COMPANION MEETINGS

Binford-Dammin Society of Infectious Disease Pathologists Joint Meeting with Society for Ultrastructural Pathology



  Sunday, March 18, 2012 — 8:30 a.m. — Convention Centre 220-222 
  • Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: The Case for a Multidisciplinary Approach
  Moderators: Michael L. Wilson, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO and David N. Howell, Duke University Medical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC




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8:30 Overview of Diagnostic Approaches to Infectious Diseases - Sebastian B. Lucas, Guy's King's and St. Thomas Hospital, London
8:50 Viral Pathogens and Impostors: Who's Who in the Electron Microscope - Sara E. Miller, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
9:25 Immunohistochemical Diagnosis of Infections - Danny A. Milner, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
10:00Break
10:30 The Role of In Situ Hybridization in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases - Kathleen Montone, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
11:00 Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Disorders - Gary Procop, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
11:40Panel Discussion
Topics for SUP USCAP Companion Meetings are chosen by the Society’s Executive Committee with input from the Society’s membership. The 2012 meeting was planned in collaboration with the Binford-Dammin Society of Infectious Disease Pathologists. SUP’s participation in this joint session is based on the major ongoing role played by ultrastructural pathology in infectious disease diagnosis and discovery. The diagnosis of established infectious diseases and the identification of novel ones is a complex process that frequently requires a multidisciplinary approach. Our companion meeting will explore the relative strengths and shortcomings, as well of the synergies, of several major analytic methods. The program will provide an overview of the contributions of four major diagnostic/investigative modalities (electron microscopy, molecular microbiology, immunohistochemistry, and in situ hybridization) to the diagnosis and discovery of infectious diseases. Pitfalls and strengths of each subdiscipline will be explored.