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American Association of Eye
& Ear Ce=
nters
of Excellence<=
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p; 1655 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 700<=
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Arlington, VA 22209<=
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www.AAEEH.or=
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P: (703) 243-8848
F: (703) 351-5298
Contact: Robert Betz, Ph.D., AAEECE President
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The American Association of Eye & Ear Centers of Excellence Ann=
ounces
Dates for 2012 Spring Meeting
Arlington, VA (December 28, 2011)<=
/span> – The American Association of Eye & E=
ar Centers
of Excellence (AAEECE) has announced the dates of April, 29 thru May 2, 2012
for its 2012 AAEECE Spring Meeting for its 2011 Spring Meeting to be held at
the Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA USA. Besides receiving an update on activ=
ities
at the various member institutions, the AAEECE will hear presentations focu=
sed
on development and fundraising initiatives underway at the various
institutional members. The attendees will also be reviewin=
g the
progress of the Association’s benchmarking program as well as the
purchasing initiative underway for the membership. Finally, the Emory Eye Center will=
be
hosting informational sessions on its administrative and medical/surgical
programs as well as providing the attendees with a tour of their facility.<=
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style=3D'color:black;layout-grid-mode:line'>
In
addition to the regular program for administrators, chief medical officers,=
and
the nurse executive officers of the AAEECE member facilities are invited to
attend the educational/discussion portions of the meetings.
“On
behalf of the AAEEH Board of Directors and our entire membership, I want to
especially thank Andy Garrard and the staff of the Emory Eye Center for the=
ir
gracious invitation to host the 2012 AAEECE Spring Meeting. This will provide all our members =
with a
unique learning experience as we get a chance to meet with the clinicians a=
nd
administrative personnel at this outstanding and innovative eye care facili=
ty.”
Robert Betz, PhD, AAEECE Presi=
dent
said.
The
American Association of Eye and Ear Centers of Excellence is comprised of t=
he
premier centers for specialized eye and ear procedures in the world.
Association members are major referral centers, offer some of the most
innovative teaching programs in the world, and routinely treat the most
severely ill eye and ear patients. The mission of these specialty instituti=
ons
requires them to maintain leading edge technologies, enabling them to provi=
de
highly specialized services not available in general acute care hospitals.<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> For more information about the AAE=
ECE,
please see www.aaeece.org.
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