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Bay Area Chapter Meeting

The California Medical Instrumentation Association's (CMIA) Bay Area Chapter meetings usually take place on 2nd Wednesday of each month. Please be sure that the Chapter has your current e-mail address! We are now using email delivery as an adjunct to the postal service in delivering the newsletter (MS Word format). We are also using Evite Invitations (Evite.com on the internet) to get a count of how many are going to attend to make the food service as efficient as possible. Respond to the invitation by clicking “yes, I will attend” or “no, I will not attend” below the invitation. You can leave it in your E-mail inbox if you area’t immediately sure, but PLEASE respond at least 2 days prior to the meeting.

Wednesday, May 14, 6:00PM
Medtronic StealthStation
Surgical Navigation System

Location: El Camino Hospital,
Map
Park Pavilion Meeting room L.
2500 Grant Rd
Mountain View, CA
When Wednesday, May 14, 6:00PM
AGENDA  
6:00pm      Dinner
   

Presentation:          
 6:30






 8:30

Ken Lindsay and Jason Stroh from Medtronic Navigation will be presenting the StealthStation Surgical Navigation System.  Used in neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery, the StealthStation provides real-time feedback on the location and position of surgical instruments in relation to the patient's anatomy.  This presentation will demonstrate the basic set-up and use of the computer system as well as provide valuable troubleshooting techniques for your interaction with the technology.

Quick chapter meeting

*Tentative Future CMIA Schedule:
Jun 11th - Stryker, San Jose
Jul 9th - Manager Panel, Mt. Diablo Hospital
Aug 13th - Pump Fair, Kaiser Berkeley
Sep 10th - Fresenius, Walnut Creek
Oct 8th - IHE / Next Year's Nominations, Oakland Childrens Hospital
Nov 12th - Mossimo / Vote for 2009 CMIA Officers, Oakland Summit
Dec 10th - Winter Social
Jan - Annual Vendor Fair




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RSVP by clicking here  or (415) 720-8635 or bryant.baek@va.gov

 

 

 

2008 Bay Area Chapter Officers

President Bryant Baek
Vice President Jeff Fahsel
Secretary Gary Tercovich
Treasurer Fred Yoffe
Board Member Dale McIntire
Board Member Charles VanDoren
   

Address
Bay Area Chapter - CMIA
PMB 453
2425B Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

 

 

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