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Seminar Series

This core deparmental conference brings faculty, residents, fellows, graduate students, and staff together for an introduction to new concepts and techniques in both clinical and experimental pathology. It is co-sponsored by the graduate program and is a part of Pathology 504, "Current Topics in Experimental Pathology". It features reports from within the Department and Medical Center as well as presentations by distinugished speakers from outside the University. Topics include developments in molecular pathology, cancer diagnosis and treatment, and clinical quality assurance. CME credit is available for this conference.

Usual schedule: Monday noons, except third Monday of month, Room K-207 (2-6408)
Contact: Sue Van Thof, (585) 275-3184, E-mail: Sue_VanThof@urmc.rochester.edu

February 27 , 2012
Dr. Majed Refaai

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, URMC

February 13 , 2012
Dr. Lianping Xing

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, URMC

February 6 , 2012
Osteoclasts and NF-kappaB: An Update with Some Anticipated and Unexpected Findings

Dr. Brendan Boyce

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, URMC

January 30, 2012
Breast Cancer Predictive Factor Testing: Standardizing Tissue Handling

Dr. David Hicks

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, URMC

Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 4:00 p.m., Room G-5303
Molecular Classification of Colorectal Carcinoma (CRC)
Dr. Xuchen Zhang

Hepatic/GI Pathology Fellow

Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine


December 12, 2011
Aldo-keto reductase family 1B10 (AKR1B10): A Unique Oncogenic Biomarker in Carcinomas of the Pncreas and Liver
Dr. Kristina Matkowskyj

GI and Liver Pathology Fellow

Northwestern University, McGraw Medical Center

October 31 , 2011
Health Care Reform
Steven I. Goldstein

President & CEO Strong Memorial & Highland Hospitals

University of Rochester Medical Center Vice President

October 17 , 2011
Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: From Bench to Bed Side
Dr. Priti Lal

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

University of Pennsylvania Health System

August 15 , 2011
Antibodies 2011: Genitourinary Pathology
Dr. David Tacha

Vice President of Research and Development, Chief Scientific Officer

Biocard Medical

July 25 , 2011
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
Dr. Stefan E. Pambuccian

Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

July 11 , 2011
Fine Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodules: Views, Biases and Experiences
Dr. Zubair W. Baloch

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

May 16 , 2011
Can Surgery Be Avoided for a Diagnosis of Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia?
Dr. Bradley Turner

Fellow in Oncologic Surgical Pathology University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

May 9 , 2011
Profiling the Immune System Using Flow Cytometry
Dr. Debora R. Sekiguchi

Fellow in Hematopathology

University of Pennsylvania Health System

April 4 , 2011
The Role of TIF1beta and TGFbeta in Pancreatic Tumor Development and Diagnosis
Dr. Lanjing Zhang

Fellow/Assistant Instructor of Pathology

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

March 7 , 2011
Biomarker Discovery and Validation Using Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics
Dr. Yan Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Chemistry

Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

January 24, 2011
Clinical and Research Applications of 1,25 dihydroxy
Vitamin D Testing by LC-MS/MS
Dr. Frederick G. Strathmann

Senior Fellow, Department of Laboratory Medicine

University of Washington

January 19, 2011 (Wednesday, 4:00 PM, G-5303)
A Practical Approach to Diagnosing Endometrial Precursor Lesions
Dr. Eric C. Huang

Clinical Fellow, Division of Cytopathology, Department of Pathology

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

January 10, 2011
Serrated Colonic Polyps and the Serrated Pathway of Colorectal Carcinogenesis
Dr. Joanna A. Gibson

Assistant Professor , Lab Medicine & Pathology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic


December 20, 2010
Mass Spectrometry Applications to the Clinical Lab
Dr. Charbel Abou Diwan

Clinical Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University School of Medicine

November 29 , 2010
The Diagnosis and Treatment of ALK-Rearranged Tumors
Dr. Scott J. Rodig

