LONG COURSE

Wednesday, March 2, 2005  —  7:45 AM - 5:15 PM
Convention Center, Ballroom B

EPIDERMAL NEOPLASMS



COURSE DIRECTORS:

Bruce R. Smoller, M.D.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
A. Neil Crowson, M.D.
University of Oklahoma and Regional Medical Laboratories
Tulsa, OK

AGENDA

Melanocytic Neoplasia
7:45 Introduction: Historical Perspective
Bruce R. Smoller, M.D. - University of Arkansas School for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
8:05 Precursors to Melanoma and Their Mimics : Nevi of Peculiar Anatomic Sites
David Elder, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.P.A. - University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
8:35 The Atypical Spitz Nevus; Low and High-risk Spitz Tumors and Spitzoid Melanomas
Raymond Barnhill, M.D. - University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
9:05 The Essential Diagnostic Criteria for Melanoma
Bruce R. Smoller, M.D. - University of Arkansas School for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
9:35 Recess, Exhibits, Poster Session V
10:45Unusual Melanoma Variants: Nevoid, Animal Type, and Desmoplastic Melanoma
Cynthia M. Magro, M.D. - Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
11:15Prognostic Microstaging of Melanoma: The Essentials of the Pathology Report and the Sentinel Lymph Node
A. Neil Crowson, M.D. - University of Oklahoma and Regional Medical Laboratories, Tulsa, OK
11:50Questions
12:00LUNCH BREAK

Epidermal and Adnexal Neoplasia
1:00 Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The Spectrum from Precursors to Aggressive Variants
Bruce R. Smoller, M.D. - University of Arkansas School for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
1:30 Malignant Adnexal Neoplasms
Martin C. Mihm, Jr. - Massachussets General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA
2:30 Recess, Exhibits, Poster Session VI
4:00 Basal Cell Carcinoma: Biology, Morphology and Clinical Implications
A. Neil Crowson, M.D. - University of Oklahoma and Regional Medical Laboratories, Tulsa, OK
4:30 Medicolegal Aspects of Neoplastic Dermatopathology: Risk Management Based on Real Case Scenarios
Steven R. Tahan, M.D. - Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA
5:00 Questions and Concluding Remarks
A. Neil Crowson, M.D. - University of Oklahoma and Regional Medical Laboratories, Tulsa, OK