NEWS FROM THE IUGA OFFICE By Maureen Hodgson, CMM
News from the IUGA office:
the IUGA family:
The IUGA staff has been very busy as we continue to grow and expand our operations to better serve our members. For those that may not have read the e-newsletter, News & Views, I wanted to provide a quick recap on our two new team members we've added to • Carolyn Slade is our Manager of Education Programs. Carolyn previously worked for the Society of Investigative Dermatology for the last 9 years. During her time at SID, she was responsible for planning all their educational programs in addition to the annual meeting. Carolyn will be the staff liaison to the following committees: Education, Fellows and Research & Development. • Dawn Beale is our Administrative Coordinator; Dawn previously worked for a local meeting planning company for the last 12 years. She was responsible for planning all incentive meetings, plus registration, and contract negotiations. At IUGA she will be responsible for helping with our registration system plus various administrative duties.
Our Staff: First row: Maureen Hodgson, Kendra Busby, Amy Cassini Second Row: Johanna Gomez, Dawn Beale, Carlos Molina, Carolyn Slade.
In the coming weeks, we will be launching a new membership campaign. We are asking all members to update their membership profile. Those that do update their profile will be entered into a drawing to win a free registration to the annual meeting in Dublin. More details will follow shortly. We hope you will join us in Brisbane for our annual meeting. Chris Maher and the entire local organizing committee have put together an incredible scientific program which includes 2 live surgeries, a cadaver lab, meet the expert’s lunch discussions, state of the art lectures and much more! For those that like to network amongst your peers, the social programs will be a great way to reconnect with old friends, while making new ones. Our number one priority is to provide outstanding customer care to all of our members. We hope that you are noticing the small, but subtle differences we are making. We look forward to seeing you in Brisbane! Sunny Regards,
Staff pose with IUGA member, Dr. Xiaoming Gong, who delivered this tapestry as a gift from Lang, Jinghe, MD, Chair of the Department of Ob/Gyn, Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The writing translates: “Protect your pelvis, care the women”
IT NEWS CORNER There’s an app for that! Many industries are currently using smart phone and mobile device apps to enhance their services to customers and also to get answers themselves. We want to know from our members: what medical apps are you using? Submit the name of the app, along with its best feature, to membership@iuga.org and you could win a FREE one year IUGA membership. We will post the list of the top 3 apps on our web site and in the next edition of our electronic newsletter, IUGA News & Views, which will be published in July. 13