FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The American Association of Eye & Ear Hospitals Announces Dates for 2009 Spring Meeting

Arlington, VA (February 25, 2009) - The American Association of Eye & Ear Hospitals (AAEEH) has announced the dates of May 31 to June 2, 2009 for its 2009 Spring Meeting to be held at the Phillips Eye Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Besides receiving an update on the group purchasing program with Premier Purchasing Partners the AAEEH will receive an update on the state-of-the-art medical records installation at Phillips Eye Institute. In addition, the Phillips Eye Institute will be hosting an informational session on its surgical programs as well as providing the attendees with a tour of their facility.

"On behalf of the AAEEH Board of Directors and our entire membership, I want to especially thank David Orbuch and the staff of the Phillips Eye Institute for their gracious invitation to host the 2009 AAEEH Spring Meeting. This will provide all our members with an outstanding learning experience as we learn more about Phillip’s new medical information systems and get a chance to meet with the clinicians and administrative personnel at this outstanding facility." Robert Betz, PhD, AAEEH Executive Director said.

The American Association of Eye and Ear Hospitals is comprised of the premier centers for specialized eye and ear procedures in the world. Association members are major referral centers, offer some of the most innovative teaching programs in the world, and routinely treat the most severely ill eye and ear patients. The mission of these specialty institutions requires them to maintain leading edge technologies, enabling them to provide highly specialized services not available in general acute care hospitals.