Course Description
A team of well-known and authoritative speakers have been selected to present this intensive review and update various aspects of clinical and anatomic pathology (surgical and cytopathology) of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases in the major organ systems.

Emphasis will be given to selected topics of continued interest and an update on how to solve the day to day diagnostic problems.


Target Audience
This course has been designed for practicing pathologists, pathology residents and fellows, laboratorians, family practitioners and nurses. Clinical specialists may benefit by attending particular sessions in their own areas of subspecialty interests.


Agenda
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Clinical Pathology
Morning Session: Tumor Markers
Moderator: Roland Valdes, Jr., PhD

7:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am
Welcome/Introduction/New Tests
Ronald J. Elin, MD, PhD

8:15 am
Keynote Address - Overview of Tumor Markers: Discovery-to-Application
Herbert A. Fritsche, PhD

9:15 am
Molecular Markers in Hematopathology
Alvin W. Martin, MD

10:00 am
Break

10:15 am
Prostate Cancer: Clinical Lab Perspective
Herbert A. Fritsche, PhD

11:00 am
Prostate Cancer: A Clinician's Perspective on Current Biomarkers
Kristian Novakovic, MD

11:45 am
Questions/Discussion

12:00 pm
Lunch and Exhibitors

Afternoon Session: Coagulation
Moderator: James Snyder, PhD

1:15 pm
Clinical Applications of the Platelet Function Analyzer (PFA)-100
John Francis, PhD

2:00 pm
Rapid Function Tests to Monitor Clopidogrel and Aspirin
Sandra C. Hollensead, MD

2:45 pm
Break

3:00 pm
The Role of Thromboelastography in Guiding the Management of Hemostasis Disorders
William B. Lockwood, PhD, MD

3:45 pm
Platelet Transfusion Reaction: A Preventable Event with Associated Platelet Anomaly
James Engle, MD

4:15 pm
Questions/Discussion

4:30 pm
Closing/Thank You

4:45 pm
Evaluation and Adjournment

5:00 pm
Pathology Practice Management Dinner (no cme):

Critical issues in professional component of clinical pathology billing
We invite pathologists to attend a dinner on Thursday night, May 15, 2008 in the Galt House to discuss current practice management issues for professional component billing (Part A services) for clinical lab testing. The dinner will feature national and local speakers, with an introduction followed by an interactive session among pathologists, legal counsel, management consultants, and billing companies.

Topics include basic principles in starting Professional component billing and the current status of professional component billing nationally and in the Tri-State area. There is no cost to attend this dinner but you must register by May 2, 2008 by calling (502) 852-7471.

Friday, May 16, 2008
Anatomic Pathology
Morning Session: Hematopathology
Moderator: Sunati Sahoo, MD

7:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:50 am
Welcome and Introduction
Ronald J. Elin, MD, PhD

8:00 am
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Jeffrey Medeiros, MD

9:00 am
Primary Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas: Diagnosis & Classification Require More Than Morphology
Stephen Slone, MD

10:00 am
Break

10:15 am
Diffuse Aggressive B-Cell Lymphomas
Jeffrey Medeiros, MD

11:15 am
Classification of Acute Leukemia
Alvin Martin, MD

12:00 pm
Lunch

Afternoon Session: Dermatopathology
Moderator: Stephen P. Slone, M.D.

1:00 pm
Diagnosing Melanoma in Situ: Traps and Pitfalls
Jennifer McNiff, MD

2:00 pm
Commonly Encountered Diagnostic Dilemmas in Dermatopathology - Potential Pitfalls To Be Aware Of
Janine Malone, MD

3:00 pm
Break

3:15 pm
Inflammatory Mimics of Mycosis Fungoides
Jennifer McNiff, MD

4:15 pm
Not Just Skin Deep! A Case Based Approach to Cutaneous Clues of Internal Disease
Soon Bahrami, MD

5:00 pm
Evaluation and Adjournment of Friday Pathology Symposium

5:30 pm
William M. Christopherson Society Lecture:
PatholoGISTs and GISTs: Our Constant Battle with Stromal Tumors
Henry Appelman, MD

