The Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery (PATS) is the largest and oldest organization of cardiothoracic surgeons in the mid Atlantic region. The majority of its membership comes from the State of
We invite you to participate in this process by considering an educational
grant for the 47th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery which will be held at The Ritz Carlton Amelia Island, Florida on October 8-10, 2009.
The PATS annual meeting has been traditionally considered to be one of the unique meetings in cardiothoracic surgery that provides unprecedented networking opportunities for industry and clinicians, in a relaxed and family oriented environment.
Each year supporting companies acknowledge the importance of the educational goals of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery by providing unrestricted educational grants. Your charitable donation will be used for educational purposes. Specifically, the donation will be used to cover the cost of honoraria, travel and lodging of our guest speakers and faculty, and to provide education and training materials for the conference. This year we have four levels of sponsorship to consider (Please See Attachment). Sponsorship applications may be downloaded, and are divided as those with a booth in the exhibit hall, and those without a booth. Your donation should be made payable to The Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery. Our Tax ID # is 25-1668436.
Hotel and Meeting Registration form is available here.
I hope you will consider supporting this academic event and I wish to thank you in advance for your consideration. Please feel free to contact me at (610) 402-6890 if you have further questions.
Sincerely yours,
Michael F. Szwerc, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Treasurer
Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery
