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ur Annual Conference was held in Edmonton on September 28 and 29, 2007 at the West Harvest Inn. It was extremely well attended. We had a great conference with two excellent speakers presenting very interesting topics: Shelley Winton - Antibiotic Resistant Infections Dr. Jennifer Stanger - Trauma A presentation was made to Phyllis Ebertz, the founding President of AORTA, 1998. Phyllis did the ground work and had the insight of what a small group could accomplish. She was acknowledged for her hard work and determination that she has demonstrated to make AORTA the “pulsating” association that it is today. Phyllis retired from the Royal Alexandra Hospital Operating Room in March, 2007.
(L to R) Patricia Cortes, Angela Rogers, Shirley Galliford, Jeanette Harriot
A workshop is planned for May/June 2008. The location and speakers TBA. Thank you to those who made generous donations that helped make our conference successful:
We elected our new executive: Past President - Tammy Monteyne President - Shirley Galliford Vice-President - Jeanette Harriott Secretary - Angela Rogers Treasurer - Patricia Cortes
CAPITAL HEALTH AUPE - Headquarters, Local 44, 46 ROYAL GLENORA SAVINGS & CREDIT UNION DAIRY QUEEN - St. Albert STRYKER CLPNA SEASON’S GIFT SHOP SHIRLEY GALLIFORD SHOPPER’S DRUG MART REBECCA KRAUSKOPF CHAPTERS THE TRAVEL TEAM SMITH & NEPHEW INVESTOR’S GROUP AILEEN CAMPBELL ANGELA ROGERS PAT NEWEL ALCON BAXTER MEDTRONIC JACKIE CHAN Phyllis Eberts, founding President of AORTA (1998) and Shirley Galliford, current President
Dr. Jennifer Stanger, speaker at 2007 AORTA Conference
We are planning our 2008 annual conference to be held in Calgary.
For information regarding AORTA or the operating room specialty, please contact Shirley Galliford at shirleygalliford@hotmail.com