2007 Pathology Grand Rounds Schedule

January 12, 2007 at noon

Speaker: Robert A. Jenders, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI
Enterprise Information Services & Division of General Internal Medicine,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles
Topic: Standards in Health Information Technology: Update for the Laboratorian
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

January 19, 2007 at 10 a.m.

Speaker: Victor E. Reuter, MD
Vice Chair, Department of Pathology
Director, Immunohistochemistry Core Facility
Professor of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Topic: Learning From My Mistakes: Lessons from the School Of Hard Knocks
Location: Thalians Auditorium

Monday, February 19, 2007 at noon

Speaker: Michael Laposata, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Director of Laboratory Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Topic: Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypercoagulable States
Location: Education Conference Center B

Friday, February 23, 2007 at 8:30 a.m.

(Special Lecture; no CME)
Speaker: Theodore E. Warkentin, MD, FRCPC, FACP
Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Associate Head, Transfusion Medicine
Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program
Hematologist, Service of Clinical Hematology
Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario
Topic: Management and Prevention of Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia
Location: Harvey Morse Rooms 4, 5 & 6

March 23, 2007 at noon

Speaker: Vinita Parkash, MD
Attending Pathologist, Department of Pathology
Hospital of St. Raphaels, New Haven, Connecticut
Associate Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Topic: The Legal System and the Pathologist: From the Eyes of the Defendant
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

April 13, 2007 at noon

Speaker: Arthur H. Cohen, MD
Director, Anatomic Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Pathology and Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Topic: HIV and the Kidneys in the HAART era
Location: Thalians Auditorium

April 27, 2007 at noon (National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week Special Lecture); No CME

Speaker: Jae Y. Ro, MD, PhD
Topic: Karen L. Nickel, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Chief, Laboratory Field Services
California Department of Health Services
Richmond, California
Topic: Celebrating Lab Personnel!!
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

May 11, 2007 at noon

Speaker: Margie Morgan, PhD
Chief Microbiologist, Division of Microbiology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in 2007
Is it Time to Search and Destroy?
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

May 25, 2007 at noon

Speaker: Joseph M. Mirra, MD
Attending Pathologist
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Paget's Disease of the Bone
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

June 8, 2007 at noon
Speaker: Elvio G. Silva, MD
Attending Pathologist
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Chief, Gynecologic Pathology
Professor, Department of Pathology
Medical Director, Histopathology Laboratory
Univeristy of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Topic: New Developments in Gyn Pathology
Location: Thalians Auditorium

Friday, July 6 at 8 a.m.
Speaker: Jae Y. Ro, MD, PhD
Professor and Director of Surgical Pathology
The Methodist Hospital
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Houston, Texas
Topic: What Do We Have To Know About Prostate Pathology?
Location: Education Conference Center B

Summer hiatus

September 27, 2007 at noon
Speaker: Eleftherios C. Vamvakas, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Topic: Deleterious clinical effects of transfusion-related immunomodulation: Fact or fiction?
Location: Education Conference Center B

September 28, 2007 at noon
Speaker: Hanlin L. Wang, MD, PhD
Director, Gastrointestinal Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: The Serrated Neoplasia Pathway: New Challenges to Old Dogma
Location: Harvey Morse Conference Rooms 4, 5 & 6

October 18, 2007 at 7:30 a.m.

Introductory Speaker: Mahul B. Amin, MD
Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Warfarin Sensitivity Speaker: Jean Lopategui, MD
Director, Molecular Diagnostics
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Introductory Topic: Personalized Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: from Promise to Practice
Warfarin Topic: Warfarin Sensitivity Pharmacogenomics
Location: Education Conference Center C

October 26, 2007 at noon

Speaker: Anne M. Anglim, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Topic: New Strategies in the Diagnosis & Treatment of Elusive Pathogens
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

November 30, 2007 at 8:00 a.m.

(Special Lecture; no CME)

Speaker: Theodore E. Warkentin, MD, FRCPC, FACP
Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Associate Head, Transfusion Medicine
Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program
Hematologist, Service of Clinical Hematology
Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario
Topic: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of
Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
Location: Harvey Morse Conference Center Rooms 1-3

December 10, 2007 at 8:00 a.m.

Speaker: Henry D. Appelman, MD
Staff Pathologist, The University of Michigan
Department of Pathology
Professor of Pathology
The University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Topic: Chronic Colitis and What New Stuff We Are Learning About It
Location: Conference Room 8637

December 14, 2007 at noon

Speaker: Bonnie L. Balzer, MD, PhD
Anatomic Pathologist
Specialist in dermatopathology, soft tissue and gynecologic pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Selected Myxoid Lesions of Soft Tissue: A Practical Approach Including the Use of Ancillary Techniques
Location: Thalians Auditorium