6:30 pm
Evaluation of William M. Christopherson Society

6:35 pm
Reception for Participants of William M. Christopherson Lecture

7:15 pm
William M. Christopherson Society Dinner

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Anatomic Pathology
Morning Session: Genitourinary Pathology
Moderator: Houda Alatassi, MD

7:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am
Mimickers of Prostate Carcinoma on Needle Biopsy
George Netto, MD

9:00 am
Carcinoma of the Bladder: Emphasis on Common Problems Faced in the
Histopathologic Evaluation of Biopsies
Satish Tickoo, MD

10:00 am
Break

10:15 am
Renal Neoplasms: Morphologic and Prognostic Parameters Update
George Netto, MD

11:15 am
Testicular Tumors: Role of Pathologists in Therapeutic Decision-Making
Satish Tickoo, MD

11:45 am
Lunch

12:45 pm
Why Do Biopsies from Ulcerative Colitis Colons Look More and More Like Crohn's Colitis?
Henry Appelman, MD

Afternoon Session: Gastroenterology/Liver Pathology
Moderator: Grace Moore, ND

1:45 pm
Finding the Final Piece . . . How to Help Your Gastroenterologist Complete the IBD Puzzle
Gerald Dryden, MD

2:45 pm
Break

3:00 pm
Barrett’s Mucosa and its Dysplasias, Definitions and Diagnostic Criteria
Henry Appelman, MD

4:00 pm
Conclusions
Stephen P. Slone, MD

4:15 pm
Evaluation and Adjournment


Faculty
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University of Louisville Faculty:
Houda Alatassi, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine

Soon Bahrami, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Dermatology

Gerald W. Dryden, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Department of Medicine

Ronald J. Elin, MD, PhD
A.J. Miller Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine

Sandra C. Hollensead, MD
Clinical Professor
Director, Hematology/Coagulation Laboratory
Department of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine

William B. Lockwood, PhD, MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine
Director, Transfusion Services & Tissue/Bone Bank
University Hospital
Director, Transfusion Services,
Tissue/Bone Bank & Coagulation Lab
Norton-Kosair Childrens Hospitals

Janine C. Malone, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine,
Division of Dermatology

Alvin W. Martin, MD
Professor and William M. Christopherson Chair
Department of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine
Director, Flow Cytometry Laboratory

Grace D. Moore, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Surgical Pathology
Department of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine

Kristian Novakovic, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Urology

Sunati Sahoo, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Cytopathology
Department of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine

Stephen P. Slone, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine

Guest Faculty:
Henry D. Appelman, MD
M.R. Abell Professor
Department of Pathology
University Hospitals
Ann Arbor, Michigan

James Engle, MD
Hardin Memorial Hospital
Carney and Crowe Lab
Elizabethtown, Kentucky

John Francis, PhD
Director, Florida Hospital Institute of Translational Research
Director, Florida Hospital Center for Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Orlando, Florida

Herbert A. Fritsche, PhD
Professor and Chair of Clinical Chemistry
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Jennifer M. McNiff, MD
Professor
Departments of Dermatology and Pathology
Director, Yale Dermatopathology Laboratory
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

L. Jeffrey Medeiros, MD
Professor of Pathology
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

George J. Netto, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Division of Surgical Pathology
Baltimore, Maryland

Satish K. Tickoo, MD
Associate Attending Pathologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Department of Pathology
1275 York Ave.
New York, New York

Course Directors:
Saeed A. Jortani, Ph.D.
Sunati Sahoo, M.D.
Stephen P. Slone, M.D.


Program Site - Lodging - Parking
The program will be held in The Galt House East Hotel, 140 N. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202. A block of rooms have been reserved at the conference rate of $119.00 plus tax per night for single or double occupancy ($129.00 for triple occupancy, $139.00 for quadruple occupancy). You must reserve your room(s) by April 14, 2008 to qualify for this special rate.

