PSC USCAP Companion Meeting Scientific Program - Saturday 2/26/2011
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX
Fine-needle aspiration of Thyroid Lesions: Beyond NCI State of the Art Thyroid FNA Conference
10:30am – 1pm: Executive Board Meeting (Officers and Executive Board only) Bonham Room San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk Hotel
2pm – 4pm: International Relations Committee Afternoon Session
Bonham Room San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk Hotel
Moderators: Matthew Zarka and Eric Suba
LiveStrong Programs in Mexico and South Africa
Speaker: Rebekkah Schear Lance Armstrong Foundation, Austin TX
Cytology in Ghana
Speaker: Britt-Marie Ljung University of California, San Francisco
Papanicolaou Screening in Mexico
Speaker: Ludwig Erick Gonzalez Mena Mexican Academy of Cytopathology, Mexico City
Fine-Needle Biopsy Training Programs in Africa
Speaker: Andrew Field, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
4pm – 5pm: Annual Business Meeting
Bonham Room San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk Hotel
5:30pm – 7pm: Cocktail Reception
Bowie Room San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk Hotel
7pm – 10pm: PSC Companion Society Evening Session
Room 008A/B, River Level, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
The Evolving Practice of Cytopathology: Morphology, Ancillary Tests
and Personalized Medicine
Moderator: Zubair Baloch, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
Welcome and Award Presentation
Speaker: Martha Pitman, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA
Introduction
Speaker: Zubair Baloch
Practicing Morphology in the Era of Special Techniques
Speaker: Sylvia Asa, University Health Network, Toronto ON
How much Molecular Pathology a Cytopathologist Needs to Know?
Speaker: Jennifer Hunt, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA
Lessons Learned from Molecular Analysis of “Unbelievably Small”
Cytology Specimens
Speaker: Dara Aisner, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
HPV Analysis of Head and Neck Fine-Needle Aspiration Specimens
Speaker: William Westra, John Hopskins Hospital, Baltimore MD