SPECIAL COURSE

Thursday, March 29, 2007   —  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Convention Center 5 A/B

INTRODUCTORY MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY



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COURSE DIRECTORS:

Julia A. Bridge, M.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Margie A. Scott, M.D.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, Arkansas

AGENDA

8:00 Introduction Julia A. Bridge, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
8:05 Basic Principles and Applications of Cytogenetic Analysis Julia A. Bridge, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
8:45 Molecular Cytogenetic Techniques; FISH, CGH and SKY Robert B. Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY
9:30 BREAK
10:00 Human Identification Using Molecular Methods James Wisecarver, M.D., Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
10:40 Molecular Genetic Testing in Cancer: Hematologic Malignancies as a Paradigm Adam Bagg, M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
11:20 Molecular Options for Infectious Disease Testing: What? When? Why? and Where? Margie A. Scott, M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR
12:00LUNCH
1:30 Microarray Analyses - Potential Applications for Pathology Deborah Schofield, M.D., University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
2:15 Introduction to Proteomics Thomas J. Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI
3:00 BREAK
3:30 Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance Issues for Molecular Diagnostic Testing Wayne W. Grody, M.D., Ph.D., UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
4:15 QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD