GORP 2009 will be held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, July 31 - August 2, 2009.

Dear Orthodontic Residents and Exhibitors:

We are pleased to inform you that the Twenty-First Annual Graduate Orthodontic Residents Program (GORP) will be held July 31-August 2, 2009. Once again we are inviting all of the orthodontic residents from the United States and Canada to attend this meeting, which will be held this year in Minneapolis on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

GORP began in 1989 as a means of bringing the orthodontists of the future together for a summer meeting, creating an environment to foster professional growth and interpersonal relationships among colleagues and representatives of orthodontic manufacturers. During the past 20 years, the meeting has grown to an event that involves over 400 future orthodontic residents from the United States and Canada. The meeting is held every other year at the University of Michigan, with the alternate years at other institutions. Past meetings have been held at Harvard University, The University of Texas at Houston, The University of Illinois at Chicago, The Ohio State University, The University of Toronto, The University of Kentucky, The University of North Carolina, The University of Washington, and Saint Louis University.

This program is unique in that it is the first meeting to bring together residents in a dental or medical specialty program. The meeting is sponsored by donations from orthodontic exhibitors and by the American Board of Orthodontics and its constituent associations and American Association of Orthodontists Foundation.

We will be updating the website between now and the time of GORP 2009. We anticipate resident registration being available in late spring. Exhibitors, registration for the golf and alternative events will be found under the "Registration" link then as well.

The residents of the University of Minnesota look forward to hosting an exciting GORP, and we hope to see as many of you as possible.

If you have any questions, please to do not hesitate to contact us. Our information can be found under the "Contact" link at the bottom of this page.

We look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis!

Sincerely,
Jacquelyn R. Schieck, DDS
GORP Chair 2009

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