1. Healthcare

Dear members of the Finnish Atherosclerosis Society,
Welcome to the 9th Annual Meeting of the Finnish Atherosclerosis Society, to be held in Kuopio University
Hospital (Puijonlaaksontie 2), March 13-14, 2015. There are several hotels within reasonable distance from
the symposium (e.g. Scandic Hotel Kuopio, Sokos Hotel Puijonsarvi). Still, we strongly advise you to make an
early hotel reservation.
The meeting will begin on Friday the 13th of March at noon (registration 12:00-12:30, presentations 12:30
~ 18:00, followed by dinner). The meeting will be closed on Saturday the 14th of March (presentations
8:30-12:30 and lunch 12:30-13:30). The detailed program will be sent later.
Please e-mail your registration with or without abstract (Your name, degree e.g. graduate student,
medical student, PhD student, MD, post-doctoral fellow etc., Department/Institute, e-mail address, any
dietary restrictions) to [email protected] by 28.2.2015.
We would like to encourage ALL to submit abstracts to the meeting. The abstracts should be written in
English and arranged as follows:
The title of the abstract
(empty line)
Authors (presenting author underlined)
(empty line)
The Departments/Institutes of the authors
(empty line)
Abstract text
You should limit the length of the abstract to one A4 page, using single line-spacing and Times New Roman
size 12 fonts or Arial size 11 fonts.
The program and the abstract book will be printed in English. Also the presentations and discussions will be
held in English. The final program compiled from submitted abstracts will be e-mailed to you later
Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested.
Welcome to Kuopio for the 9th Annual Meeting of the Finnish Atherosclerosis Society!
On behalf of the Finnish Atherosclerosis Society
Anna-Liisa Levonen
President
Tiina Solakivi
Secretary