COMPANION MEETINGS

Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology




  Saturday, March 7, 2009 — 7:00 p.m.  
  • Where Small Biopsies Go Wrong - Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned: Pathway to Patient Safety
  Moderator: Martha B. Pitman, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Introduction - Martha B. Pitman, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Pitfalls in the Biopsy Diagnosis of Select Head and Neck Lesions - Bruce Wenig, Beth Israel Medical Center, and St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals, New York, NY
The Usefulness and Limitations of FNA and Core Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors - Scott Kilpatrick, Pathologists Diagnostic Services, Winston-Salem, NC
Breast Lesion Diagnosis with FNA and Core Biopsy: Challenges and Opportunities - Andrea Dawson, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
The Future of Quality Improvement in Small Biopsy and Cytopathology Tissues - Stephen Raab, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO