Meeting agenda

Specialty and Service Society
2008 AMA Interim House of Delegates Meeting
Marriott World Center Orlando
Orlando, Florida

Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008

Crystal G1 – Boxed lunches will be available at 11:45 a.m.

12:00 p.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Welcome Remarks Leon Reinstein, MD
Governing Council, Chair

12:10 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.
A pproval of Minutes from A-08 SSS Meeting

12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Credentials Committee report

12:30 p.m. – 12:35 p.m.
AMA Foundation update

12:35 p.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Distribution of ballots for SSS endorsement

12:40 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
House Business Committee report
Cyndi Yag-Howard, MD, Chair

• Constitution and Bylaws
• Reference Committee F
• Reference Committee J
• Reference Committee K
• Reference Committee L

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Section Council Reports

• Allergy
• Anesthesiology
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Dermatology
• Digestive diseases
• Diseases of the chest
• Emergency medicine
• Endocrinology
• Family and general medicine
• Federal and military medicine

3:00 p.m.
House of Delegates opens

Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Harbor Beach – Breakfast meeting of section council chairs

8:00 a.m.
House of Delegates opens

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
SSS sponsored education session:
"This Is The Captain Speaking: Is There A Doctor On-Board The Plane?"

No regular meeting of the SSS will take place on Sunday.

Monday, Nov. 10, 2008

7:00 a.m. – 7:15 a.m.
Grand 8A – SSS breakfast meeting convenes

7:00 a.m. – 7:40 a.m.
House Business Committee conclusion
Cyndi Yag-Howard, MD

7:40 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
Reports from:

• Council on Medical Service
• Council on Medical Education
• Council on Long Range Planning and Development
• Council on Science and Public Health

8:20 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Section council reports

• General surgery
• Genetics
• Internal medicine
• Neurology
• Neurological surgery
• Nuclear medicine
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Ophthalmology
• Pain medicine
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Physical and rehabilitative medicine
• Plastic and reconstructive surgery
• Preventive medicine
• Psychiatry
• Radiology
• Urology