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TUTORIAL ON NEOPLASTIC HEMATOPATHOLOGY

January 25th - January 30th 2009
Marco Island Florida Resort & Spa
Marco Island, Florida

The Tutorial, sponsored by The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, will be held under the direction of Dr. Daniel M. Knowles, Professor and Chairman of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The program will consist of lectures and case presentations. The Tutorial faculty will prepare an extensive CD Rom comprised of lecture notes and reference citations covering all of the topics presented at the Tutorial. In addition we will provide a notebook comprised of all power point presentations.

The registration fee is $1,200, after December 28, 2008 $1,300. For further information, please contact: Ms. Jessica Pfeifer, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, WCMC Room C-302, 1300 York Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10065. Telephone (212) 746-6464; Fax (212) 746-8192; e-mail: jep2018@med.cornell.edu

Pathology Visions Conference
October 26-28, 2008

Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
San Diego, CA
Email: info@pathologyvisions.com
Telephone: 866.478.4111
http://www.pathologyvisions.com

Pathology Visions will serve as a platform for stimulating discussion about the uses of digital pathology in research, clinical, and veterinary pathology applications. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about exciting innovations in digital pathology, share best practices, and network with thought leaders and colleagues. The conference will feature a special tour and dinner event aboard the historic USS Midway, docked in San Diego's scenic harbor.

Company: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Location: Cambridge, MA

PATHOLOGY LEADER

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard seeks a PATHOLOGY LEADER, Broad Institute-Biological Samples Platform (BSP), to focus on the creation of standardized tissue collection protocols, quality control, and diagnostic evaluation for tissue-based projects. Will oversee the dissection and processing of human tissue biological samples and their derivatives. The human tissue and tissue sample derivatives collected by the platform may include fresh or snap-frozen human tissue samples, whole blood, DNA, RNA, and human tissue in formalin fixed paraffin embedded blocks. Will work closely with BSP director, manager, and software engineers to develop standardized tissue collection protocols and processing for projects involving a wide range of normal and diseased human tissues; collaborate with internal researchers, particularly those within the Cancer Program, to provide pathology support and intellectual input during project planning, tissue collection, results interpretation, and validation phases of projects; and oversee the processing and storage of slides and/or tissue sections from all incoming tissue.

REQUIREMENTS: a M.D. in pathology or related field, residency training in anatomical pathology, and research experience. Genomic and/or molecular biology experience a plus. Must have experience with manual and automated tissue processes (LCM, slide and section prep, flow cytometry, RNA/DNA isolation from formalin fixed paraffin embedded blocks, immunohistochemistry, and in situ hybridization). Excellent organization and time management skills required, as are excellent communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with all levels of staff. Must be able to handle a variety of tasks, shift priorities quickly, and skillfully solve problems.

Interested applicants may apply online at http://www.broad.mit.edu/info/careers/ and reference job number MIT-00005385. Please indicate that you located this position on the International Academy of Pathology website. *EOE*.

PROFILE: the Broad Institute was founded to empower scientists of all kinds to work together on difficult, diverse, critical genomic and biomedical challenges. The Institute is a unique collaboration between the MIT and Harvard academic and medical communities, and it offers comprehensive benefits including:

* Competitive pay
* Medical, dental, life insurance plans
* 401(k) plan with matching contributions
* Tuition assistance plan
* Four weeks of vacation after one year
* T-Pass subsidy program

Join a team that works the way you’ve always wanted to work.

USCAP Diagnostic Pathology Update 2008

July 12 - 18 2008
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

This course is designed to provide updated knowledge for practicing surgical pathologists, academicians, and residents. It addresses the resolution of diagnostic problems relative to each of the major organ systems. The course fee includes a comprehensive syllabus and a CD-ROM containing an illustrative powerpoint presentation for each topic presented, totaling over 3,500 images. This course provides a pleasant, relaxed atmosphere for learning from an outstanding faculty lecturing on important topics. There is time for 1:1 interaction with the
faculty. The ample free time in the schedule makes this a great opportunity for a family experience.

Save $$$ - Early Registration now available on the website until June 13th
Course information and registration forms as well as hotel information is posted on the USCAP website: www.uscap.org.
The course will be held in Hawaii at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa. See more information on their website: www.maui.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/

PRACTICAL PULMONARY PATHOLOGY

London, 29 July – 1 August, 2008

This course is designed to provide histopathology and cytopathology trainees and consultants with an opportunity to study diagnostic lung pathology in a comprehensive manner. It comprises lectures and practical microscopy sessions, the latter making up roughly half the time and consisting of individual study of a unique collection of cases.
Further details and application forms are available from Professor B Corrin,
Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP. Fax +44 20 7 351 8293.
E-mail: b.corrin@imperial.ac.uk