Hotel reservations can be made by phone by calling the hotel at 502-589-5200. Be sure to mention the U of L Pathology Program when making your reservation in order to receive the conference rate. Parking is available in the garage adjacent to the hotel and is free for symposium participants (see registration desk for parking sticker).

If you'd like to make your hotel reservation online, you can do so by going to http://www.galthouse.com. If you're making an online reservation, you'll need the group ID number, which is 688387.



Continuing Education Credit
Physicians - University of Louisville Continuing Health Sciences Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 22.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (14.5 Anatomic Pathology, 7.0 Clinical Pathology, 1.0. Christopherson Lecture). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ACCENT by AACC - Application is pending. Note: ACCENT by AACC credit has been applied for only for the Clinical Pathology portion of this program, which takes place on Thursday, May 15, 2008.


Registration
Advance registration for this symposium is now closed. You may still attend by registering in person at the registration desk starting at 7:30 AM on Thursday, May 15 at the symposium site, The Galt House Hotel & Suites, 140 N. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202. For directions to the symposium site, click here. For a copy of registration rates, click here.


Cancellation Policy
Requests for cancellation must be e-mailed to chse@louisville.edu on or before May 1, 2008. Requests e-mailed on or before May 1, 2008 will receive a full refund less a $25.00 processing fee following the conclusion of the meeting. No refunds will be issued for cancellation requests received after May 1, 2008.

University of Louisville Continuing Health Sciences Education reserves the right to cancel this program and will assume no financial obligation to the registrants for cancellation. In case of program cancellation, registration fees will be refunded in full. However, costs incurred by the registrants (i.e. airline fees, hotel fees or penalties) are the registrant’s responsibility.


Learning Objectives
1. Describe current developments in clinical and anatomic pathology and its sub-specialty areas, so that pathologists can practice clinical and anatomic pathology correctly and errors are avoided.

2. Review tumor markers so that the attendees become familiar with an up to date understanding of efforts on the discovery and practical fronts relative to diagnosis of cancer.

3. Discuss prostate cancer screening so that attendees become familiar with the issues involved in the diagnosis and management of this disease.

4. Review markers for hematologic tumors so that attendees become familiar with the new advancements in diagnosis of hematologic disorders using biomarkers.

5. Discuss PFA-100 and so that the participants are taken through a review of rapid platelet function tests that are currently available, with emphasis on utilization in a clinical laboratory setting.

6. Describe thromboelastography so that attendees become familiar with the use of this testing in assessing clinical coagulation abnormalities.

7. Apply new immunohistochemical and molecular techniques for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of entities in different sub-specialty areas so that pathologists can specifically pinpoint the diagnosis of anatomic pathologic lesions and the patients can be treated correctly.

8. Explain the most recent advances in new procedures and techniques in the diagnosis of pathologic lesions so that the pathologists can add new tools for correct diagnosis and evaluation of patients.

9. Identify the current concepts in surgical pathology so that the pathologists can update their knowledge in clinical and anatomic pathology.

10. Describe current developments in anatomic pathology and its sub-specialty areas so that the pathologists can practice anatomic pathology correctly and errors are avoided.

11. Apply new immunohistochemical and molecular techniques for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of entities in different sub-specialty areas so that the pathologists can specifically pinpoint the diagnosis of anatomic pathologic lesions and the patients can be treated correctly.

12. Explain the most recent advances in new procedures and techniques in the diagnosis of pathologic lesions so that the pathologists can add new tools for correct diagnosis and evaluation of patients.

13. Identify the current concepts in surgical pathology so that the pathologists can update their knowledge in anatomic pathology.


Brochure
Click here for a copy of the course brochure, which contains information regarding speakers, topics, etc. To download the file, right click on the link and select save as.

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Special Services
If you need special accommodations due to a disability, or for an alternative form of the materials, please contact Continuing Health Sciences Education at chse@louisville.edu or (502) 852-5329 at least 14 days prior to the program. University of Louisville Continuing Health Sciences Education fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.


Accreditation
The University of Louisville School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.