Town Meetings In an effort to expand communications between our members and the leadership of our Section, as well as to provide a forum for members to discuss issues relevant to their practices, the New England Section of the AUA continues its successful practice of offering a series of "Town Meetings" for each state within the Section. These "Town Meetings" carry no charge and are included as an added benefit to members of the Section. Section members are invited to attend as many of these meetings as they wish. Past Town Meetings Town Meeting: Connecticut Date/Time September 2007 Location Marriott Hartford Downtown, Hartford Guest Speaker Representative Nancy L. Johnson, Member of Congress, 1983 – 2007 Topic Healthcare Policy: Unprecedented, Dynamic Change Local Host Jeffrey A. Ranta, MD   Town Meeting: Rhode Island Date/Time July 2007 Location Hope Club, Providence, RI Guest Speaker David Burnett, Rhode Island Governor’s Office Topic An Affordable Health Care System for Rhode Island Local Host Stephen F. Schiff, MD   Town Meeting: Vermont Date/Time June 2007 Location Courtyard Burlington Harbor, Burlington, VT Guest Speaker Michael A. Ferragamo, Jr., MD, FACS, Urocare Associates of New York; Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology, State University of New York; University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York; Consulting Editor, Urology Coding Alert Topic The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and Other Coding Issues Local Host Ernest M. Bove, MD   Town Meeting: Western Mass Date/Time June 2007 Location Publick House Inn, Sturbridge, MA Guest Speaker Rick Rutherford, Director, AUA Office of Practice Management Topic Electronic Medical Records: Sit at the Table or Be Part of the Menu Local Host Timothy B. Hopkins, MD   Town Meeting: Eastern Mass Date/Time June 2007 Location Dedham Hilton, Dedham, MA Guest Speaker Saul N. Weingart, MD, Director of Patient Safety Research, Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Topic Update on Patient Safety Local Host Peter N. Tiffany, MD   Town Meeting: Maine Date/Time March 2007 Location Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME Guest Speaker Trish Riley, Director of the Governor’s Office of Health Policy and Finance Topic MaineCare Local Host Thomas M. Kinkead, MD   Town Meeting: New Hampshire Date/Time January 2007 Location Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH Guest Speaker John A. Heaney, MD, & John J. Munoz, MD Topic Laparoscopic and Robotic Prostatectomy: Where Do We Stand in the New Year? Local Host John D. Seigne, MD   Town Meeting: Connecticut Date/Time April 2006 Location Marriott Hartford Downtown, Hartford Guest Speaker Michael A. Ferragamo, Jr. Topic Urological Coding Update, 2006: How to Collect for What You Are Entitled Local Host Jeffrey A. Ranta   Town Meeting: Eastern Mass Date/Time June 2005 Location Dedham Hilton Guest Speaker Harvey Feinberg Topic Patient Safety and the Electronic Medical Record Local Host Peter N. Tiffany   Town Meeting: Vermont Date/Time June 2005 Location The Equinox, Manchester Village Guest Speaker Joe Olivo Topic Specialty Practice Mergers: A Competitve Strategy for Urologists Local Host Elizabeth Z. Perez   Town Meeting: Rhode Island Date/Time March 2005 Location The University Club, Providence Guest Speaker Joseph R. Wagner Topic Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Local Host Arnold A. Sarazen   Town Meeting: Western Mass Date/Time March 2005 Location Beechwood Hotel, Worcester Guest Speaker Joe Olivo Topic Specialty Practice Mergers: A Competitve Strategy for Urologists Local Host David M. Chadbourne