DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

The USCAP is committed to providing unbiased, balanced and objective educational programs. All presenters are required to disclose any pertinent information relative to their presentation. Faculty Disclosure for the following educational offerings will be made in the course syllabus which will be posted on the USCAP Website prior to the meeting – Companion Society Meetings and Specialty Conferences. Disclosure for the Long Course; Short Courses and Special Courses will be printed on the syllabus which is distributed at the course. Dr. Elaine S. Jaffe, the Maude Abbott Lecturer, has indicated that she does not have anything to disclose. Dr. Guillermo Tearney, the Nathan Kaufman Timely Topics Lecturer, has indicated that he is a Consultant for Samsung and NinePoint Medical; receives grant or research support from NinePoint Medica, Terumo, Boston Scientific and Air Liquide; and receives licensing and royalties from NinePoint Medical and Terumo, but that he does not intend to discuss any products or services that relate to these commercial enterprises.

Authors of Scientific Abstracts must provide disclosure statements at the time of submission. The authors listed below have indicated that they do have a relationship which might be perceived as having an effect on the objectivity of their presentation. The abstract number is in the Book of Abstracts and the Supplement which is sent with the journals, and is also in parentheses after the abstract title in this book. These authors are also required to disclose the pertinent information at the presentation. The authors are also required to disclose to the audience prior to oral Platform presentations, or to include on the board for Posters, any off-label use of investigational products.


Abstract # Name Relevant Disclosure Information
94 Geza Acs Speaker’s Bureau for Genomic Health
94 Christine Laronga Speaker’s Bureau for Genomic Health
95 Geza Acs Speaker’s Bureau for Genomic Health
95 Christine Laronga Speaker’s Bureau for Genomic Health
101 Charles Perou Co-founder and major stockholder of University Genomics, and stockholder of BioClassifier LLC. Consultant for Eli Lilly, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Roche, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmith and PharmaMar. Research support for Eli Lilly, Bristol Meyers Squibb and Roche
101 Philip Bernard Consultant for UGEN and BioClassifier LLC
103 Anant Madabhushi Shareholder of IBRIS INC.
191 Christopher Corless Honoraria and research support from Sequenom
234 Therese Phillips Employee of Dako North America, Inc.
234 Anna Strickland Employee of Dako North America, Inc.
234 Scott Webster Employee of Dako North America, Inc.
234 Rosanne Welcher Employee of Dako North America, Inc.
236 Raymond Tubbs Support and speaking honorarium from Ventana
248 Shelly Gunn Employee of CMDX
268 Trine Tramm Support from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Holding GmbH
268 Guido Hennig Employee of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Holding GmbH
283 Rosanne Welcher Employee of Dako North America
283 Therese Phillips Employee of Dako North America
283 Dennis Chenoweth Employee of Dako North America
302 Jerrold Abraham Served as expert witness in litigation regarding Gadolinium-based contrast agents
323 Ahmet Dogan Mayo clinic has filed a patent application on the technology
364 David Wilbur Scientific advisory board for Corista LLC – no remuneration or equity interest
378 David Rimm Support from Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi)
392 Borbala Szenthe Employee of GenoID Ltd
392 Marta Benczik Employee of GenoID
392 Borbala Kaltenecker Employee of GenoID
392 Johanna Mozes Employee of GenoID Ltd
392 Anett Kovacs Employee of GenoID Ltd
392 Agnes Solt Employee of GenoID Ltd
392 Csaba Jeney Employee of GenoID Ltd
411 Federico Monzon Support from Pathwork Diagnostics
422 Kevin Halling Co-inventor along with Mayo clinic of Urovysion. Receive royalties for its sale.
432 Matthew Ringel Consultant and receive support from Veracyte, Inc. & Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc.
432 Richard Kloos Consultant and receive support from Veracyte, Inc.
438 Luming Zhou Spouse employee of Idaho Technology. Inventor on unlabeled probe patents that are licensed to Idaho Technology.
