2006 Pathology Grand Rounds Schedule
January 13, 2006
Speaker: Alberto M. Marchevsky, MD
Former Director, Anatomic Pathology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Topic: Pathology in the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine
Location: Thalians Auditorium
January 27, 2006 (please note time change to 1:00 p.m.)
Speaker: Elvio G. Silva, MD
Deputy Department Chair
Medical Director, Surgical Pathology Operations
Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Topic: USCAP 2006 Gynecologic Abstracts: comments and critique
Location: Thalians Auditorium
February 10, 2006
Speaker: Alex Kawana, MD
Synergy Hematology Oncology Medical Associates, Inc.
Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine, Specialty in Transfusion Free Medicine
Topic: Transfusion-Free Medicine
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium
February 24, 2006 (please note time change to 8:00 a.m.)
Leo Kaplan, MD Lecture in Anatomic Pathology
Speaker: Elizabeth C. Burton, M.D., FCAP, FASCP
Clinical Scholar, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Baylor Health Care System, Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement
Director, Autopsy Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center Department of Pathology
Topic: The Autopsy: Creating Value in a Cost Conscious Era
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium
March 7, 2006 (please note change of day to Tuesday)
Speaker: Mahul B. Amin, MD
Chairman (designee), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Current affiliation: Director of Surgical Pathology, Emory University Hospital
Professor of Pathology, Urology, Hematology & Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
Associate Director, Cancer Pathogenomics, Winship Cancer Institute
Topic: Gleason Grading of Prostate Cancer: Past, Present and Future....
Location: Education Conference Center
March 24, 2006
Speaker: Ram Raj Singh, MD, FACP, FASN, FACRProfessor of Medicine and of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Director, Basic and Translational Research, Division of Rheumatology
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Topic: Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases: What Have We Learned from Models of Lupus
Location: Education Conference Center B
April 14, 2006
Speakers: Rhona Schreck, PhD
Director, Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Derek Lyle, MD, Chief Resident, Department of Pathology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: The Role of Cytogenetics in the Evaluation of Round Cell & Lipomatous Tumors
Location: Education Conference Center B
April 28, 2006
Speaker: Paul Mischel, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Scientific Director, Sarkaria Biomarkers Program
Co-director, Cancer Stem Cell Program, UCLA Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Medicine
Topic: Molecularly Targeted Therapy for Glioblastoma: Towards Personalized Medicine
Location: Thalians Auditorium
June 9, 2006
Speaker: Earl J. Glusac, MD
Professor of Pathology and Dermatology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Topic: Non-Melanocytic Simulants of Melanoma
Location: Thalians Auditorium
Summer Hiatus
September 8, 2006
Speaker: John S. Yu, MDAttending Neurosurgeon, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Co-Director, Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Cellular Therapies for Glioblastoma
Location: Education Conference Center B
September 20, 2006 (day: Wednesday; time: 8:30 a.m.)
Speaker: John E. Tomaszewski, MD
Vice Chair for Anatomic Pathology - Hospital Services
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Topic: Interstitial Cystitis: a Syndrome, a Slide, or a Disease?
Location: Education Conference Center B
September 22, 2006
Speaker: Alan D. Waxman, MD
Co-Chair, Department of Imaging
Chief of Nuclear Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Professor, Radiology
Los Angeles County and University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center
Topic: Nuclear Medicine Advances in Breast Cancer
Location: Thalians Auditorium
October 16, 2006 (please note time change to 1:30 p.m.)
Speaker: Jaime Prat, MD, PhD, FRC Path
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology
Hospital de la Santa Crue i Sant Pau
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Topic: Molecular Pathology of Endometrial Hyperplasia and Carcinoma
Location: Thalians Auditorium
October 27, 2006
Speaker: Beth Y. Karlan, MD
Director, Women's Cancer Research Institute
Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Director, Gilda Radner Cancer Detection Program
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Topic: Genetic Testing for Cancer Susceptibility in Gynecologic Oncology: Implications for Pathologists
Location: Thalians Auditorium
November 10, 2006
Speaker: W. Stephen Nichols, MD
Director, Microbiology
Director, Molecular Biology
Co-Director, Residency Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Avian Influenza
Location: Education Conference Center B
December 8, 2006
Speaker: Samuel H. Pepkowitz, MD
Co-Director, Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Topic: Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn
Location: Thalians Auditorium
