19th Annual QLA Conference
August 26-27, 2004
TradeWinds Island Grand Resort
5500 Gulf Boulevard
St. Pete Beach, FL 33706
Phone: 727-367-6461
The 19th annual QLA conference was held at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort on St Petersburg Beach, Fl. The conference attracted 130 attendees representing 24 states with 21 first-time attendees. This year’s conference was attended by three BCIR surgeons, Drs. Ernest Rehnke, James Pollack and Ronald Gaskin. For the second year in a row, the fundraising auction set a record raising $8,557. Will Brown of Austin Medical Products was presented the 2004 Harbinger Award which recognizes outstanding service to QLA. Comedienne Monteen “Menopausal Mo” Elliot made her third QLA appearance and comedian Mike Culver, “the Chicken Man,” and side kick Mike Berry closed out the conference with a hilarious routine as well as music for the dinner/dance.
Conference Program
Click here for a slideshow of snapshots from the conference. This slide show contains about 70 pictures.
Click here for a slideshow of snapshots from the conference. This slide show contains about 150 pictures. For dial-up connections could take up to an hour to load. For high-speed connections, it will take less than 15 minutes.