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Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
(SANTRO)
January 1, 2008
To Whom It May Concern:
Officers
Feng-Ming Kong, MD, PhD, MPH On behalf of SANTRO (the Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and
President Oncology), we are writing to invite you to become a founding sponsor of our
inaugural symposium to be held at the Grand Epoch City, Beijing, China, between
Fang-Fang Yin, PhD
Vice-president the 28th and the 31st of August, 2008. This historic symposium will be jointly hosted
by some of the most prestigious therapeutic radiology and oncology research
Weining Ken Zhen, MD
Secretary
associations in the United States and China: the Chinese Society of Therapeutic
Radiology and Oncology (CSTRO), the Chinese Anti Cancer Society (CACA), the
Yue Cao, PhD Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO), the American Society of
Treasurer
Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), the Radiation Therapy Oncology
Officers in China Group (RTOG), the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), and
Guo-Liang Jiang, MD , FACR North American Chinese Medical Physics Association (NACMPA). The American
Vice-president
Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will also provide educational support for this
Ye-Xiong Li, MD event.
Secretary
Cao-Su Hu, MD, PhD Leading American and Chinese clinicians and researchers, as well as distinguished
Treasurer invited guests from around the world, will present both scientific and educational
programs to a broad audience of research and clinical radiation oncologists,
Board Members physicists, and biologists from China, Asia, America and elsewhere. Most
Yue Cao, PhD importantly, the meeting will provide an unprecedented opportunity for American
University of Michigan
and Chinese scholars to forge new relationships in medical research. The meeting
Joe Chang, MD, PhD will be held in English, with simultaneous Chinese translation provided. Based on
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
response to date, we anticipate this event will be a sellout, with approximately 600
Ying Hitchcock, MD to 800 registrants.
University of Utah
Jian-Yue Jin, PhD Your important sponsorship will help fund educational and scientific activity, offset
Henry Ford Hospital the travel and lodging expenses for some of our most distinguished speakers and
Feng-Ming Kong, MD, PhD, MPH
symposium organizing committee members, and defray the general meeting
University of Michigan operations expenses. Sponsorship levels are divided into Gold, Silver and Bronze:
Zhongxing Liao, MD
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Gold sponsors, those who contribute USD $50,000 or more, will be noted as
such in the meeting program and enjoy three (3) units of exhibition space
Ping Xia, PhD (each unit being approximately nine (9) square meters).
University of California San Francisco
Di Yan, PhD Silver sponsors, those who contribute USD $35,000 to $49,999, will be
William Beaumond Hospital
noted as such in the meeting program and will be entitled to two units of
Fang-Fang Yin, PhD exhibition space (each unit being approximately nine (9) square meters).
Duke University
Ning Jeff Yue, PhD Bronze sponsors, those who contribute USD $20,000 to $34,999, will be
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey noted as such in the meeting program and will be entitled to one (1) unit of
Weining Ken Zhen, MD exhibition space (each unit being approximately nine (9) square meters).
University of Nebraska
Organizations, societies or friends, those who contribute USD $10,000 to
$19,999, will be noted as such, in the meeting program.
Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (SANTRO)
E-mail: santro@santro.org Web Site: www.santro.org
As you know, China has experienced miraculous economic growth in recent years,
and this has given rise to a dynamic and thriving oncology research and medical
community. Beijing, the capital of China, with it thousands of years of history, and
its status as one of the greatest cosmopolitan cities, has been chosen as the site for
this important meeting. The meeting venue itself, the Grand Epoch City, is a
remarkable, full-scale replica of the ancient Beijing, conveniently located on the
outskirts of Beijing, 35 miles from the Beijing airport, 50 miles from the Great Wall,
and 30 miles from the heart of Beijing, the Tiananmen Square.
We will do our best to accommodate any of your special needs and to make this
event a success for you. Additional units of exhibition space will be made available
at an additional cost. SANTRO is a non-profit organization registered in the state of
Michigan and recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a
501(C)(3) non-profit corporation.
For inquiries regarding meeting support and logistics, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Again, your interest and support in this special event is very much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Chair, Fund Raising Committee of the Symposium
Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, Vice President of SANTRO
Professor and Director of Radiation Physics
Department of Radiation Oncology
Duke University Medical Center, Box 3295
Durham, NC 27710, the United States
Phone: 919-660-2185
Fax: 919-681-7183
e-mail: fangfang.yin@duke.edu
Guoliang Jiang, MD, Vice Presidents of SANTRO and CSTRO
President of Radiation Oncology Society, CACA
President of Cancer Hospital of Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Jinming Yu, MD, President of CSTRO
President of Shandong Cancer Hospital
Jinan, Shandong, China
Feng-Ming (Spring) Kong. MD, PhD, MPH, President of SANTRO
Chief of Radiation Oncology
Ann Arbor Veteran Administration Hospital
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, the United States
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