2005 Pathology Grand Rounds Schedule

January 14, 2005

Speaker: Juan Lechago, MD, PhD
Gastrointestinal Pathologist
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Barrett Esophagus: New and Old Issues
Location: Thalians Auditorium

January 28, 2005

Speaker:Dennis Goldfinger, MD
Director Emeritus, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Landmarks in Transfusion Medicine
Location: Thalians Auditorium

February 25, 2005

Speaker:Arthur H. Cohen, MD
Director, Anatomic Pathology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Plasma Cell Dyscrasias and the Kidneys: Historical Aspects and Current Considerations
Location: Thalians Auditorium

March 11, 2005

2004-2005 Leo Kaplan, MD Lecture in Anatomic Pathology
Speaker: William Gardner, MD
Executive Director, American Registry of Pathology
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Topic: Prostate Cancer: "Everything Old Is New Again"
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

March 25, 2005

Speaker:Laura Marcu, PhD
Director, Biophotonics Research and Technology Development Laboratory
Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy: A New Technique for In-Vivo Tissue Pathology
Location: Education Conference Center B

April 8, 2005

2004-2005 Harry J. Sacks, MD Lecture in Clinical Pathology
Speaker: Lance A. Liotta, MD, PhD
Chief, Laboratory of Pathology
Department of Health and Human Services/National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland
Topic: Clinical Proteomics: The Next Revolution in Molecular Medicine
Location: Educational Conference Center A & B

April 22, 2005

Speaker: Ibrahim Ramzy, MD
Professor, Chief of Anatomic Pathology
University of California Irvine�Medical Center
Topic: Investigating Lymphadenopathies: Does Needle Aspiration Play a Meaningful Role?
Location: Educational Conference Center B

May 13, 2005

Speaker:Stephen A. Geller, MD
Chairman, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Things that Go Bump in the Night - Hepatocellular Nodules in the Non-Cirrhotic Liver
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

- Summer hiatus -

September 9, 2005

Speaker: James Mirocha, PhD(C)
Biostatistics Core, Research Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Statistical Concepts and Methods - A Review
Location: Education Conference Center B

September 23, 2005

Speaker:Cynthia C. Nast, MD
Co-Director, Pathology Residency Program
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Diabetic Nephropathy
Location: Educational Conference Center B

October 14, 2005
Speaker: David B. Troxel, MD, FCAP
Clinical Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Topic: Error in Surgical Pathology: A Malpractice Insurer's Perspective
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

October 28, 2005
Speaker:Randa Alsabeh, MD
Director, Immunopathology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Update on Lymphomas
Location: Educational Conference Center B

November 11, 2005
Speaker:M. William Audeh, MD
Chairman, Cancer Committee
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Targeted Cancer Therapy and Molecular Pathology
Location: Education Conference Center B

December 9, 2005
2005-2006 Harry J. Sacks, MD Lecture in Clinical Pathology
Speaker:Elkin Simson, MD, FCAP, FASCP
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Medical Director, Center for Clinical Laboratories
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Topic: A Half Century of Laboratory Automation and Informatics
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

December 9, 2005 (3 p.m.)

Speaker: Elkin Simson, MD, FCAP, FASCP
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Medical Director, Center for Clinical Laboratories
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Topic: Successful Implementation of Laboratory Automation-Learning from the Mt. Sinai Experience
Location: 8637 conference room