Manuscript Requirements Overview

If you are presenting in the Plenary, Allied Health Main Session, Student/Resident/Trainee and/or Behavioral Health Sessions, and/or Video Sessions:

You are required to submit a full manuscript to Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD), the official journal of the ASMBS, no later than May 15, 2008. Manuscripts must be submitted through SOARD’s web page at www.soard.org. Guidelines for authors may also be found at SOARD’s web page. If your presentation is being considered for one of the Trainee Awards, your manuscript must be submitted to SOARD no later than May 1, 2008. Failure to comply will prevent abstracts from the sponsoring senior author from being considered for presentation at the ASMBS Annual Meeting for two consecutive years.

If you are presenting in the Poster Session:

Although it is not mandatory, you are encouraged to submit a full manuscript to Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD), the official journal of the ASMBS, no later than May 15, 2008. Manuscripts must be submitted through SOARD’s web page at www.soard.org. Guidelines for authors may also be found at SOARD’s web page.

Submission Deadlines at a Glance

May 15, 2008
Full manuscripts for all presentations.

May 1, 2008
Full manuscripts for Trainee Award consideration