GENERAL INFORMATION
MEETING VENUE
The Manchester Grand Hyatt is the headquarters hotel. All presentations on Saturday and Sunday will be held in the hotel. All Monday through Friday presentatons will be held in the San Diego Convention Center. 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.

Online register is now closed. You now must register On Site.

REGISTRATION CENTER
The USCAP Registration Desk will be located in the Convention Center Foyer and will be open during the following hours:
Saturday, March 24 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Sunday, March 25 - Thursday, March 297:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, March 307:00 AM - 1:00 PM

ON SITE REGISTRATION FEES

Member
of
USCAP/
IAP 		Junior Member
(USCAP only) 		Senior
Non-
Member 		Non-
member
Resident/
Fellow
General Registration $130 $ 50 $ 180 $ 140
Long Course:
           Targeted Therapy of Cancer 		160 75 185 165
Short Courses (per half-day) 135 60 180 140
Special Courses:
           Introductory Molecular Pathology 		160 75 185 165
           Advanced Molecular Pathology 160 75 185 165
Companion Meetings 100 50 100 100

The General Registration Fee is required for admittance to any function of the Academy and entitles you to attend all offerings on Monday and Tuesday (except for Tuesday’s Advanced Molecular Pathology Special Course); 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 $100 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 Randle Ballroom Foyer.

ONLINE REGISTRATION is now closed.

REFUND POLICY


Cancellations received on or before February 23, 2007 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 February 23, 2007 will be assessed an administrative charge of 25% of the total registration fee.

No refunds will be made on cancellations received after March 23rd and no refunds will be made until short course study materials have been returned.

EXHIBITS
Scientific and technical exhibits, book and journal displays will be in the Exhibit Hall B - 1 of the Convention Center. The exhibits are open from Monday, March 26 through Wednesday, March 28 the same hours as the poster sessions.

POSTER SESSIONS

Session I Monday, March 26 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Session II Monday, March 26 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Session III Tuesday, March 27 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Session IV Tuesday, March 27 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Session V Wednesday, March 28 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Session VI Wednesday, March 28 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.


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 27.

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 published 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 27.

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 27.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDITS
The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The USCAP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Medical Association has determined that physicians not licensed in the US who participate in this CME activity are eligible for AMA PRA category 1 credit.

The Academy jointly sponsors programs of the following societies at this annual meeting:
  • American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists

  • American Society for Clinical Pathology

  • American Society for Investigative Pathology

  • American Society of Dermatopathology

  • 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 (3:30)

  • 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 & 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 Pediatric Pathology

  • 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 societies listed above. 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 Wednesday 5 hours
    Special Course Thursday 6.5 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.

    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 the Convention Center Lobby. A list of meeting 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. The Internet Cafe is sponsored by Dako.

    MICROSCOPIC STUDY ROOM
    The Microscopic Study Room will be located in the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, Betsy A-C room. It will be open Sunday, March 25 through Thursday, March 29 from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, and Friday, March 30 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. 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: Saturday and Sunday (7:00 am - 6:00 pm) in the Molly A room in the Manchester Grand Hyatt; Saturday through Thursday (7:00 am - 6:00 pm) and Friday (7:00 am - 1:00 pm) in the Convention Center Room 15 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 Molly A room will also be open on Friday, March 23rd from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m..

    POSTER PICKUP AND POSTER VIEWING STATION
    Posters which were created, or submitted for printing and shipping, using Marathon Multimedia’s Call4Posters, may be picked up at their booth which is located at the end of Aisle 400 (next to poster # 135) in the Convention Center Exhibit Hall B-1. All posters submitted electronically using this mechanism will be posted on the USCAP website and will be available for viewing after the meeting.

    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.- Executive Vice-President fsilva@uscap.org
    Kerry M. Crockett - Administrator/Director, Convention & Meeting Services 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
    Sally Miglionico - Administrative Assistant sally@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