2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Introduction NAS Insights is pleased to present the 2016 Healthcare Conference Calendar, which contains information about key professional events in the healthcare field. Having this helpful tool at your fingertips gives you the opportunity to begin scheduling your recruitment visits for the upcoming year. The calendar, which is organized both chronologically and by nearly 50 medical subject areas, contains over 560 conference dates and locations. We’ve also added links to each sponsoring organization’s website so you can find out more about potential attendees, exhibiting, hotel information, sponsorship and other conference advertising opportunities. If you are unable to attend a conference, many organizations accept recruitment advertising in their conference programs. A call to an NAS Media Account Director can help you with all the details. Please note: Some organizations had not finalized the exact dates or locations of their conventions at the time this report was published. In these instances, we have provided the information that was available. Also, dates and locations of events are subject to change by the sponsoring organization. recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 1 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Table of Contents Subject/Category Page Subject/Category Page Acute & Critical Care 4 Pharmacy 17 Allergy/Immunology 4 Psychiatry 18 Public Health/Infection Control 18 Anesthesiology/Anesthesia Care 4-5 Audiology/Otolaryngology 5 Pulmonary/Respiratory Care 18 Cancer/Oncology 5 Radiology 19 Cardiology 6 Rehabilitation/Therapy 20 Clinical Laboratory/Pathology 6 Research 20 Dermatology 7 Rheumatology 20 Diabetology 7 Social Work 21 Emergency Medical Services 7 Sports Medicine 21 Emergency Medicine/Trauma 7 Sports Science/Athletic Training 21 Family Medicine 8 Surgery 21-22 Gastroenterology 8 Urology 22 General Medicine 8 Vascular 23 Geriatrics 9 Health Information 9-10 Healthcare Human Resources Healthcare Management/Operations 10 10-11 Chronological Section 24-42 January 25 Hospice/Palliative 11 February 25-26 Internal Medicine 11 March 27-29 Life Science 12 April 29-31 Long-Term Care 12 May 32-33 Nephrology 12 June 34-35 Neurology/Neurosurgery 12 July 35-36 Nursing 13-14 Nutrition/Food Service Obstetrics/Gynecology/Women's Health 14 14-15 August 36 September 36-38 October 39-40 Occupational Health & Medicine 15 November 41 Ophthalmology 15 December 42 Optometry 16 Dates Yet To Be Determined 42 Orthopedics 16 Other Healthcare Support 16 About NAS 43 recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 2 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Subject/Category recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 3 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Acute & Critical Care Society of Critical Care Medicine – SCCM Annual Congress February 20-24 Orlando FL Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery 2016 March 21-23 NV Society of Trauma Nurses – STN Annual Conference March 30-April 2 Anaheim CA American Association of Critical Care Nurses – AACN National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition May 16-19 New Orleans LA American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing – AAACN Annual Conference May 18-21 Palm Springs CA Focus on Critical Care Nursing Conference October 27 Poughkeepsie NY Western Society of Allergy & Immunology – WSAI Annual Scientific Session January 24-28 Maui HI American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology – AAAAI Annual Meeting March 4-7 Los Angeles CA American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology – ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting November 10-14 San Francisco Las Vegas Allergy/Immunology CA Anesthesiology/Anesthesia Care Society for Technology in Anesthesia – STA Annual Meeting January 6-9 Palm Beach FL American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists – AOCA Winter Meeting January 15-17 San Antonio TX American Society of Anesthesiologists – ASA Practice Management 2016 January 29-31 San Diego CA American Academy of Pain Medicine – AAPM Annual Meeting February 18-21 Palm Springs CA Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology February 19-21 Anaheim CA American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists – AOCA Midyear Seminar March 11-13 Chicago IL Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine – SPPM Annual Meeting March 31 Colorado Springs CO American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine – ASRA Annual Meeting March 31-April 2 New Orleans LA Society for Pediatric Anesthesia – SPA Spring Meeting April 1-3 Colorado Springs CO Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists – SCA Annual Meeting April 2-6 San Diego CA American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses – ASPAN National Conference April 10-14 Philadelphia PA Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology – SOAP Annual Meeting May 18-22 Boston MA Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists – SCCA Annual Meeting & Critical Care Update May 20-21 San Francisco CA