Register Now — The Fourth Bridge Medical Summit

Boston, Oct. 31, 2014, –The annual Bridge Medical Summit (BMS) will take place in Boston on November 8, 2014.  The location is Jimmy Fund Auditorium, Dana Farber Cancer Center, 35 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115.  In partnership with Harvard Medical School-Chinese Scientists and Scholars Association (HMS-CSSA), the meeting this year will cover a range of hot topics in the fields of health care, biomedical research and novel drug development.

Group picture from the third Bridge Medical Summit in Nov. 2013 (photo by David Li).

Please register online at link: http://www.acma.org/bms-2014/.  For program update, please check on line at www.acma.org. For questions, please contact Dr. ziying Liu at ziying161@yahoo.com. ACMA delegation 2014 China trip Following the successful China visit last year, ACMA Medical Education Committee will send a delegation to visit China again during mid- to late December, 2014.  During the China trip this year,ACMA will host a series of medical education symposia, collaborative initiatives and free medical consultation events in several major cities in China. Any ACMA members are eligible to apply for joining the delegation.  For those interested members, please contact Dr. ziying Liu atziying161@yahoo.com. ACMA to host medical forum in Beijing In partnership with Peking University Medical Center, Capital Medical University and various other entities, ACMA will host a medical forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on December 20, 21. China.  This is the first time ACMA hosts an academic meeting outside US.  The forum will be clinically and translational medicine oriented.  This historical event is expected to exemplify the role of the ACMA as the bridge between US and China Medicine for a healthier world. Below is a partial list of speakers and topics for the Bridge Medical Summit on Nov. 8, 2014. Katherine Wang, MD, PhD Title: Botulinum toxins: clinical uses in USA Xin Wang, Ph.D Title:  Therapeutic neuroprotective agents for ALS Hongyi Cui, MD, PhD Title:  Clinical use of minimally invasive surgery in acute care Jenny Gao, MD, PhD Title: Primary care, annual exam screening guidelines Wei Wang, MD Title: Geriatrics medicine update 2014 Xiaobo Zhou, MD Title: Moving beyond GWAS in human COPD. Eddie C. Cheung, MD Title: What you need to know about the cure of hepatitis C in 2014? Frank Zhou, MD, PhD Title: Prognostication for Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) treated in the rituximab Era - clinical, genetic and epigenetic factors. Xi Na, MD, PhD Title: Colorectal cancer screening and testing. Alan Jiang PhD Title: Perspective on biopharmaceutical industry R&D: productivity challenges and trends Shuanhu Zhou PhD Title: Mesenchymal stem cells and orthopedic regenerative medicine