GENERAL INFORMATION
MEETING VENUE
The Marriott Rivercenter and Riverwalk Hotels and the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center will be the site of all official USCAP meeting offerings. Since meetings are scheduled in all three venues, please check room locations listed in this program book carefully. Rivercenter, Riverwalk or Convention Center will be indicated for rooms listed. Various hotels may be utilized for registrants sleeping rooms. Information on all hotels is available on this website. Make room reservations directly with the various hotels . Hotel Information page.

Make room reservations directly with the various hotels.

REGISTRATION CENTER

Saturday - Wednesday the USCAP Registration Desk will be located on the Street level,
West Registration area in the Convention Center.
Saturday, February 26 2:00 PM - 7:00 PMConvention Center
Sunday, February 27 - Wednesday, March 27:00 AM - 5:00 PM Convention Center

Thursday and Friday the USCAP Registration Desk will be moved to Rivercenter Hotel.
Thursday, March 3 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Rivercenter Registration Area 2
Friday, March 4 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM Rivercenter Registration Area 2

You are encouraged to register online before the meeting.
On Site Registration fees will be higher as shown in table below.

ON SITE REGISTRATION FEES


Member
of
USCAP/
IAP 		Junior Member
(USCAP only) 		Senior
Non-
Member 		Non-
member
Resident/
Fellow
General Registration $110 $ 50 $ 160 $ 120
Long Course:
           Pathology of the Gonads 		160 75 185 165
Short Courses (per half-day) 120 55 160 125
Special Courses:
           Introductory Molecular Pathology 		160 75 185 165
           Advanced Molecular Pathology 135 60 160 140
Companion Meetings 90 50 90 90

The General Registration Fee is required for admittance to any function of the Academy and entitles you to attend the entire program on Monday and Tuesday and the poster sessions on Wednesday and all evening Specialty Conferences. Additional fees are required for the Long Course, Special Courses and Short Courses. A single registration fee of $90 is required for admittance to any one, or all, of the Companion Meetings held on Saturday evening and Sunday. The Society for Pediatric Pathology is not a Companion Meeting. Registration for their meeting will be handled by the SPP office and will be located in the Marriott Riverwalk Hotel.

Online registration is now closed. On site registration will open in San Antonio at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 26. The USCAP Registration Desk will be located on the Street level, West Registration area in the Convention Center.

REFUND POLICY

Cancellations received prior to January 31, 2005 are subject to a $25 administrative charge. In addition, a $25 fee will be assessed for each short course cancelled if study materials were mailed.

Cancellations received after January 31, 2005 will be assessed an administrative charge of 25% of the total registration fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations made after the February 25th

EXHIBITS

Scientific and technical exhibits, book and journal displays will be in the Convention Center Exhibit Hall B. The exhibits are open from Monday, February 28 through Wednesday, March 02 the same hours as the poster sessions.

POSTER SESSIONS

Session I Monday, February 28 9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Session II Monday, February 28 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session III Tuesday, March 1 9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Session IV Tuesday, March 1 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session V Wednesday, March 2 9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Session VI Wednesday, March 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Those responsible for presentation of a poster should be at these sessions during the coffee breaks in order to expand on the material and to answer questions.

Morning Coffee Break is scheduled from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Afternoon Coffee Break is 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

STOWELL-ORBISON, AUTOPSY and SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AWARDS FOR PATHOLOGISTS-IN-TRAINING
The Stowell-Orbison Awards were inaugurated to recognize scientific achievement by young pathologists while in training. The selections will be made by members of the Education Committee. The Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology and the USCAP jointly offer an award for the best scientific poster based on autopsy material and in general surgical pathology. The selection will be made by a panel of members of the ADASP. Posters eligible for these Awards will be on display on Monday morning. The awards will be presented during the Business Meeting on Tuesday, March 01.

BENJAMIN CASTLEMAN AWARD
The Benjamin Castleman Award is presented to a pathologist or a pathologist-in-training who has not yet reached the age of 40, for an outstanding paper in English. The subject may be on any topic in pathology based on human material. This award is administered by the Massachusetts General Hospital and the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology and financed by a fund established by former students, residents, and colleagues at the Massachusetts General Hospital in recognition of Dr. Castleman’s valued contributions to human anatomic pathology. The award will be presented at the Business Meeting on Tuesday, March 01.

F. STEPHEN VOGEL AWARD
The F. Stephen Vogel Award was established by contributions to a fund created by his family and friends. It is awarded for an outstanding paper by a resident or fellow published in one of the Academy journals, Modern Pathology or Laboratory Investigation, during the preceding calendar year. The Awardee must: 1) be a member, in good standing, of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology for at least a year prior to receiving the award; 2) possess an M.D. or equivalent degree; and 3) be a pathology resident or fellow in an accredited training program at the time of the paper’s acceptance for publication. Applicants should be the first author, or document a significant contribution to the paper. For papers with multiple authorship, only one author is eligible. The award will be presented at the Business Meeting on Tuesday, March 01.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDITS
The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The Academy designates that a maximum of 55 hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA's Physicians Recognition Award is available during the annual meeting. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activities.

The Academy jointly sponsors the programs at this meeting of the following societies and is accrediting their programs for Category 1 credits of the:

American Society for Clinical Pathology

American Society of Dermatopathology

American Society of Investigative Pathology

Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists

Association for Molecular Pathology

Binford-Dammin Society of Infectious Disease Pathologists

College of American Pathologists

Endocrine Pathology Society

Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society

History of Pathology Society

International Society of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology

International Society of Breast Pathology

International Society of Gynecological Pathologists

International Society of Urological Pathology

North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology

Paleopathology Club

Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology

Pulmonary Pathology Society

Renal Pathology Society

Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society

Society for Cardiovascular Pathology

Society for Hematopathology

Society for Ultrastructural Pathology
The programs of these societies have been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the USCAP and the above mentioned societies. The Academy takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of these CME activities. The meeting of the Society for Pediatric Pathology is separately accredited and is not included in this joint sponsorship.
Category 1 Credit Hours
Scientific Sessions
(Proffered Papers & Poster Sessions)		20.5 hours
Specialty Slide Conferences 2.0 hours each
Kaufman Timely Topics Lecture 1.0 hour
Maude Abbott Lecture 1.0 hour
Long Course 5.5 hours
Short Courses 3.0 hours each
Special Course Thursday 6.5 hours
Special Course Friday 4 hours
Companion Meetings 3 hours each

The appropriate form for obtaining a record of attendance and CME credits will be mailed with your registration materials. The form will also be available at the meeting, or on the USCAP website.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROGRAM
The overall goal of this program is to provide participants with new information both at the investigative and applied practice level and to reinforce and update their knowledge in their area of interest and expertise. Concomitant with this is the introduction of topics of particular intellectual and professional interest to pathologists. This varied program is planned to meet the educational objectives that mature professionals can set for themselves and to serve the needs of pathologists of various levels of experience from residents and fellows to the well established and expert investigator and practitioner.

Specifically, to meet these goals and objectives, it provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of advances in the understanding of pathologic processes and for the presentation and critical evaluation of the application of scientific, technological and methodological advances.

INTERNET CAFE/MESSAGE CENTER
A bank of computers will be available in a room near the Registration Area. A list of registrants can be accessed through the USCAP website. During the meeting, messages can be left for them on this site by using the computer stations or by going to the USCAP website and clicking on Meeting Registrants.

MICROSCOPIC STUDY ROOM
The Microscopic Study Room, located in Conference Rooms 1 - 4 in the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel and it will be open Sunday February 27 through Thursday, March 03 from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, and Friday, March 04 from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for the purpose of studying the slides and protocols used in Specialty Conferences and Short Courses.

SPEAKER PREVIEW ROOM
Only electronic/LCD projection will be utilized for all presentations (with the exception of a few short courses which are in their last year of presentation). No 2x2 slides may be used for presentation of scientific abstracts. Specific details on regarding AV requirements will be sent to all presenters prior to the meeting.

Computers as well as projection equipment will be available in the Speaker Preview Rooms (Marriott Rivercenter Hotel Conference Room 7 and Convention Center Room 006 A,B) so that individuals presenting papers, as well as faculty, may have the opportunity to review their materials and familiarize themselves with the projection equipment that will be used.

The Marriott Room will open on Friday at 2:00 PM and the Convention Center Room will open on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

SECRETARIAT
The Academy wishes to be of service to its members. Please feel free to contact any of the USCAP staff listed below who are available to assist you.

Fred G. Silva, M.D.-Secretary-Treasurer & Executive Director fsilva@uscap.org
James P. Crimmins - Administrator jim@uscap.org
Kerry M. Crockett - Assistant Administrator kerry@uscap.org
Linda Haygood - Administrative Assistant linda@uscap.org
Jo Ann Johnson - Educational Program Coordinator johnson@uscap.org
Carolyn Lane - Membership Services Coordinator carolyn@uscap.org

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
3643 Walton Way Extension
Augusta, GA 30909 U.S.A.
Telephone: 706/733-7550
FAX: 706/733-8033
Email: iap@uscap.org
http://www.uscap.org