International Anesthesia Research Society – IARS Annual Meeting May 21-24 San Francisco CA American Society for Pain Management Nursing – ASPMN Annual National Conference September 7-10 Louisville KY American Association of Nurse Anesthetists - AANN Annual Congress September 9-13 Washington DC American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists – AOCA Annual Convention September 18-21 Seattle WA American Academy of Pain Management – AAPM Annual Meeting September 22-25San Antonio TX Society for Pediatric Anesthesia – SPA Annual Meeting October 21 IL Chicago recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 4 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Anesthesiology/Anesthesia Care American Society of Anesthesiologists – ASA Anesthesiology 2016 October 22-26 Chicago IL American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine – ASRA Annual Pain Medicine Meeting November 17 San Diego CA Audiology/Otolaryngology National Hearing Conservation Association – NHCA Annual Convention February 18-20 San Diego CA American Academy of Audiology – AudiologyNOW! 2016 April 13-16 Phoenix AZ National Black Association for Speech, Language & Hearing – NBASLH Annual Convention April 14-16 Virginia Beach VA American Head & Neck Society – AHNS Annual Meeting April 22-23 Boston MA American Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology – AOCOO Annual Clinical Assembly May 4-8 Scottsdale AZ Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings – COSM May 18-22 Chicago IL Academy of Doctors of Audiology – ADA Annual Convention September 8-11 Chicago IL Society of Otorhinolaryngology & Head/Neck Nurses – SOHNN Annual Congress September 16-20 San Diego CA American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery – AAO Annual Meeting September 28-21 San Diego CA American Speech-Language-Hearing Association – ASHA Annual Convention November 17-19 Philadelphia PA Radiation Therapy Oncology Group – NRG Oncology Semi Annual Meeting – Spring January 21-24 Atlanta GA Association of Cancer Executives – ACE Annual Meeting January 27-30 Rancho Mirage CA Society of Surgical Oncology – SSO Annual Cancer Symposium March 2-5 Boston MA American Society of Preventive Oncology – ASPO Annual Meeting March 12-15 Columbus OH National Cancer Registrars Association – NCRA Annual Educational Conference April 10-13 Las Vegas NV American Association for Cancer Research – AACR Annual Meeting April 16-20 New Orleans LA Oncology Nursing Society – ONS Annual Congress April 28-May 1 San Antonio TX American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology – ASPHO Annual Meeting May 11-14 Minneapolis MN American Society of Clinical Oncology – ASCO Annual Meeting June 3-7 Chicago IL Radiation Therapy Oncology Group – NRG Oncology Semi Annual Meeting – Summer July 14-17 Dallas TX Society for Radiation Oncology Administrators – SROA Annual Meeting Sept. 25-28 Boston MA American Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology – ASTRO Annual Meeting Sept. 25-28 Boston MA Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses – APHON Annual Conference Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Indianapolis IN Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators – AONPN Annual Conference Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Washington DC American Institute for Cancer Research – AICR Annual Conference November 14-16 Bethesda Cancer/Oncology MA recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 5 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Cardiology International Stroke Conference 2016 February 17-19 Los Angeles CA Association of Physician Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery – APACS Annual Meeting March 13-16 Las Vegas NV American College of Cardiology – ACC Annual Scientific Session & Expo April 2-4 Chicago IL Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association – PCNA Annual Symposium April 14-17 Orlando FL Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions – SCAI Scientific Session May 4-7 Orlando FL American Society of Echocardiography – ASE Annual Meeting June 10-14 Seattle WA American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation – AACPR Annual Meeting September 7-10 New Orleans LA Heart Failure Society of America – HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting September 17-20 Orlando FL American Heart Association – AHA Scientific Sessions November 12-16 New Orleans LA American Heart Association – AHA Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Symposium November 15-16 New Orleans LA Clinical Laboratory/Pathology American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science – ASCLS Educators Conference February 25-27 Minneapolis MN United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology – USCAP Annual Meeting March 12-18 Seattle WA Society of Toxicology – SOT Annual meeting & ToxExpo March 13-17 New Orleans LA Clinical Laboratory Management Association – KnowledgeLab 2016 March 20-23 Orlando FL American Society for Investigative Pathology – ASIP Annual Meeting April 2-6 San Diego CA American Physician Scientists Association – APSA Annual Meeting