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| The registration area for the AAMC Annual Meeting featured Internet kiosks, a lounge, and information about AAMC publications and services. More than 4,200 medical education professionals and guests registered for the 2008 event. |
The Minority Student Medical Career Awareness Workshop and Recruitment Fair is historically among the most popular and lively events at the AAMC annual meeting, allowing tomorrow's doctors to learn more about what goes into becoming a physician. |
Career fair attendees have their own exhibit area where they can talk to recruiters and get hands-on experience with interactive medical displays. |
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| Yolanda Wimberly, M.D., of the Morehouse School of Medicine, was the 2008 recipient of the Humanism in Medicine Award. |
AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D.; 2008 Herbert W. Nickens Award recipient Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., of the National Institutes of Health; and outgoing AAMC Chair Robert J. Desnick, Ph.D., M.D. |
Robert J. Desnick, Ph.D., M.D., presents the Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service to University of New Mexico School of Medicine Dean Paul Roth, M.D., and Vice President of Community Health Arthur Kaufman, M.D. |
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| Max D. Cooper, M.D., of the Emory School of Medicine, addresses the audience after receiving the AAMC Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences. |
Donald E. Wilson, M.D., of Howard University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, was awarded the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education. Established in 1958, the award recognizes extraordinary individual contributions to medical schools and the medical education community. |
Crowds gather in the exhibition hall, which featured displays from medical schools, publishers, medical education technology companies, and AAMC service programs. |
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| An attendee interacts with a high-tech exhibit. |
Incoming AAMC Chair Elliott Sussman, M.D., M.B.A., hands over the podium to Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., AAMC president and CEO, moments before Dr. Kirch delivered his 2008 annual meeting address, "The Tough Questions." |
News legend and Broadcasting Hall of Famer Ted Koppel, currently Discovery Channel managing editor, delivers the keynote address. |
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| Ted Koppel stands on stage delivering his keynote address before approximately 3,000 attendees. |
An annual meeting tradition, the Music in Medicine program featured Richard Kogan, M.D., performing "West Side Story: The Mind and Music of Leonard Bernstein." |
Ray Kurzweil, inventor, author, and futurist, delivering his address during a special session on innovation, "The Acceleration of Technology: Its Impact on Education and Society." |
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