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• 2022 Call for Abstracts -The David T. Lowenthal Founder's Poster Session Award

  • Start
    03/05/2022
  • End
    06/06/2022
  •  
    11:59 PM
  • Location
    Abstract Online Submission Open until June 6, 2022

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  This registration is be completed and submitted as a requirement for those that wish to participate in the Florida Geriatrics Society Annual David T. Lowenthal Poster Session Founder's Award for Excellence in Geriatric Research.  Please visit our Lowenthal Founder's Award page on our website for full details or download the Requirements & Attestations Overview document for more details. Registration to participate in the Lowenthal Poster Session Founder's Award is free. 

  2022 Guidelines and Attestations Abstract Submission FGS Annual Meeting.docx

  
  

  Call for Abstracts: General Rules & Requirements

  • All Florida Geriatrics Society members are eligible to compete for the David T. Lowenthal Founder's Poster Session Award for Excellence in Geriatric Research. 
  • Authors may submit abstracts pertaining to those categories as approved by the FGS Education Committee.  See link below for full listing of categories. 
  • All posters will be judged by criteria that will encompass scientific merit, presentation, and pertinence to the field of geriatrics and the author's oral presentation if selected as a finalist. 
  • Your abstract must be submitted along with contact information and financial disclosure forms for any co-author(s) prior to the cutoff date in order to be considered for the Lowenthal Founder's Award. 
  • The primary/presenting author must be a current FGS member and available to present their work during our annual meeting Lowenthal Award poster session, in order to be eligible for the Lowenthal Founder's Award. 

  Final acceptance of the abstract is contingent upon at least one of the authors registering for, paying the meeting registration fee, and attending the Annual Meeting. In addition to this, you must be registered as a current FGS member and present your poster during your assisgned time at the Poster Session during the Annual Meeting to be considered for the Lowenthal Founder's Poster Session Award. If you are not a current member of the Florida Geriatrics Society please apply for FGS membership here become a member today. 

  If you have any questions, please email exec@floridageriatricssociety.org

  You must be a current FGS member to be considered for the Lowenthal Founders Award, you may join at the time of submission.

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• 33rd FGS Symposium & Annual Meeting

  • Start
    09/24/2022
  •  
    7:00 AM
  • End
    09/25/2022
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort, Fort Myers, FL

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  The Florida Geriatrics Society Proudly Presents: 

  Change & Transformation: 

    33rd Annual FGS Symposium

  and  

    Dr. David T. Lowenthal Founders Award Poster Session

  Sept 24- 25, 2022

  Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort - Fort Myers, FL  

  Speaker topic areas include: 

  Pain management, HELP: Hospital Elder Life Program, CKD-ESRD in Geriatrics, Orthostatic Hypotension, Hospital Falls Research & Data, Parkinson's Disease & Parkinsonism, Polypharmacy & Deprescribing, Telemedicine,

  and more! 

  PRA Category-1 CMEs will be provided through a CME Joint Providership between the 

             

  

  Link to  Register

  

  The FGS Board of Directors extends an invitation to our registered attendees, their guests, and our FGS partners to join us for a special

  Welcome & Evening Networking Reception

  Sunset Cruise aboard the Sanibel Princess Yacht* 

  Please join us as we celebrate our organization and recognize our members and our supporting partners!    

  

  Physician and Allied Health Professional

  EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT
  

  until July 31, 2022! 

  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY 

  *There is a small fee per person for the optional Sunset Cruise & Networking event of $25 per person with up to 2 addtl guests - those 10 years and under are free. The option to sign up for the Sunset Cruise is available during the registration process.  Space is limited and guests must be registered to attend -- to  maintain an accurate headcount for the boat please notify our Executive Director Peggy if you have any guests under the age of 10. The boat cruise is subject to change and some restrictions may apply. 
  

  Who should attend the FGS Annual Symposium? 

  MDs, DOs, DNPs, APRNs, RNs, PAs, PharmDs, Psychologists, Physical, Occupational, and Mental HealthTherapists, MSWs, LTC Providers and all other healthcare professionals interested or caring for older adults/geriatric patients. 

  

  Sponsorship/partnerships and advertising opportunities are available: 

  Please contact FGS Executive Director at exec@floridageriatricssociety.org 

  

  For more information on the Call for Abstracts for the

  David T. Lowenthal Founder's Poster Session Award

  visit our website or click:  Lowenthal Award  

  
  

  The Florida Geratrics Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization

  EIN # 59-3018212

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