Lunch with the Professor
Enjoy intimate one-on-one interaction with a distinguished Professor.
| Monday, November 7, 2011 |
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
 | Lunch with the Professor #1
Credit Hours:1.75 CME/CMLE
Common Causes of Problems in Cytopathologic Diagnosis: How can they be avoided or solved?
Yener S. Erozan, MD
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Educational Objectives:
1. Expand their knowledge of the conditions causing difficulties in cytopathogic diagnosis
2. Learn how to avoid or solve some of the problems
Difficulties in establishing a definitive diagnosis are not uncommon in cytopathology practice. This session will include a brief presentation of common problems and their solutions followed by open discussion with the attendees.
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12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
 | Lunch with the Professor #2
Credit Hours:1.75 CME/CMLE
Digital Cytology: The Future?
David C. Wilbur, MD
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Educational Objectives:
1. Understand what digital pathology is and how it can be used in clinical cytology
2. Understand the barriers to application of digital pathology
3. Understand the methodology used in digital pathology
Digital pathology is growing rapidly as a method of storing images for a wide variety of purposes, from clinical practice, to education, evaluation, and research. This session will consist of an opening introduction to the practice and methods of digital pathology, followed by a practical session based on audience questions and responses with discussion. The presenter will address issues arising in their own implementation of digital technologies, highlighting practical uses, solutions to issue which arise, and an assessment of the future of the field.
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12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
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Credit Hours:1.75 CME/CMLE
Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in Cytopathology
Mary R. Schwartz, MD
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Educational Objectives:
Discuss issues related to and historical perspectives on patient consent for research
2. Recognize issues related to use of patient cells for commercial and other uses
3. Understand the role of medicine in Nazi Germany in the 1930’s and 1940’s, and the relevance to contemporary practice and research
4. Apply lessons from medicine’s involvement in the Holocaust to today to uphold our profession’s highest ethical standards in research and caring for patients
5. Discuss dilemmas of genetic information generated by research
This will be an interactive provocative session on ethical issues in cytopathology. Topics to be discussed include patient consent for research, the history of research without consent in this country, the use of cells obtained from patients for commercial and other uses, the role of esteemed medicine in Nazi Germany in the 1930’s and 1940’s, lessons we can learn from the Holocaust to assure the highest ethical standards in research and patient care today, and dilemmas related to the vast amounts of genetic information generated by research.
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12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
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Credit Hours:1.75 CME/CMLE
Ask Me Anything You Like about the Interplay between HPV Testing and Cervical Cancer
Mark H. Stoler, MD
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Educational Objectives:
1. Provide data and perspective on the performance and importance of HPV testing relative to Pap or other screening/triage technologies
2. To aid the attendee in applying these data to help their patients
Clinically valid HPV testing has a potential to impact all area of cervical cytopathology practice. Understanding how and where the data impact your practice and patients is the goal of the conversation.
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