Dear Colleagues:

You are cordially invited to join a group of physicians and other health care professionals who will be attending the 2007 Seminars in Medicine and Seminars in Medicolegal Issues. Seminars are being offered in Medicolegal Issues; Infectious Disease Update; Emergency Medicine Update; Cardiology Essentials and Case Studies; Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Update for the Primary Care Physician; Modern Endocrinology: An Update and Refresher for the Primary Care Physician; Primary Care Pulmonology; Rheumatology for the Primary Care Physician; and Urology Update for the Non-Urologist.

Each seminar has been scheduled over a period of 7-14 days in conjunction with a Caribbean, Panama Canal, New England/Canada, Europe, Asia, Classical Mediterranean, Scandinavia/Russia,Alaska, British Isles/ Norwegian Fjords, or Hawaiian cruise, allowing for a relaxed exploration of important subjects in each of the above clinical areas. These programs have been sponsored by The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and have been approved for 18 or 24 category 1 continuing medical education AMA/PRA credits.

The seminars have also been approved for 18 or 24 prescribed hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians. In addition, the medicolegal seminars have been approved for 18 or 24 hours of continuing legal, nursing, and dental education.

Combined with luxurious facilities and fascinating ports of call, these cruise/seminars offer excellent academic programs, along with cultural tours that are sure to be memorable.

Sincerely yours,

Dorothy S. Lane, M.D., M.P.H. Distinguished Service Professor Associate Dean for CME School of Medicine Stony Brook University

Philip S. Cifarelli, M.D., J.D. Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California - Irvine Private Practitioner, Santa Ana, California Seminar Chairman, Legal-Medicine