April 15-17 Chicago IL American Society for Apheresis – ASFA Annual Meeting May 4-7 Palm Springs CA Association of Clinical Scientists – ACS Annual Meeting May 4-7 Little Rock AR American Association of Bioanalysts – AAB Annual Meeting May 12-14 Las Vegas NV Association for Pathology Informatics – API Annual Summit May 23-26 Pittsburgh PA Society of Toxicologic Pathology – STP Annual Meeting/Symposium June 26-30 San Diego CA American Medical Technologists – AMT Educational Program & National Meeting July 18-22 Memphis TN American Association for Clinical Chemistry – AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo July 31-August 4 Philadelphia PA American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science – ASCLS Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo July 31-August 4 Philadelphia PA American Society of Clinical Pathologists – ASCP Annual Meeting September 11-17 Las Vegas NV National Society for Histotechnology – NSH Annual Symposium/Convention September 16-21 Long Beach CA College of American Pathologists – CAP 16 September 25-28Las Vegas NV American Association of Blood Banks – AABB Annual Meeting October 22-25 Orlando FL American Society of Cytopathology – ASC Annual Scientific Meeting November 4-7 New Orleans LA American Society of Hematology – ASH Annual Meeting & Expo December 3-6 San Diego CA recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 6 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Dermatology North American Burn Society – NABS Annual Meeting January 16-21 Jackson Hole WY American Academy of Dermatology – AAD Annual Meeting March 4-8 Washington DC Dermatology Nurses Association – DNA Annual Convention March 31- April 3 Indianapolis IN Wound Healing Society – SAWC Spring/WHS Annual Meeting April 13-17 Atlanta GA American Burn Association – ABA Annual Meeting May 3-6 Las Vegas NV Symposium on Advanced Wound Care – SWAC Fall October 6-8 Las Vegas NV American Diabetes Association – ADA Annual Clinical Conference May 26-29 Jacksonville FL American Association of Diabetes Educators – Annual Meeting – AADE 16 August 12-15 San Diego CA Diabetology Emergency Medical Services EMS at Firehouse World Jan. 31-Feb. 4 San Diego CA EMS Today Conference & Expo February 25-27 Baltimore MD Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference (AMPA, ASTNA, IAFCCP) April 11-13 Charlotte NC Air Medical Transport Conference (IAFCCP, ASTNA, NEMSPA, AMPA) September 26-28Charlotte NC NAEMT – National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians – Annual Meeting October 3-5 New Orleans LA EMS World Expo October 3-7 New Orleans LA Emergency Medicine/Trauma Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma – EAST Scientific Assembly January 12-16 San Antonio TX NAEMSP- National Association of EMS Physicians – Annual Meeting January 14-16 San Diego CA Las Vegas NV AAEM – American Academy of Emergency Medicine – Annual Scientific Assembly February 17-21 Western Trauma Association – WTA Annual Meeting Feb. 28-March 4 Lake Tahoe CA Council of Emergency Residency Doctors – CERD Academic Assembly March 6-9 TN SEMPA Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants – 360 Conference March 30-April 3 San Diego CA Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference (AMPA, ASTNA, IAFCCP) April 11-13 Charlotte NC UCAOA Urgent Care Association of America – Spring Convention April 17-20 Orlando FL Society for Academic Emergency Medicine – SAEM Annual Meeting May 10-13 San Diego CA UCAOA Urgent Care Association of America – Urgent Care Regional Conference July 14-15 Philadelphia PA American Association for the Surgery of Trauma – AAST Annual Meeting September 14-17 Waikoloa HI Emergency Nursing 2016 September 14-17 Los Angeles CA Urgent Care Association of America – UCAOA Fall Conference Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Nashville TN American College of Emergency Physicians – ACEP Scientific Assembly October 15-18 Las Vegas NV Nashville recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 7 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Family Medicine Society of Teachers of Family Medicine – STFM Medical Student Education Conference January 28-31 Phoenix AZ Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians – USAFP Annual Meeting & Exposition March 18-22 Denver CO American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians – ACOFP Annual Convention & Scientific Seminars April 6-9 San Juan PR American Academy of Family Physicians – AAFP Congressional Conference April 16-19 Washington DC Society of Teachers of Family Medicine - STFM Annual Spring Conference April 30-May 4 Minneapolis MN National Conference of Family Medicine Residents & Medical Students July 28-30 Kansas City MO Society of Gastroenterology Nurses & Associates – SGNA Annual Course May 20-24 Seattle WA American Gastroenterological Association – AGA Digestive Disease Week May 21-24 San Diego CA Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract – SSAT Annual Meeting/Digestive Disease Week May 21-24 San Diego CA American College of Gastroenterology – ACG Annual Scientific Meeting October 14-19 Las Vegas NV