Role of the Pathologist in Multidisciplinary Diagnosis of Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic Lesions of the Lung and Endocrine Glands and Infectious Diseases
October 5 - October 9, 2009

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FACULTY

Valerie Ng, M.D., PH.D., Course Director (bio)

Alameda County Medical Center/Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA

David A. Lynch, M.D. (bio)

Departments of Radiology and Medicine, University of Colorado Denver

Lester D. R. Thompson, M.D. (bio)

Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Woodland Hills, California

William D. Travis, M.D. (bio)

Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

William E. Winter, M.D. (bio)

Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics, and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, College of Medicine

James L. Bennington, M.D., Course Chairman (bio)

LECTURE TITLES

Approach to Interpretation of Lung Biopsies
Principles of High Resolution CT: Technique, Differential Diagnosis, Pitfalls
Recent Advances in Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
New Concepts in Other Interstitial Lung Diseases
Impact of Multidisciplinary Correlation in Interstitial Lung Disease
Pulmonary Manifestations of Collagen Vascular Diseases
Pulmonary Vasculitis and Hemorrhage Syndromes
Lung Disease in Immunocompromised Patients
Allergic Lung Diseases and Drug Toxicity
Update on Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Tumors
Regulatory Update: How to Stay Compliant with CMS, FDA, CDC, CAP, etc.
Pathogenic Pulmonary Fungal Diseases (Coccidiodes Immitis, Histoplasma Capsulatum, Aspergillus ssp., etc.) Is There Any Diagnostic Clinical Laboratory Test?
Sarcoid and Other Immune-Mediated Pulmonary Diseases – What's the role of Flow Cytometry on Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid and Cells
Autoantibody Markers in Immunoendocrinopathies
Tuberculosis – What's New in Laboratory Testing (Culture, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, etc.) and How Worried Should We Be About MDRTB?
What is a Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and How Do We Recognize it?
Benign Mimics of Thyroid Neoplasms
Developments in Thyroid Function Testing
All You Will Ever Need to Know About the Parathyroid Gland
Update on Calcium Disorders
How to Separate Adrenal Tumors
Pancreatic Pathology Potpourri
Diabetes Update
Interferences in Hormone Immunoassays
Genetic testing - what's coming down the regulatory pike

Accreditation: 25 CME hours of Category 1

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