SPECIAL COURSE

Thursday, March 11, 2004  —  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ballroom A

INTRODUCTORY MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY



COURSE DIRECTORS:

Julia A. Bridge, M.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Margie A. Scott, M.D.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, Arkansas

AGENDA

8:00 Introduction
Julia A. Bridge, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
8:15 Basic Principles and Applications of Cytogenetic Analysis
Julia A. Bridge, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
9:00 Molecular Cytogenetic Techniques; FISH, CGH and SKY
Robert B. Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY
9:45 RECESS
10:15 Genetic Rearrangements as Markers for Molecular Diagnosis: Introduction to Proteomics
Marc Ladanyi, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
11:00 Molecular Options for Infectious Disease Testing: What? When? Why? And Where?
Margie A. Scott, M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR
11:45 QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD
12:00 LUNCH
1:30 Human Identification Using Molecular Methods
James Wisecarver, M.D., Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
2:15 Microarray Analyses - Potential Applications for Pathology
Deborah Schofield, M.D., University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
3:00 RECESS
3:30 Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance Issues for Molecular Diagnostic Testing
Wayne W. Grody, M.D., Ph.D., UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
4:15 QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD