SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY

PROGRAM SUMMARY

FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2004
Registration - Plaza Foyer, Hyatt Regency Vancouver 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM


SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2004
Registration - Plaza Foyer, Hyatt Regency Vancouver 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Platform Sessions  
   IA - Regency A/B 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
   IB - Regency C 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Poster Session - Regency A/B 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Coffee Break 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Poster Discussion - Regency C 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
   
Symposium - Regency C 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM -"Lung Development"
Moderator: Daphne E. deMello, M.D.
1:00New and Evolving Technologies. Methods for Analysis of Lung Tissue - Daphne E. deMello, M.D.
1:10Genomics, Proteomics and Mesoscale: Relevance to Elucidation of the Control of Biologic Processes Contributing to the Growth of Airways, Vessels, and Alveoli - Daphne E. deMello, M.D.
1:35Genes Regulating Normal Lung Development and the Effect of Environmental Factors - RoseMary Jones, Ph.D.
2:10Application of Genomics and Genetics to Discovery of Genes Mediating Lung Morphogenesis and Function - Jeffrey Whitsett, M.D.
2:55BREAK
3:25Post Natal Growth of the Hypoplastic Lung: Does it Ever Catch Up to Normal? - Jay Wilson, M.D.
4:00The Future: "Growing an Organ" - in vitro Formation of Tissues - Erin Rubin Ochoa, M.D.
4:30Wrap-up
Business Meeting - Regency C 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Social Hour and Banquet - Plaza A/B 7:00 PM

SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004
Registration - Plaza Foyer, Hyatt Regency 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Platform Session II - Regency C 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Poster Session - Regency A/B 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Poster Discussion - Regency C 10:45 AM - 11:10 AM
Neustein, Vawter, Lotte Strauss Awards-Regency C11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Farber-Landing Lecture - Regency C
"Socioeconomic Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Children in South Africa"
Dr. Brian O'Connell,
      Rector & Vice-Chancellor, University of the Western Cape
      Cape Town, South Africa
      Special adviser on Education to the Vice President's
      Committee on HIV/AIDS
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

WORKSHOPS
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Session ABalmoral Room
An Histologic Approach to the Pediatric Liver Biopsy Gareth P. Jevon, MBChB, FRCPC and James E. Dimmick, M.D., FRCPC, Children's and Women's Health Center of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Session BPrince of Wales Room
Pediatric Dermatopathology: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis Vijaya B. Reddy, M.D., Rush Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, IL and Aliya N. Husain, M.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Session COxford Room
Pediatric Soft Tissue Tumors Cheryl M. Coffin, M.D., Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
3:45 - 5:45 PM
Session DBalmoral Room
Pediatric Gynecologic Pathology with Clinicopathologic Correlations Debra Heller, M.D., UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Session EPrince of Wales Room
Vascular Tumors and Malformations in Children Harry Kozakewich, M.D., Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA and Paula E. North, M.D., Ph.D., Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Session FOxford Room
Update on Problems and Controversies in Placental Pathology Rebecca Baergen, M.D., Weill Cornell Center, New York, NY and Ona Faye-Petersen, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL


NOTE: Entry into the Workshops will require an admission card, which will be collected by Convention Staff at the door. The Education Committee requests that members respect this policy and not attempt to enter without an admission card.