderson Cancer Experience Hiroshima, Japan, 4/99.
  102. The Multidisciplinary Management of Thoracic Malignancies, Evolving Role of Surgery in the Management of Carcinoma of the Lung, Istanbul, Turkey, 6/99.
  103. The Multidisciplinary Management of Thoracic Malignancies, Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions, Istanbul, Turkey, 6/99.
  104. 85th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Pulmonary Metastases San Francisco, CA 10/99.
  105. 1999 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists, Multimodality Treatment of Lung Cancer, Seattle, WA, 10/99.
  106. American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 41st Annual Meeting, New Surgical Approaches in NSCLC, San Antonio, TX, 10/99.
  107. 46th Annual Meeting Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Thoracoscopy has a Limited role in Lung Surgery Especially in Malignant Disease, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 11/99.
  108. RSNA 85th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Approach for Lung Cancer, Chicago, ILL, 12/99.
  109. Chest Disease Management Conference, Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion, Nashville, TN, 12/99.
  110. SPIE's BiOS 2000 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, Therapeutic Considerations of Heat-Induced Lung Injury, San Jose, CA 1/00.
  111. General Thoracic Surgical Club 13th Annual Meeting, Superbowl of X-Rays, Tucson, AZ, 3/00.
  112. American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, Malignant Pleural Effusion, Toronto, Canada, 4/00.
  113. 25th Year Lung Days, General Thoracic Surgery Course, Pulmonary Metastesectomy, Istanbul, Turkey, 5/00.
  114. 25th Year Lung Days, General Thoracic Surgery Course, How To Do Research in Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey, 5/00.
  115. 25th Year Lung Days, General Thoracic Surgery Course, Management of Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusions Istanbul, Turkey, 5/00.
  116. 25th Year Lung Days, General Thoracic Surgery Course, Pre-and Intra-operative Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Lung Resection Following Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer, Istanbul, Turkey, 5/00.
  117. 36th Annual ASCO Educational Symposia Meeting, Multidisciplinary Approach to the Management of Soft-Tissue Sarcomas, New Orleans, LA, 5/00.
  118. Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, 7/00
  119. 2nd Annual Lung Outing, Neo Adjuvant Therapy NSCLC Multi-Modality Treatment of Lung Cancer, Oregon, OH, 8/00.
  120. Illinois Thoracic Society Meeting, Induction Chemotherapy and Surgery for NSCLC, Chicago, IL, 9/00.
  121. MedSourceOne Continuing Education Program, Multimodality Treatment of Lung Cancer, Joplin, MO, 10/00.
  122. 6th Turkish Thoracic and Cardiovascular Assoication Congress, The Clinical Basis for Surgery and Multidisciplinary Care in the Patient with Lung Cancer, Antalya, Turkey, 10/00.
  123. Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 47th Annual Meeting, Marco Island, FL, 11/00.
  124. Columbus Community Clincial Oncology Program, Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Surgery for Early Stage Lung Cancer, Dublin, OH, 11/00.
  125. Tumor Conference, Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Surgery for Early Stage Lung Cancer, Wheeling, WV, 12/00.

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