2008 Meeting

2008 MEETING INFORMATION
	2008 Meeting		Program Schedule
	Hotel Reservation		Research Symposium
	Meeting Registration		Bariatric Symposium
	Preliminary Agenda		Manuscripts

MANUSCRIPT INSTRUCTIONS

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MAY 20, 2008

All papers presented at the AVAS may have manuscripts submitted for publication consideration in the American Journal of Surgery. These include both oral and poster presentations.

Manuscripts will be due 2 weeks following the Association for VA Surgeons meeting, with the deadline being May 20, 2008. Manuscripts will be formatted for the American Journal of Surgery. Paper versions of manuscripts will not be accepted. The Manuscripts should be loaded onto Elsevier's electronic submission system.

http://ees.elsevier.com/ajs

The authors must submit the names and email addresses for 5 AVAS members who can serve as peer reviewers for the submitted papers. They may be placed in the manuscript's cover letter. A listing of AVAS members can be found under the Membership page.

Authors will be notified of their papers acceptance by September 1, 2008. In the event that the number of accepted papers exceeds the page limitations of the journal's paper format, some may be published on-line only. Online publications will be included in the AVAS paper journals table of contents and indexed in Index Medicus.

Edward H. Livingston, MD, FACS

Hudson-Penn Chair in Surgery
Professor and Chairman, Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgery
Chairman, VA Central Office Bariatric Surgery Work Group

University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine
5323 Harry Hines Blvd Room E7-126
Dallas, Texas
75390-9156
Phone 214-648-5043
Fax: 214-648-6700