Current Issues & Other Conferences
For More Information
Contact
- Caren Hale
- caren.hale@ucsfmedctr.org
- Phone: (415) 353-1633
- Fax: (415) 353-1200
- UCSF Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- 505 Parnassus Ave., Room M-590
- Box 0102
- San Francisco, CA 94143-0102
For more information regarding the Current Issues Conference, please visit the UCSF CME website.
Current Issues in Anatomic Pathology Conference
Presented by the University of California, San Francisco
This annual CME course addresses a wide range of topics in anatomic pathology and explores new and evolving areas in the diagnosis and analysis of disease. It aims to provide the latest practical and theoretical information that will aid the practicing pathologist in solving those problems most often encountered in the anatomic pathology laboratory. The faculty consists of a combination of UCSF and internationally known guest faculty from other institutions.
The course offers didactic lectures, microscopic video tutorials, and individual microscopic glass slide review of interesting cases discussed by the lecturers. In addition, the course utilizes a state-of-the-art audience response system for some of the sessions that significantly enhances the learning process. A complete syllabus is provided. The course takes place annually either at the end of May on the Thur-Sat preceding Memorial Day or at the end of the first week in June. In 2010, the course will be held on June 3-5 at the Hotel Nikko, located in downtown San Francisco. In addition, a full day cytology small group tutorial will be held on June 2. See the UCSF website, CME for more information and registration.
Liver and Gastrointestinal Pathology Update
Presented by the University of California, San Francisco
This course provides general surgical pathologists with an update of practical diagnostic issues that will be useful in everyday practice.
LIVER TOPICS:
- Steatohepatitis
- Fibrosis/Cirrhosis
- Immunohistochemistry of tumors to differentiate metastatic lesions from hepatocellular carcinoma
- Update on benign hepatocellular lesions
- Problem lesions to differentiate from acute and chronic hepatitis
- Update on iron over load
- Problem vascular flow lesions
GASTROINTESTINAL TOPICS:
- Problematic pancreatic tumors and dysplasias
- Serrated polyps of the colon and other issues for reporting of colon cancer
- Dysplasia’s of GI tract
- Problem colitides
- Other problem areas of upper and lower GI pathology
Mechanisms of Disease Conference
Presented by the University of California, San Francisco Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine jointly host a Mechanisms of Disease Conference each Thursday morning 8am-9am in HSW 302 where new research findings and emerging concepts of pathogenesis are presented by residents and fellows to an audience that includes medical students, housestaff, and senior clinical and research faculty from many departments. This conference often serves as a springboard for discussions of diagnostic and therapeutic implications of recent advances presented in the medical literature. Category I Continuing Medical Education credits are available to all attendees.