SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY

PROGRAM SUMMARY

Friday, February 25, 2005
Registration - Second Floor - Marriott Riverwalk Hotel 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Saturday, February 26, 2005
Registration - Second Floor - Marriott Riverwalk Hotel 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
1A - Alamo Ballroom, Salon C 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
1B - Alamo Ballroom, Salon D 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Break and Poster Viewing - Alamo Ballroom, Salons A&B 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Platform Presentations:  
2A - Alamo Ballroom, Salon C 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
2B - Alamo Ballroom, Salon D 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Poster Discussion- Alamo Ballroom, Salon D 1:30 AM - 2:50 PM
Break and Poster Viewing - Alamo Ballroom, Salons A&B 2:50 PM - 3:40 PM
Poster Discussion - Alamo Ballroom, Salon D 3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Lotte Strauss, Vawter, Neustein Awards - Alamo Ballroom, Salon D 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Business Meeting - Alamo Ballroom, Salon D 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Banquet 7:00 PM

Sunday, February 27, 2005
Registration - Second Floor - Marriott Riverwalk Hotel 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM - The Pathology of Pediatric Infectious Diseases" - Rivercenter Salon B, F
Co-Sponsored by the Society for Pediatric Pathology and
Binford Dammin Infectious Disease Pathology Society

Moderator: David H. Walker, M.D.
8 :00 AM "Pediatric Mycobacterial Infections: Diagnostic Challenges and New Diagnostic Modalities" - Dr. Gary W. Procop
8:45 AM "Update on Perinatal Viral Infections" - Dr. Edwina J. Popek
9:30 AM Break
10 :00 AM"Update on Pediatric Malarial Infections: A Global Perspective" - Dr. J. Kevin Baird, CAPT, MSC, USN
10:45 AM "Emerging Infectious Diseases: Responsibilities and Resources for the Practicing Pathologist" - Dr. Margie A. Scott
11:30 AM Farber-Landing Lecture - "Paediatric Pathology in the Public Eye" - Dr. Jem Berry
Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 PM

WORKSHOPS
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Session AAlamo Ballroom, Salon A
Skeletal Anomalies and Lethal Skeletal Dysplasias: A Conceptual Framework for the Diagnosis of Uncommon & Lethal Malformations - Theonia Boyd, M.D., Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA and Enid Gilbert-Barness, M.D., Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
Session BAlamo Ballroom, Salon B
Pediatric Gynecologic Pathology with Clinical Correlations - Debra Heller, M.D., UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Session CTravis Room
Pediatric Dermatopathology: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis - Vijaya B. Reddy, M.D., Rush Medical Center, Chicago, IL and Aliya N. Husain, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
3:45 - 5:45 PM
Session DAlamo Ballroom Salon A
Recent Developments and Controversies in Pediatric Lung Disease - Claire Langston, M.D.,Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX and Tom Stocker, M.D., UHUHS, Bethesda, MD
Session EAlamo Ballroom Salon B
Histologic Approach to the Pediatric Liver Biopsy - Gareth Jevon,MBChB, FRCPC, and James Dimmick, Children's and Women's Health Centre, Vancouver BC
Session FTravis Room
Vascular Malformations and Tumors in Children - Harry Kozakewich, M.D., Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA and Paula North, M.D., Ph.D., Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR

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.