438 Carl Wittwer Stockholder of Idaho Technology and inventor on unlabeled probe patents licensed to Idaho Techonolgy.
534 Shelly Gunn Medical Director of Combimatrix Molecular Diagnostics
635 Eugene Hsieh Honorarium received for Ontario Advisory Board Meeting (Hoffman-La Roche Canada)
635 Wedad Hanna Honorarium received for Ontario Advisory Board Meeting (Hoffman-La Roche Canada)
761 Ryan Bremer Employee of Biocare Medical, LLC
761 David Tacha Employee of Biocare Medical, LLC
803 Tara Maddala Employee of Genomic Health, Inc.
803 Diana Cherbavaz Employee of Genomic Health, Inc.
803 Fredrick Baehner Employee of Genomic Health, Inc.
803 Carl Millward Employee of Genomic Health, Inc.
803 Eric Klein Support from Genomic Health, Inc.
838 Clifford Hoyt Employee of Cambridge Research and Instrumentation, Inc
838 David Fletcher-Holmes Employee of Cambridge Research and Instrumentation, Inc.
875 Ajay Gupta Employee of Osta Biotechnologies
875 Jeremy Squire Consultant for CymGenDx Inc
878 Jeremy Squire Consultant for CymGenDx Inc
930 Kevin Halling Consultant for and receives support from Abbott Molecular Inc. Co- inventor on patent for probe set described in this study. He and Mayo Clinic receive royalties from the sale of the probe set used in this study.
931 Sven Perner Consultant for Gen-Probe Inc. University of Michigan and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have filed a patent on ETS gene rearrangements. He and others are co-inventors and the diagnostic field of use has been licensed to Gen-Probe Inc.
931 Mark A Rubin Consultant for Gen-Probe Inc. University of Michigan and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have filed a patent on ETS gene rearrangements. He and others are co-inventors and the diagnostic field of use has been licensed to Gen-Probe Inc.
938 Sven Perner Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Michigan have filed a patent on ETS gene rearrangements in prostate cancer, on which he is co- inventor. (GenProbe)
959 Scott Tomlins Co-inventor on a patent issued to the University of Michigan regarding ETS gene fusions in prostate cancer. (Gen-Probe;/Ventanna Roche)
960 Shona Stewart Employee of ChemImage Corporation
960 John Maier Employee of ChemImage Corporation
995 Sydney Finkelstein Chief Scientific Officer of RedPath Integrated Pathology
1003 Margaret Gulley Consultant for Scientia Advisors, CancerguideDx, Generation Health
1031 Jerome Belinson Receives support from Hologic, Qiagen and Gen-probe
1067 Sydney Finkelstein Shareholder of RedPath Integrated Pathology
1145 Jesse Voss Support from Abbott Molecular Inc.
1145 Ekaterina Pestova Employee of Abbott Molecular Inc.
1145 Kristine Jacobson Employee of Abbott Molecular Inc.
1145 Mona Legator Employee of Abbott Molecular Inc.
1145 Kevin Halling Support from Abbott Molecular Inc.
1148 Clark Whitehead Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Qin He Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Lisa Allen Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Kellie Willse Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Ramona Nelson Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Roxanne Hudson Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Hema Doobay Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Dondrea Purnell Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Lawann Simpson Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Adriann Taylor Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Timothy Fischer Employee of BD Diagnostics
1148 Douglas Malinowski Employee of BD Diagnostics
1207 John Flanagan Employee of and stock ownership in Advanced Cell Dignostics Inc.
1207 Yuling Luo Employee of and stock ownership in Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc
1207 Xiao-Jun Ma Employee of and stock ownership in Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc.
1289 Donna Reece Advisory boards from Celgene and research funding
1383 Patrick Brunhoeber Employee of Ventana Medical Systems
1383 Hiroaki Nitta Employee of Ventana Medical Systems
1383 Thomas Grogan Employee of Ventana Medical Systems
1383 Lisa Rimsza Support from Ventana Medical Systems
1389 Lynn Wang Supprot from Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc.
1389 Anjali Pandey Employee of Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc.
1389 Greg Coffey Employee of Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc.
1389 Uma Sinha Employee of Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc.
1441 Jeffrey Fine Grant support from Omnyx
1441 Gadi Wollstein Support from Bioptigen, Research funding from Zeiss Carl Zeiss Meditec, and Optovue. Intellectual property licensed by University of Pittsburgh to Bioptigen.