American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy – EndoFest TBDTBD TBD American College of Preventive Medicine – ACPM Annual Meeting February 24-27 Washington DC American Medical Women’s Association – AMWA Centennial Meeting March 10-13 Miami FL Student National Medical Association – SNMA Annual Medical Education Conference March 23-27 Austin TX American Medical Student Association – AMSA Annual Convention March 31-April 3 Washington DC Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons – AMOPS Annual Meeting April 21-24 Philadelphia PA National Hispanic Medical Association – NHMA Annual Conference April 21-24 Washington DC American Hospital Association – AHA Annual Meeting May 1-4 Washington DC American Academy of Physician Assistants – AAPA Annual Conference May 14-18 San Antonio TX American Medical Association – AMA House of Delegates Annual Meeting June 11-15 Chicago IL National MD/PhD Student Conference (University of Colorado) July 15-18 Keystone CO National Medical Association – NMA Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly July 30-August 3 Los Angeles CA American Osteopathic Association – OMED 2016 September 16-20 Anaheim CA Association of American Physicians & Surgeons – AAPS Annual Meeting September 22-24Oklahoma City OK American Medical Association – AMA House of Delegates Interim Meeting November 12-15 Orlando FL Gastroenterology General Medicine recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 8 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Geriatrics LeadingAge – Peak Leadership Summit March 14-16 Washington DC American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry – AAGP Annual Meeting March 17-20 Washington DC American Society on Aging – ASA Annual Aging in America Conference March 20-24 Washington DC Assisted Living Federation of America – ALFA Conference & Expo May 9-12 Denver CO American Geriatrics Society – AGS Annual Scientific Meeting May 19-21 Long Beach CA Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association – GAPNA Annual Conference Sept. 30-Oct. 3 San Antonio TX American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living – AHCA/NCAL Annual Convention & Expo October 16-19 Nashville TN LeadingAge – Annual Meeting & Expo Oct. 30-Nov. 2 Indianapolis IN Gerontological Society of America – GSA Annual Scientific Meeting November 16-20 New Orleans LA National Gerontological Nursing Association – NGNA Annual ConventionTBD TBD TBD American Assisted Living Nurses Association – AALNA Annual ConferenceTBD TBD TBD Health Information Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – San Diego January 19-20 San Diego CA Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – Miami February 3-4 Miami FL Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – San Francisco April 5-6 San Francisco CA American Academy of Professional Coders – AAPC HEALTHCON 2016 April 10-13 Orlando FL World Congress – Health Information Technology Summit April 10-13 Washington DC American Nursing Informatics Association – ANIA Annual Conference April 21-23 San Francisco CA Healthcare Billing & Management Association – HBMA Annual Compliance Conference May 3-5 Atlanta GA American Medical Informatics Association – iHealth Conference May 5-6 Minneapolis MN Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – Boston May 10-11 Boston MA Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems – AMDIS Annual Physician-Computer Connection Symposium June 21-24 Ojai CA Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine – SIM Annual Meeting June 29-July 1 Portland OR Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – Denver July 12-13 Denver CO mHealth + Telehealth World 2016 July 25-26 Boston MA Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity – ADHI Annual Conference August 4-6 Milwaukee WI Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – Seattle August 16-17 Seattle WA Society for Clinical Data Management – SCDM Annual Conference September 11-14 San Diego CA Association of Records Managers & Administrators – ARMA Conference & Expo September 25-27San Antonio TX Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – New York September 27-28 New York NY American Health Information Management Association – AHIMA Convention & Exhibit October 15-19 MD Baltimore recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 9 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Health Information continued Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – Washington October 25-26 Washington DC National Association of Health Data Organizations – NAHDO Annual Meeting Minneapolis MN Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – Beverly Hills November 9-10 Beverly Hills CA American Medical Informatics Association – AMIA Annual Symposium November 12-16 Chicago IL Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society – HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition Feb. 29-March 4 Las Vegas NV October 26-28 Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – AtlantaTBD TBD TBD Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – ChicagoTBD TBD TBD Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – HoustonTBD TBD TBD Institute for