2008 ANNUAL MEETING

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Travel Instructions

Rosario Resort & Spa is located on Orcas Island, 80 miles northwest of Seattle, Washington and 95 miles southwest of Vancouver, British Columbia, in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. The resort is situated on Cascade Bay, near the village of Eastsound and is accessible by water taxi, car ferry, boat, airplane, or seaplane.

The Washington State Ferry departs from Anacortes, WA and Sidney, British Columbia (the Sidney ferry stops in Friday Harbor only, where a transfer needs to be made to Orcas Island). Various water taxi services depart from the area in and surrounding Anacortes and Bellingham, Washington. Airplane service departs from Boeing Field with shuttle service available from SeaTac airport and seaplanes depart from Lake Union in downtown Seattle.

For more information log onto: www.rosarioresort.com/location.htm

DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEAKER

Michael J. Stamos, M.D.
Chief, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery

Michael J. Stamos, M.D., is the chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Stamos treats a wide range of conditions, including rectal and colon cancers, pelvic floor disorders and inflammatory bowel disease.

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death, even though it is one of the most preventable. It may occur at any age even though more than 90 percent of tumors develop in people age 40 and older. Stamos and his team of colon and rectal surgeons are experts in the treatment of colorectal cancer using minimally invasive surgery and sphincter-preserving techniques.

Prior to joining UC Irvine Healthcare, Stamos was an associate professor of surgery at UCLA School of Medicine and served as chief of colon and rectal surgery at the VA Medical Center in West Los Angeles and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. For five consecutive years, Stamos has been named one of the Best Doctors in America and America's Top Doctors in colon and rectal surgery. Stamos recently completed a term on the Executive Council of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and is a member of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and chairs the oral exam committee for that organization.

EUGENE SULLIVAN MEMORIAL LECTURER

Peter A. Ubel, M.D.

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

PARVIZ KAMANGER LECTURER

William B. Whiteford, JD
Counsel
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP
Towson Commons, Suite 300
One West Pennsylvania Avenue
Towson, MD 21204-5025