Speaker: Robert A. Jenders, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI Enterprise Information Services & Division of General Internal Medicine,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles Topic: Standards in Health Information Technology: Update for the Laboratorian Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium Speaker: Victor E. Reuter, MD
Vice Chair, Department of Pathology
Director, Immunohistochemistry Core Facility
Professor of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York Topic: Learning From My Mistakes: Lessons from the School Of Hard Knocks
Location: Thalians Auditorium Speaker: Michael Laposata, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Director of Laboratory Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts Topic: Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypercoagulable States Location: Education Conference Center B (Special Lecture; no CME) Speaker: Theodore E. Warkentin, MD, FRCPC, FACP Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Associate Head, Transfusion Medicine
Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program
Hematologist, Service of Clinical Hematology
Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario
Topic: Management and Prevention of Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia Location: Harvey Morse Rooms 4, 5 & 6 Speaker: Vinita Parkash, MD
Attending Pathologist, Department of Pathology
Hospital of St. Raphaels, New Haven, Connecticut
Associate Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut Topic: The Legal System and the Pathologist: From the Eyes of the Defendant Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium Speaker: Arthur H. Cohen, MD Director, Anatomic Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Pathology and Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Topic: HIV and the Kidneys in the HAART era Location: Thalians Auditorium Speaker: Jae Y. Ro, MD, PhD Topic: Karen L. Nickel, PhD, DABCC, FACB Chief, Laboratory Field Services
California Department of Health Services
Richmond, California Topic: Celebrating Lab Personnel!! Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium Speaker: Margie Morgan, PhD Chief Microbiologist, Division of Microbiology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Topic: Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in 2007
Is it Time to Search and Destroy?
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium Speaker: Joseph M. Mirra, MD Attending Pathologist
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Topic: Paget's Disease of the Bone Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium June 8, 2007 at noon
Speaker: Elvio G. Silva, MD
Attending Pathologist
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Chief, Gynecologic Pathology
Professor, Department of Pathology
Medical Director, Histopathology Laboratory
Univeristy of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Topic: New Developments in Gyn Pathology
Location: Thalians Auditorium
Friday, July 6 at 8 a.m.
Speaker: Jae Y. Ro, MD, PhD
Professor and Director of Surgical Pathology
The Methodist Hospital
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Houston, Texas
Topic: What Do We Have To Know About Prostate Pathology?
Location: Education Conference Center B
September 27, 2007 at noon
Speaker: Eleftherios C. Vamvakas, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Topic: Deleterious clinical effects of transfusion-related immunomodulation: Fact or fiction?
Location: Education Conference Center B
September 28, 2007 at noon
Speaker: Hanlin L. Wang, MD, PhD
Director, Gastrointestinal Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: The Serrated Neoplasia Pathway: New Challenges to Old Dogma
Location: Harvey Morse Conference Rooms 4, 5 & 6
Introductory Speaker: Mahul B. Amin, MD Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Warfarin Sensitivity Speaker: Jean Lopategui, MD Director, Molecular Diagnostics
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Introductory Topic: Personalized Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: from Promise to Practice Warfarin Topic: Warfarin Sensitivity Pharmacogenomics Location: Education Conference Center C Speaker: Anne M. Anglim, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California Topic: New Strategies in the Diagnosis & Treatment of Elusive Pathogens Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium Speaker: Theodore E. Warkentin, MD, FRCPC, FACP
Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Associate Head, Transfusion Medicine
Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program
Hematologist, Service of Clinical Hematology
Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario Topic: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of
Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) Location: Harvey Morse Conference Center Rooms 1-3 Speaker: Henry D. Appelman, MD Staff Pathologist, The University of Michigan
Department of Pathology
Professor of Pathology
The University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Topic: Chronic Colitis and What New Stuff We Are Learning About It Location: Conference Room 8637 Speaker: Bonnie L. Balzer, MD, PhD Anatomic Pathologist
Specialist in dermatopathology, soft tissue and gynecologic pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Selected Myxoid Lesions of Soft Tissue: A Practical Approach Including the Use of Ancillary Techniques
Location: Thalians Auditorium