PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

My first year as APSAVD President has passed very quickly. My thanks to the Executive for their support – in particular to Professor Brian Tomlinson for arranging an Executive Meeting and APSAVD Annual General Meeting during the East Meets West Meeting held in Hong Kong in early October.

Dr Maria Teresa Abola and Professor Rody Sy are also to be congratulated for organising an excellent symposium on Peripheral Arterial Disease, which was held on May 24 in Manila, Phillipines. This meeting was so informative we are co-hosting a similar symposium at the IAS Symposium to be held in Sydney in March 2012. Professor Jeong Euy Park has generously agreed to chair our new Scientific Committee, and is working with Dr Abola to develop the proram for this Symposium and also a special Symposium on Asian Pacific Guidelines. These are two excellent opportunities to showcase our regional clinicians and researchers, and I urge you all to attend and participate.

Of course, our own APSAVD Congress will run in October – under the direction of Professor Apichati Vichayanrat, Chair of the Organizing Committee. I do hope you are planning to joins us in Phuket.

The deadline for the IAS Visiting Fellowship has been extended to January 30, 2012

This grant of $5,000-$8,000 will provide a wonderful opportunity for a young scientist to gain experience and knowledge in the field of atherosclerosis which then can be transferred to his or her home laboratory, hospital, and country, thus benefitting many people beyond just the young scientist.

Please encourage APSAVD members to seek out the best and the brightest of your young scientists to apply for this Fellowship (http://www.athero.org/ias-fellow.asp). You will have to log in to the IAS site – it’s free and anyone can do so. Applicants must be members of an IAS consituent society (such as APSAVD).

May I take this opportunity to wish you season’s greetings, and the very best for 2012.

Philip Yu-An Ding, ASPAVD President

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8th APSAVD Congress 2012

20 – 22 October 2012

Phuket, Thailand

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETTY OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS (IAS)

ISA2012 - March 25-29, Sydney Australia. Click here for details.

Early Bird Registration Extended New Deadline - Tuesday 31 January 2012

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Don't miss this event! With over 90 invited speakers across more than 40 workshops and plenary sessions,
you can't afford to miss the pre-eminent international event of the atherosclerosis calendar for the latest scientific and clinical updates.

Late Breaking Abstract Submissions Open! Submission Deadline - Friday 13 January 2012

There is still time for you to make sure that your voice is heard at ISA2012.
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The deadline for the IAS Visiting Fellowship has been extended to January 30, 2012

MEETINGS

22-23 March 2012

basic and clinical aspects of plaque progression

Baker IDI, Melbourne

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22 March – 25 March 2012

Familial Hypercholesterolaemia and Genetic Dyslipidaemia
Novotel Manly Beach, Sydney NSW
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March 30 2012

Coogee, Sydney NSW

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30 March – 1 April 2012

HDL Cairns 2012 - Satellite Meeting of the XVIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis

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For a full list of satellite meetings, please see http://www.isa2012.com/satellite-meetings.asp

29 September – 4 October 2012

24th Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) in collaboration with the 9th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Hypertension (APSH) and the 34th Annual Scientific meeting of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia (HBPRCA).

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6-9 December 2012

The World Congress of Clinical Lipidology, Budapest, Hungary

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APSAVD Secretariat

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