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




COURSE DIRECTORS:

Bruce R. Smoller, M.D. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR
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A. Neil Crowson, M.D. University of Oklahoma and Regional Medical Laboratories Tulsa, OK
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 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 |
| 10:45 | Unusual Melanoma Variants: Nevoid, Animal Type, and Desmoplastic Melanoma Cynthia M. Magro, M.D. - Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH |
| 11:15 | Prognostic 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 |
| 11:50 | Questions |
| 12:00 | LUNCH 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 |
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