AFIP Upcoming Courses 2008

44th Annual FORENSIC DENTAL IDENTIFICATION AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (Lectures and Mini Workshops)
Date: March 10 - 14, 2008
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel / Bethesda, Maryland

This is a 5-day course designed to include lectures and workshops. The course is open to both civilians and military. The primary focus of the course is to expose the experienced forensic scientists, and to introduce the novice, to state-of-the-art techniques for forensic endeavors, with an emphasis on mass disaster and dental identification. Speakers from diverse organizations such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Army, National Museum of Health and Medicine and various universities across the nation are featured. The laboratory session integrates digital radiology, photographic capture and computer database with a mock mass disaster identification exercise. Other laboratories include bite mark analysis, skeletal anthropology, and radiographic age assessment. The primary emphasis of the course is forensic odontology; however, overviews of allied disciplines are provided to complete attendees' knowledge base. http://www.askafip.org

For more information, contact course coordinator Mr. Mark Hovland. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020,
Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: came@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.askafip.org.

18TH Annual ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY COURSE
Date: March 24 -29, 2008
Location: Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel / Bethesda, Maryland
• New Lecture Schedule
• One-week intensive review of anatomic pathology
• Internationally recognized lecturers in all fields of anatomic pathology
• New topics added, including Ophthalmology
• The only anatomic course with exceptional slides to self-review, microscopes provided
• Revised course syllabi on CD
• 35 hours of lectures
• 25 hours of microscope time
• 60 AMA Category 1 credits
Computer access to slides for one year following course. Computers available during course for electronic slides
For more information, contact course coordinator Mr. Ricky Giles. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020, Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: came@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.askafip.org

6th Annual Soft Tissue Tumors – A Microscopy Workshop
Date: April 7 – 9, 2008
Location: Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine / Bethesda, Maryland

This course will feature microscopy sessions and short lectures on specific tumor groups, including new entities such as fibromas, small round cell tumors, vascular tumors, nerve sheath tumors, and new immunohistochemical and molecular diagnostic test. Slides of more than 400 soft tissue tumors will be available for review. Soft tissue lymphomas and histiocytic proliferations are included. Unknown cases will also be available for self-evaluation. Microscopes and refreshments will be provided.
For more information, contact course coordinator Mr. Ricky Giles. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020, Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: came@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.askafip.org

34th Annual Orthopedic Pathology
Date: April 10 – 11, 2008
Location: Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine / Bethesda, Maryland

The 34th Annual Orthopedic Pathology Course, originally restricted to uniformed services orthopedic surgery training program participants, is now open to all military, federal or civilian orthopedic and pathology related specialties. Orthopedists, pathologists, radiologists, rheumatologists and podiatrists should find this course of benefit.
For more information, contact course coordinator Mr. Ricky Giles. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020, Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: came@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.askafip.org

SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM (Open to Civilians and Military)
Date: April 21 - 25, 2008
Location: Bethesda Marriott / Bethesda, Maryland

This program is design for health care personnel (officer, enlisted and civilian) desiring education and training in performing sexual assault examinations. In addition, chaplains, investigators, law enforcement, mental health care workers, sexual assault victim advocates, and persons from other disciplines who wish to have an increased understanding of the sexual assault examination and to provide a multidisciplinary approach to sexual assault care and the medicolegal process may attend. This course will include laboratory sessions to introduce sexual assault forensic examination techniques, forensic photography, documentation and physical evidence collection. Lectures will provide medicolegal insight to identify and preserve the biological, psychological and social health of the survivor of sexual assault or abuse. This program also satisfies the International Association of forensic Nurse (IAFN) national standard requirements for the didactic component of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) certification process. A separate clinical preceptorship must be completed in conjunction with the didactic portion in order to sit for the SANE certification exam. Requirements for the clinical preceptorship will be covered in the program.
For more information, contact course coordinator Mr. Ricky Giles. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020, Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: came@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.askafip.org

17th Annual Descriptive Veterinary Pathology
Date: June 4 – 8, 2008
Location: Doubletree Hotel / Bethesda, Maryland

This course is designed to teach attendees how to describe gross and microscopic lesions in a variety of major organs in numerous animal species. Both written and oral descriptive techniques will be taught. The course will also include lectures on interpretation and description of electron micrographs and immunohistochemical preparations, the correlation of gross, microscopic, cytological and clinic pathologic data, and a review of basic molecular techniques. Practice tests (gross and microscopic) will be given and graded to provide feedback. Microscopes will be provided, and gross lesions will be demonstrated by means of digital images.
The objective of the course is to increase the attendees’ skill at describing gross and microscopic lesions in animal tissues. Additional lectures will illustrate basic concepts in general and applied diagnostic pathology.
For more information, contact course coordinator Mr. Ricky Giles. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020, Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: came@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.askafip.org

21st Annual Forensic Anthropology Course
Date: June 9 – 13, 2008
Location: National Transportation Training Center / Ashburn, VA

Course Description:
This 5-day course uses hands-on lab sessions to teach basic techniques of skeletal analysis. Lectures provide the methodological basis of human osteology and introduce applications used by anthropologists in their work. Forensic pathologists, death investigators, forensic dentists, attorneys and other specialists engaged in multidisciplinary forensic investigations will find this courser an excellent introduction to the field.

