Sponsored by DAKO, Leica and BioImagene.

 

Time: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, March 7, 2009

Location: Sheraton Boston, Room SH Republic B

 

Program

1) Opening Remarks, 8:00 am-8:05am.

 

2) Scientific Presentation, 8:05am – 9:50am

          15 min for each presentation.

Speaker:

          -Paul Zhang (Penn), MD, (Penn) Connexin topic.                

          -Chanyoung Bing MD, PhD (Penn), MicroRNA in germ cell tumors.    

          -Chen Liu, MD (UF), Liver cancer diagnostic markers.                

          -Huamin Wang, MD, PhD (MD Anderson), Topic in pancreatic cancer.   

-Chun-Young Fan, MD, PhD (UA), Topic to be announced.

-Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD (Moffitt), Sarcoma research topic.          

-George Xu, MD, PhD (Penn), Topic in tumor stem cells.   

 

Intermission 9:50 am-10:00 am

 

3) Chair’s Podium, 10:00 pm – 10:50 pm

-Can molecular pathology replace histolopathology?

          Speakers:  

Steve Shen, MD, PhD            

          Yuebo Gan, MD, PhD          

Moderated by Paul Zhang, MD.

 

4) “What is New in the Industry?” Presentation from our sponsors 10:50-11:40am

    -DAKO to be announced, 15 min

    -“New Markers”, Dr. Mark Rees, BioSystem, Leica Microsystem. 15 min.

   - “Image Analysis in Clinical Diagnosis and Personalized Medicine” Dr. Rob Monroe, Chief Medical Office, BioImagene. 15 min.

 

5) Lunch 11:40 noon – 1:30 pm.

6) What Is Hot, 1:30pm-4:00pm

          15 min for each presentation

Speaker:

          Haodong Xu (Rochester) MD, PhD-Pulmonary/cardiac     

          Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD (Moffitt)-Soft tissue and bone                            

          Charles Guo MD, PhD (MD Anderson)-GU                        

          Xiuli Liu, MD, PhD (CCF)-GI        

Tim Zheng, MD, PhD (Penn)-Molecular pathology                                          

          Ping Tang, MD, PhD (Rochester)-Beast                              

          Guang Fan, MD, PhD (OHSU)-Hempath                             

          Pei Hui (Yale), MD, PhD-GYN                

          Chun-Young Fan, MD, PhD (UA)-Head and Neck              

 

7) Intermission 3:45pm-4:00pm

 

8) Special presentation, 4:00-4:35pm.

 "Academic Pathology in China and the Role of CAPA”

          Speakers:

Yang Ximing, MD, PhD          

Wu Chin_Lee, MD, PhD                

Yang Bin, MD, PhD              

Liu Jinsong, MD, PhD 

Qin Huang, MD, PhD  

 

9) Open section for free discussion, question, meeting evaluation, closing remark, 4:30pm-5:00

10) Meeting adjourns at 5:00pm.

 

No registration fee required, coffee and tea will be served during meeting.