Health Technology Information – iHT2 Health IT Summit – VancouverTBD TBD TBD Healthcare Human Resources National Association of Physician Recruiters – NAPR Annual Convention March 2-4 Kissimmee FL Association of Staff Physician Recruiters – ASPR Annual Conference May 14-18 New Orleans LA National Association for Health Care Recruitment – NAHCR IMAGE Conference July 12-15 Las Vegas NV American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration – ASHHRA Annual Conference & Exposition September 24-27Grapevine TX Mid-Atlantic Physician Recruiters Alliance – MAPRA Annual Education ConferenceOctober TBD TBD Northeast Physician Recruiter Association – NPRA Annual Education SymposiumTBD TBD TBD Healthcare Management/Operations Society for Health Systems – SHS Health Systems Process Improvement Conference February 17-19 Houston TX American College of Health Care Executives – ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership March 14-17 Chicago IL American Medical Directors Association – AMDA Post Acute & Long Term Care Medicine Annual Conference March 17-20 Orlando FL American College of Medical Quality – ACMQ Annual Meeting March 30-April 2 Washington DC American College for Physician Leadership – ACPL Annual Meeting & Spring Institute April 13-17 Washington DC International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management – IAHCSMM Annual Conference & Expo April 24-27 San Antonio TX National Association for Healthcare Quality – NAHQ Quality Summit May 11-12 Dallas TX Case Management Society of America – CMSA Annual Conference & Expo June 21-23 Long Beach CA National Association Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care – NADONA/LTC – National Conference June 24-29 Austin TX Healthcare Financial Management Association – HFMA National Institute June 26-29 Las Vegas NV recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 10 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Healthcare Management/Operations continued Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management – AHRMM Annual Conference & Expo July 31-August 3 San Diego CA National Association of Health Unit Coordinators – NAHUC Annual Education Conference Aug. 31-Sept. 2 WA Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development – SHSMD Connections Annual Conference September 11-14 Chicago IL National Association for Medical Staff Services – NAMSS Educational Conference & Exhibition September 17-21 Boston MA American Society for Healthcare Risk Management – ASHRM Annual Conference September 25-28Orlando FL Association for Healthcare Environment – AHE EXCHANGE 2016 September 25-28Pittsburgh PA National Association of Health Service Executives – NAHSE Annual Educational Conference October 11-14 Las Vegas NV Professional Association of Health Care Office Management – PAHCOM Annual Conference October 17-20 Clearwater Beach FL Medical Group Management Association – MGMA Annual Conference Oct. 30-Nov. 2 San Francisco CA Cleveland Clinic Annual Pain Management Symposium March 5-9 Coronado CA American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine – AAHPM & HPNA Annual Assembly March 9-12 Chicago IL National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization – NHPCO Management & Leadership Conference April 21-23 National Harbor MD National Association for Home Care & Hospice – NAHCH Annual Meeting October 23-25 Orlando FL National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization – NHPCO Clinical Team Conference & Pediatric Intensive November 2-4 Hollywood FL American College of Physicians – ACP Internal Medicine Meeting May 5-7 Washington DC Society of General Internal Medicine – SGIM Annual Meeting May 11-14 Hollywood FL Seattle Hospice/Palliative Internal Medicine recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 11 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Life Science American Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology – ASBMB Annual Meeting March 28-April 1 San Diego CA American Society for Microbiology – ASM Microbe June 16-20 Boston MA Microscopy Society of America – MSA Microscopy & Micro Analysis July 24-28 Columbus OH American Society of Human Genetics – ASHG Annual Meeting October 18-22 Vancouver BC American Society for Cell Biology – ASCB Annual Meeting December 3-7 San Francisco CA Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology – FASEB Science Research Conferences Various dates Various locations National Center for Assisted Living – NCAL Spring Conference February 9-11 San Antonio TX American College of Health Care Administrators – ACHCA Annual Convocation & Exposition April 16-20 Philadelphia PA American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living – AHCA/NCAL Annual Convention & Exposition October 16-19 Nashville TN American Society of Diagnostic & Interventional Nephrology – ASDIN Annual Scientific Meeting February 19-21 Phoenix AZ Renal Physicians Association – RPA Annual Meeting March 17-20 Phoenix AZ National Kidney Foundation – NKF Spring Clinical Meetings April 27-May1 Boston MA American Nephrology Nurses Association – ANNA National Symposium May 1-4 Louisville KY American