1441 Hiroshi Ishikawa Intellectual property licensed by University of Pittsburgh to Bioptigen
1441 Joel Schuman Intellectual property licensed by University of Pittsburgh to Bioptigen, Carl Zeiss Meditec
1442 Murat Gokden The present study was supported by CAP Foundation Telepathology grant, funded by Nikon.
1442 Shree Sharma The present study was supported by CAP Foundation Telepathology grant, funded by Nikon.
1442 Ali Saad The present study was supported by CAP Foundation Telepathology grant, funded by Nikon.
1449 Ali Saad The present study was supported by CAP Foundation Telepathology grant, funded by Nikon.
1449 Shree Sharma The present study was supported by CAP Foundation Telepathology grant, funded by Nikon.
1449 Murat Gokden The present study was supported by CAP Foundation Telepathology grant, funded by Nikon.
1497 James Mansfield Employee of Cambridge Research & Instrumentation
1550 Kevin Halling Inventor of technology used in this project; receive royalties or license fees from Abbott Molecular, Inc.
1692 John Maier Employee of ChemImage Corporation
1692 Amy Drauch Employee of ChemImage Corporation
1751 Guillermo Tearney Receives licensing income from Terumo Corporationand they sponsor non-clinical research; Technology-licensing arrangement with Massachusetts General Hospital.
1751 Brett Bouma Receives licensing income from Terumo Corporationand they sponsor non-clinical research; Technology-licensing arrangement with Massachusetts General Hospital.
1754 Clifford Hoyt Employee and shareholder ofCambridge Research and Instrumentation
1754 Kristin Lane Employee of Cambridge Research and Instrumentation
1754 Gregory Innocenti Employee of Cell Signaling Technology
1754 Randall Wetzel Employee of Cell Signaling Technology
1754 Rodney Beck Employee of and stock option holder for Clarient
1787 A John Iafrate Consultant forPfizer Inc., Abbott Molecular
1802 Paul Dellaripa Support from Genentech, Inc.
1808 David Tacha Employee of Biocare Medical, LLC
1808 Charlie Yu Employee of Biocare Medical, LLC
1886 Mark Gustavson Employee of HistoRx
1886 Robert Pinard Employee of HistoRx
1886 Jason Christiansen Employee of HistoRx
1886 Lonnie Graves Employee of HistoRx
1893 Mehdi Nassiri Royalties from Sakura Finetek
1893 Azorides Morales Royalties from Sakura Finetek
1904 William Pao Consultant for MolecularMD, Astrazeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Symphony evolution
1913 Michael Emmert-Buck Inventor and employee of NIH held patents and receives royalty-based payments through NIH.
1913 Ulysses Balis Consultant and shareholder Aperio technologies, Inc.
1918 Henning Gohlke Employee of Sequenom GmbH
1918 Malcolm Plant Employee of Sequenom GmbH
1918 Susanne Muller Employee of Sequenom GmbH
1920 Sean Liu Employee of Dako North America
1920 Gaylee Nuttman Employee of Dako North America
1920 Julie Erickson Employee of Dako North America
1920 Grant Toland Employee of Dako North America
1920 Therese Phillips Employee of Dako North America
1920 Scott Webster Empoyee of Dako North America
1920 Rosanne Welcher Employee of Dako North America
1923 Sven Perner Co-inventor and consultant for Gen-Probe Inc
1923 Claude Boccara Employee of LLTech
1937 Suresh Thakur Employee of BioGenex
1937 Swapna Mysore Employee of BioGenex
1937 Sheeba Guddu Employee of BioGenex
1937 AR Poongothai Employee of BioGenex
1937 Hongwei Wang Employee of BioGenex
1937 Krishan Kalra CEO & Head R&D for BioGenex
1944 Scott Webster Employee of Dako North America, Inc.
1944 Charlotte Roach Employee of Dako North America, Inc.
1944 Vaishali Tanna Employee of Dako North America, Inc.
1944 Julie Erickson Employee of Dako North America, Inc.
1944 Karen Wakamiya Employee of Dako North America, Inc.