2004 Pathology Grand Rounds Schedule

January 9, 2004

Speaker: Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: The Economics of Academic Medicine
Location: Educational Conference Center B

January 23, 2004

Speaker: Steve A. McClain, MD
Director of Dermatopathology and Pathology Informatics
Montefiore Medical Center, New York
Topic: Integrating Media in Pathology: Imaging without Errors
Location: Thalians Auditorium

February 13, 2004

Leo Kaplan, MD Lecture in Anatomic Pathology
Speaker: Marc K. Rosenblum, MD
Chairman, Department of Pathology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Topic: Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis - Pathology and Pathogenesis
Location: Educational Conference Center B

February 27, 2004

Speaker: Vladimir I. Kanjuh, MD, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Pathology
University of Belgrade Medical School, Yugoslavia
Topic: The Legacy of Rudolf Virchow: His Life and Contributions to Modern Medicine
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

March 26, 2004

Speaker: Kristi M. Pado, MD
Director, Patient Education
Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: What's New in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer?
Location: Educational Conference Center B

April 9, 2004

Harry J. Sacks, MD Lecture in Clinical Pathology

Speaker: Michael Laposata, MD, PhD
Director of Clinical Laboratories
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Topic: Redefining Clinical Laboratory Services for Improved Patient Safety
Location: Educational Conference Center B & C

April 23, 2004

Speaker: Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, MD
Chief Medical Examiner/Coroner
Los Angeles County
Topic: The Simpson Case Revisited
Location: Thalians Auditorium

May 14, 2004

Speaker: David E. Smith, PhD
Genomics and Esoteric Testing Specialist
Nichols Institute/Quest Diagnostics
San Clemente, California
Topic: The Future of Laboratory Testing - Personalized Medicine
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

September 24, 2004

Speaker: Daniel L. Farkas, PhD
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Pathology in the Biophotonic Era: Old Goals, New Tools
Location: Thalians Auditorium

October 8, 2004

Speaker: H. Phillip Koeffler, MD
Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Transcription Factors: What Are They and Who Cares?
Location: Educational Conference Center B

October 22, 2004

Speaker: Michael Van Scoy-Mosher, MD
Co-Chief, Hematology/Oncology Division
Director, Breast Cancer Tumor Board
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Legal Issues
Location: Educational Conference Center B

November 12, 2004

Speaker: Galen Cortina, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Surgical and GI Pathology
UCLA Medical Center
Topic: Intraductal Pancreatic Lesions
Location: Thalians Auditorium

December 3, 2004

Speaker: Lieut. Col. Chen Kugel, MD
Chief of Forensic Medicine, Israel Defense Force
Commander of the Forensic Identification Unit
Topic: Inside a Suicide Bombing
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

December 10, 2004

Speaker: Michael J. Kempf, PhD
Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Topic: Microbes: Unwanted Space Explorers
Location: Educational Conference Center B