Nephrology Nurses Association – ANNA Fall Meeting October 8-10 San Diego CA American Society of Nephrology – ASN Kidney Week November 15-20 Chicago IL American Association of Neuroscience Nurses – AANN Annual Meeting April 9-12 New Orleans LA American Academy of Neurology – AAN Annual Meeting April 15-21 Vancouver BC American Association of Neurological Surgeons – AANS Annual Scientific Meeting April 30-May 4 Chicago IL Society of Neurological Surgeons – SNS Annual Meeting Indianapolis IN American Academy of Sleep Medicine/Sleep Research Society – SLEEP Annual Meeting June 11-15 Denver CO American Association of Sleep Technologists – AAST Annual Meeting June 12-14 Denver CO American Association of Neuropathologists – AAN Annual Meeting June 16-19 Baltimore MD American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists – ASET Annual Conference August 18-20 Pittsburgh PA Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals – ASCIP Educational Conference September 4-7 Nashville TN Congress of Neurological Surgeons – CNS Annual Meeting September 24-28San Diego CA American Neurological Association – ANA Annual Meeting October 16-18 Baltimore MD Society for Neuroscience – SFN Annual Meeting November 12-16 San Diego CA Long Term Care Nephrology Neurology/Neurosurgery June 4-7 recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 12 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Nursing National League for Nursing – NLN Leadership Conference February 4-6 Atlanta GA Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education – NPACE Pharmacology Update February 15-16 San Antonio TX National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists – NACNS Annual Conference March 3-5 Philadelphia PA American Nurses Association – ANA Conference – Quality, Safety & Staffing March 9-11 Lake Buena Vista FL Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education – NPACE Primary Care Conference March 11-14 New Orleans LA National Council of State Boards of Nursing – NCSBN Midyear Meeting March 14-16 Baltimore MD American Association of Colleges of Nursing – AACN Spring Annual Meeting March 19-22 Washington DC American Organization of Nurse Executives – AONE Annual Meeting March 30-April 2 Fort Worth TX National Student Nurses Association – NSNA Annual Convention March 30-April 3 Orlando FL Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education – NPACE Primary Care Conference April 3-6 Orlando FL Visiting Nurse Associations of America – VNA Annual Meeting April 6-8 Miami FL National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties – NONPF Annual Meeting April 12-17 Seattle WA American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants – AALNC Annual Forum April 22-23 Charlotte NC Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education – NPACE Primary Care Conference & Pharmacology Update May 5-6 Phoenix AZ Infusion Nurses Society – INS Annual Convention May 14-19 Fort Lauderdale FL American Holistic Nurses Association – AHNA Annual Conference May 31-June Bonita Springs FL Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society – WOCNS Annual Conference June 4-8 Montreal QC American Academy of Nurse Practitioners – AANP National Conference June 21-26 San Antonio TX Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs – NOVA Annual Meeting June 22-25 Reno NV Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education – NPACE Primary Care & Pharmacology Update June 27-July 1 Cape Cod MA National Association of School Nurses – NASN Annual Conference June 30-July 3 Indianapolis IN National Nurse Practitioner Symposium July 7-10 Keystone CO National Association of Hispanic Nurses – NAHN Annual Conference July 12-15 Chicago IL Association of Nursing Professional Development – ANPD Annual Convention July 19-22 Pittsburgh PA Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education – NPACE Pharmacology Update July 21-22 Providence RI National Black Nurses Association – NBNA Annual Institute & Conference August 2-7 Memphis TN Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education – NPACE Primary Care Conference September 11-14 Indianapolis IN National League for Nursing – NLN Education Summit September 21-23 Orlando FL American Assembly of Men in Nursing – AAMN Annual Conference September 22-24Miami FL recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 13 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Nursing continued American Association of Nurse Practitioners – AANP Specialty & Leadership Conference September 22-25 Rosemont IL Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses – AMSN Annual Convention Sept. 29-Oct. 2 Washington DC International Association of Forensic Nurses – IAFN Annual Conference Sept. 29-Oct. 2 Denver CO The American Association of Nurse Attorneys – AANA Annual Meeting Oct./Nov.Dallas TX American Nurses Credentialing Center – ANCC National Magnet Conference October 5-7 Orlando FL International Nurses Society on Addictions – IntNSA Annual Educational Conference October 5-8 Las Vegas NV Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education – NPACE Primary Care Conference & Pharmacology Update October 5-8 Myrtle