The objectives are to:
Learn the basic anthropological methods to determine age, sex, race and stature from the human skeleton
Discern the fundamental differences between human and non-human skeletons.
Identify the ways forensic anthropology can assist in interpreting skeletal trauma.
Understand the methods used by forensic anthropologists to identify burned remains.
Comprehend methods used in body search and excavation techniques.
Understand the theoretical considerations related to personal identity and evidence and the methods used by forensic anthropologists to establish personal identity from human remains.
Understand the contribution of DNA analysis and forensic odontology to victim identification.
Determine how forensic anthropology is integrated into the response to mass disasters.
For more information, contact course coordinator Mr. Mark Hovland. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020, Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: came@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.askafip.org

42nd Annual Urological Pathology
Date: July 14 – 19, 2008
Location: Doubletree Hotel / Bethesda, MD

Course Description:
This nationally acclaimed course has prepared urology residents for the board exam for 41 years. The six-day program is taught by nine uropathologists and two uroradiologists. The program caters to the learning styles of the individual resident by offering instruction in numerous formats including lectures, individual and small group activities with carousels and computers studying over 5000 cases, and one-on-one study of virtual slides with faculty.

The objectives are to:
Prepare residents for board examination
Provides an understanding of those modern concepts in urological pathology that will enable the urologist to resolve any discrepancies between the diagnosis and clinical findings
Present a practical overview of all imaging modalities used in uroradiology, with emphasis on magnetic resonance, computed tomography, ultrasound and nuclear medicine
Review the basic radiologic patterns encountered in diseases of the genitourinary tract, emphasizing principles of differential diagnosis.
For more information, contact course coordinator Mr. Mark Hovland. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020, Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: came@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.askafip.org

Ophthalmic Pathology for Ophthalmologists
Date: August 25 – 29, 2008
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel / Bethesda, Maryland

Course Description:
This course is designed to enhance the basic education of ophthalmologists (residents, general practitioners, and specialists) with respect to the normal and pathologic structure of ocular tissues. This five-day course consists of a comprehensive survey of pathologic conditions affecting the eye and ocular adnexa. The lectures will be richly illustrated by x-rays, scans, gross photographs, photomicrographs, electron micrographs, etc., and supported by outlines and references.

Participants in this course will gain:
Enhanced knowledge of the pathology of common ocular diseases.
Updates on basic concepts and factual data concerning the pathologic anatomy of the eye and ocular adnexa.
Improved understanding of basic histopathologic, histochemical, immunohistochemical, and ultra structural features of ophthalmic disorders
For more information, contact course coordinator Mr. Mark Hovland. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Medical Education, Washington, DC 20306-6000, Tel: (202) 782-2637, Toll Free Tel: (800) 577-3749 (within the US), Fax: (202) 782-5020, Toll Free Fax: (800) 441-0094, Email: came@afip.osd.mil, Website: http://www.askafip.org

Message from the USCAP

Draft Minutes of the IAP Meetings at the USCAP Conference in San Diego are available
Please find the draft Minutes here

All of the 24 Companion Societies and 17 evening Specialty Conference Educational Materials are now up on the USCAP Website: http://www.uscap.org for free (right hand side--USCAP Bulletin: 2007 Annual Meeting).
All of the IAP Centennial Congress/Montreal Educational Materials are also up, including the three Plenary Lectures ("100th IAP Congress").
Take a look at our "eAcademy": "Sample APECS Case". It is a great case.
In addition to the USCAP scientific abstracts presented at our Annual Meeting last week, many of the abstracts in toto can be viewed "View Posters Online"
Thank you for letting your house staff/fellows/colleagues know about these free educational opportunities.

Fred Silva, USCAP

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BRITISH DIVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF PATHOLOGY
President: Prof C Cuvelier

Treasurer & Membership Secretary: DR R F T McMahon

Secretary: Prof N A Shepherd

Administrative Secretary: Mrs C Harris
P O Box 73
Westbury on Trym
BRISTOL BS9 1RY
Tel: +44 (0) 117 907 7940

Meetings Secretary: Dr B Warren
Fax: +44 (0) 117 907 7941
Email: bdiap@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.bdiap.org

GYNAECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY
DUBLIN
Spring 2008

XXVIIth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
ATHENS, GREECE
12-17 October 2000

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