Dear AVAHO Members:
Welcome to the homepage of the Association of VA Hematology/Oncology (AVAHO) organization.
AVAHO is a nonprofit organization with the mission of providing a forum for interaction among VA Hematology/Oncology professionals across the nation. Its mission is to facilitate interaction and cooperation among VA Hematology/Oncology Staff to enhance professional careers and improve patient care. AVAHO will provide the opportunities of networking, strengthen the educational activities, and improve the research capabilities among VA Hematology/Oncology Professionals.
The inaugural meeting was held on September 17, 2005 in Cincinnati, Ohio when the first Board of Directors was elected. Our 6th annual meeting this year in Little Rock continues to attract attendees from all VA Medical Centers. Comments from the attendees clearly emphasized the need for this group and that the speakers and topics were quite useful to their practice.
We now have over 600 members and would like to extend a cordial invitation to all health care professionals with interest in the area of hematology oncology to join the membership of this organization. These include, but not limited to: physicians, scientists, pharmacists, nurses, educators, administrators etc. While AVAHO focus is the VA employees and patients, membership is not exclusive to VA employees. There are no membership dues and membership benefits include ability to vote and hold office as well as having access to all information circulated by the organization.
WHAT'S NEW
The annual meeting in Kansas City was a huge success. We had over 160 attendees encompassing many VA's across the country. We encourage each of our members to spread the word about our outstanding educational program and to invite at least one colleague to the meeting next year in Omaha, NE.
- NEW BOARD MEMBERS: Please welcome our 2 new board members: Ellen Ballard, RN from Loma Linda VAMC and Sean Cosgrff, PharmD from Portland VAMC.
- NEW "MEMBERS ONLY" SECURE SITE: We have developed a secure site that will allow our members to update your contact info, view other members' contact info, and have a group forum for direct communication. Log-in info will be mailed out this week.
- DVD Recording of Meeting: The 2011 meeting program was digitally recorded and each attendees will be receiving the DVD later this month.
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