Beach SC National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses – NFLPN Annual Convention October 4-7 Biloxi MS American Academy of Nursing – AAN Transforming Health, Driving Policy Conference October 20-22 Washington DC Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education – NPACE Primary Care Conference November 4-7 Boston MA Nursing Management Congress November 6-10 Las Vegas NV Association of Nurses in AIDS Care – ANAC Annual Conference November 10-12 Atlanta GA National Student Nurses Association – NSNA Midyear Annual Convention November 10-13 Kansas City MO American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition – ASPEN Clinical Nutrition Week January 16-19 Austin TX Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals – ANFP Spring Regional Meeting March 10-11 Nashville TN Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals – ANFP Regional Meeting March 10-11 Nashville TN American Society for Nutrition – ASN Scientific Sessions at Experimental Biology April 2-6 San Diego CA Association for Healthcare Foodservice – ANFP Annual Conference June 10-13 Indianapolis IN Society for Nutrition Education & Behavior – SNEB Annual Conference July 30-August 2 San Diego CA Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics – AND Food & Nutrition Conference October 15-18 Boston MA American College of Nutrition – ACN Annual Conference November 9-12 San Diego CA Nutrition/Food Service Obstetrics/Gynecology/Women’s Health Gynecologic Oncology Group – NRG Oncology Semiannual Meeting January 21-24 Atlanta GA Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine – SMFM Annual Meeting February 1-6 Atlanta GA Association of Professors of Gynecology & Obstetrics – CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting March 2-5 New Orleans LA Society of Gynecologic Oncology – SGO Annual Meeting March 19-22 San Diego CA Society of Gynecologic Nurse Oncologists – SGNO Annual Symposium March 30-April 2 Atlanta GA North American Society for Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology – NASPAG Annual Clinical & Research Meeting April 7-9 ON Toronto recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. Reproduction or other communication of this information without the express written consent of NAS is prohibited. 14 2016 Healthcare Convention Calendar Obstetrics/Gynecology/Women’s Health continued American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians & Gynecologists – ACOOG Annual Conference April 10-15 Fort Lauderdale FL Society of Gynecologic Surgeons – SGS Annual Meeting April 10-13 Palm Springs CA American Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology – ASCCP Annual Meeting April 13-16 New Orleans LA National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association – NFPRHA National Conference April 17-20 Alexandria VA American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists – ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting May 14-17 Washington DC American College of Nurse-Midwives – ACNM Annual Meeting & Exhibition May 22-26 Albuquerque NM Association of Women’s Health, OB & Neonatal Nurses – AWHONN Annual Convention June 11-15 Grapevine TX Gynecologic Oncology Group – NRG Oncology Meeting July 14-17 Dallas TX American Urogynecologic Society – AUGS Annual Scientific Meeting Sept. 27-Oct. 1 Denver CO National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health – NPWH Annual Conference Sept. 28-Oct. 1 New Orleans LA American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians & Gynecologists – ACOOG Fall Conference October 5-9 Cleveland OH American Society for Reproductive Medicine – ASRM Annual Meeting October 15-19 Salt Lake City UT American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists – AAGL Congress on Minimally Invasive Gynecology November 14-18 Orlando FL Occupational Health & Medicine American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine – ACOEM Annual Meeting April 10-13 Chicago IL American Association of Occupational Health Nurses – AAOHN National Conference April 11-14 Jacksonville FL Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare – AOHP National Conference September 7-10 Myrtle Beach SC Retina Meeting 2016 January 18-22 HI North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society – NANOS Annual Meeting Feb. 27-March 3 Tucson AZ American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus – AAPOS Annual Meeting April 10-16 Vancouver BC Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology – ARVO Annual Meeting May 1-5 Seattle WA American Ophthalmological Society – AOS Annual Meeting May 19-22 Colorado Springs CO American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses – ASORN Annual Meeting October 14-16 Chicago IL American Academy of Ophthalmology – AAO Annual Meeting October 15-18 Chicago IL Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology – JCAHPO Technicians & Nurses Program October 15-18 Chicago IL Ophthalmology Waikoloa Village recruitment innovation © NAS 2016 This information is proprietary and confidential and has been prepared for your exclusive use. 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