Dear Colleagues:It is with great pleasure that we send you this announcement of the 3rd annual Tsujinaka Hospital/ Cleveland Clinic Florida department of colorectal surgery symposium in Tokyo Ginza. Due to the overwhelming success and popularity of the first two courses we have planned this third annual event with an even larger, more varied, and clearly more international faculty. In response to the comments of the hundreds of prior attendees we have included speakers not only from Japan but also from Korea, China, Singapore, Taiwan, and Australia. The international contributions as well as the level of expertise of the faculty will help insure a high quality academic event. The subject matter to be discussed includes the newest, and most exciting developments in colorectal surgery. The presentations will be given by pioneers and authorities in each of these subject areas. In addition each subject area will include an in depth audience interactive discussion to insure maximum opportunity to learn from the experts regarding these often controversial areas of inquiry. We are confident that the 3rd annual colorectal symposium in Tokyo will clearly be the most educationally productive day of 2008 and look forward to personally meeting and greeting each of you at the Jiji Press Hall on Saturday June 21 2008.