2009 Pathology Grand Rounds Schedule

Thursday, January 29 at 8:30 a.m.

Speaker: Jared N. Schwartz, MD, PhD, FCAP
Director, Pathology & Lab Medicine
Presbyterian Healthcare
Charlotte, NC
President, College of American Pathologists
Topic: Perspectives on Our Future in Pathology: The Journey Starts Today!
Location: Harvey Morse Auditorium

Friday, February 27 at 7:30 a.m.

Speaker: Judith Berliner, PhD.
Professor in Residence of Medicine/Cardiology, and Pathology
David Geffen School of Medicine,
Univeristy of California, Los Angeles
Topic: A Role for Phospholipid Oxidation Products in Atherogenesis
Location: Thalians Auditorium

Friday, March 27 at 7:30 a.m.

Speaker: Bruce R. Smoller, MD Chair, Department of Pathology
Professor of Pathology and Dermatology
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Science
Little Rock, Arkansas
Topic: Mycosis fungoides and its mimics
Location: Thalians Auditorium

Friday, April 24 at 7:30 a.m.

Speaker: Wayne Grody, MD, PhD
Director, UCLA Diagnostic Molecular Pathology Laboratory
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics and Human Genetics
UCLA School of Medicine
Topic: Commercialization of Molecular Pathology:
Conflicting Forces of Science, Economics and Patient Access
Location: Thalians Auditorium

Friday, May 22 at 7:30 a.m.

Speaker: Serguei I. Bannykh, MD, PhD
Director, Neuropathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Clinical Implications of the Molecular insights in Glioma
Location: Thalians Auditorium

Friday, July 24 at 7:30 a.m.
Speaker: M.Wiliam Audeh, MD, MS
Medical Oncology and Cancer Risk Assessment
Outpatient Cancer Center,
Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Topic: Targeted Cancer Therapy: refining or re-defining cancer pathology?
Location: Thalians Auditorium

Friday, July 31 at 7:30 a.m.

Speaker: Mark G. Hanly, MD
Chairman of Pathology, Southeast Georgia Health System
Director of Anatomical Pathology and Cytopathology Services
County Medical Examiner
Southeastern Pathology Associated
Brunswick, Georgia
Topic: Mastocytic Colitis; Real or Imagined
Location: ECC-B

Friday, August 28 at 7:30 a.m.
Speaker: Mark E. Brecher, MD
Chief Medical Officer/Senior Vice President
Laboratory Corporation of America
Adjunct Professor & Vice Chair for Clinical Services
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine
Topic: Bacterial Contamination Of Blood Products
Location: Thalians Auditorium

Friday, September 25 at 7:30 a.m.

Speaker: Stephen A. Geller, MD
Chairman Emeritus, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles
Topic: The Other Half: Syphilis
Location: Thalians Auditorium

Friday, October 23 at 7:30 a.m.
Speaker: Stephan R. Targan, MD
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Topic: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in the Personalized Medicine Era
Location: Education Conference Center room B