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Saturday, March 7, 2009 — 7:00 PM, Convention Center 302
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- Surgical Neuropathology in the 21st Century: Integrating Special Diagnostic Techniques in Clinical Practice
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Moderators:
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Janet M. Bruner, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX and
Rebecca Folkerth, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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Disclosure:
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In accordance with ACCME guidelines regarding disclosure, the USCAP policy requires that faculty members who have a significant financial or other relationship with a commercial company, entity, or service (which will be discussed in this Symposium) must disclose this to attendees. The Academy also requires that speakers disclose any products that are not labeled for the use under discussion. The speakers listed below have indicated they have nothing to disclose.
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| 7:00 | "Critical" Immunohistochemical Markers in the Evaluation of Primary Non-Glial Central Nervous System Tumors - Anthony T. Yachnis, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 7:45 | New Immunohistochemical Markers in the Evaluation of Primary Non-Glial Central Nervous System Tumors - Suzanne Z. Powell, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX |
| 8:30 | Re-Emerging Infections of the CNS - Danny A. Milner, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Boston, MA |
| 9:15 | Digital Pathology: A Tool for 21st Century Neuropathology - Alexander R. Judkins, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA |
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This symposia aims to: 1) Provide an update on the analytical methods that can be used in everyday surgical pathology to aid common and rare neuropathological entities; 2) Provide an update on novel markers and their use in surgical neuropathology; 3) Discuss appropriate panels that can be used in glial and non-glial neoplasms; 4) Present methods and approaches to diagnose/identify old and emerging infections of the CNS; 5) Present a discussion on the state-of-the-art in digital microscopy and its educational, clinical and research applications. The lecture series will present issues that are not only pertinent to surgical neuropathology, but will also be applicable to everyday surgical pathology.
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