Assistant Professor, Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

November 22 , 2010
Challenging Cases in Gynecological Pathology
Dr. Fan Chen

Assistant Professor, Clinical, Bellevue Hospital, NY University Medical Center

November 8 , 2010
Cellular/Molecular Basis for Ah Receptor Antagonist-Mediated Expansion of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Dr. Thomas Gasiewicz

Professor and Chair, Environmental Medicine, URMC

November 1 , 2010
Death of Innocence, Identifying Infant Homicide
Dr. Kevin D. Whaley

Assistant Chief Medical Examiner, Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Health

October 4 , 2010
Surviving the Third Wave of Diagnostic Virology
Dr. Charles P. Cartwright

Chief Scientific and Technical Director, ViroMed (LabCorp) Laboratories, Minnetonka, MN

September 20 , 2010
Problems of Prognostication in Soft Tissue Tumors
Dr. Christopher D. M. Fletcher

Professor and Director of Surgical Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

August 23 , 2010
A Tail of Notch in T-ALL
Dr. Mina L. Xu

Hematopathology Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital

July 26 , 2010
Identification of Viral Integration Sites by Next Generation Sequencing
Dr. Eric J. Duncavage

Hematopathology Fellow, University of Utah, ARUP Laboratory Inc.

July 12, 2010
Human NK Cell Gene Expression and Turnover
Dr. Charles T. Lutz

Vice Chair for Research, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky

April 12, 2010
Extracellular Nucleic Acids in Cancer Diagnosis and Screening
Dr. Christopher Gocke

Associate Professor, Pathology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

February 22, 2010
Showcases of Application of Information Technology in Medicine
Dr. Zhenhong Qu

Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, URMC

February 15, 2010
Platelets, Inflammation and Innate Immunity
Dr. Olivier Garraud

Professor of Immunology, National Blood Transfusion Service - EFS Auvergne-Loire, France


December 21, 2009
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Sunitinib Targets the Vasculature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Histological and Immunocytochemical Study
Dr. Jie Huang

Clinical Fellow in GU Pathology, The Cleveland Clinic

December 7 , 2009
Pathophysiologic and Pathologic Aspects of NAFLD
Dr. Benedict Maliakkal

Associate Professor, Medicine, Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, URMC

November 19 , 2009 - 11:30 a.m. - Surgical Pathology Conference Room G-5303
Pathology of Dysplasia and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Dr. Parakrama T. Chandrasoma

Professor, Pathology, University of Southern California

November 2 , 2009
Beyond IHC: Quantitative Multiplexed Protein Analysis as a Companion Diagnostic Tool for Personalized Medicine
Dr. David L. Rimm

Professor, Pathology, Director of Pathology Tissue Services, Yale University School of Medicine

October 26 , 2009
Towards a Systems Biology Approach to Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Dr. Christopher T. Barry

Associate Professor, Surgery, Transplant & Hepatobiliary Division, URMC

September 21 , 2009
Histiocytic Disorders in Children
Dr. Louis P. Dehner

Professor, Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine

June 29, 2009
AQUA-® Technology: Applications for Tissue Based Analysis
Dr. Richard Carroll

Vice President, Clinical Biomarkers, HistoRX, Inc., New Haven, CT

March 23, 2009
Molecular Cytopathology: From Fiction to Facts
Dr. Bin Yang

Director, Molecular Cytopathology and Cancer Epigentics Core, Cleveland Clinic

Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinical Lerner College of Medicine

February 23, 2009
Mucinous Tumors in the Ovary: An Update
Dr. Anais Malpica

Professor, Pathology and Gynecologic Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

February 16, 2009
Roles of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in Renal Disease
Dr. Ryuji Ohashi

Fellow, Renal Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center

February 9, 2009
Fused Diagnostics
Dr. John E. Tomaszewski

Professor and Chair, Pathology and Lab Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

January 19, 2009
The Evolving Role of Genomics in the Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Breast Cancer
Dr. David G. Hicks

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director Surgical Pathology, URMC

January 12, 2009
Pathology of the Pleura:  Emphasizing Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma
Dr. Eugene Mark

Professor, Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

January 5, 2009
IHC Classification Panels and Personalized Medicine
Mr. Rob Seitz

CEO and Co-Founder, Applied Genomics, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama