NSH Annual Report

The 2009 Annual Report to the membership is attached to the title above. Please find updates from the Board of Directors, the Standing Committees and our House of Delegates. You will find among these reports the accomplishments of our task forces and partnerships. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments about activities within the Society. We look forward to a prosperous 2010.

Best regards,

Kerry Crabb, President
National Society for Histotechnology

Volunteers needed at NSH Symposium Oct 2009

Here's an email we received from NSH-Region 1 Director Angela Fogg:

The S/C is only 2 weeks away. As we finalize arrangements and get ready to head to Birmingham the Convention Committee needs volunteers to help onsite. It’s a great way to get involved in NSH & be a part of NSH’s premier educational event. If you are able to assist in any of the following positions please email the contact person listed so that you can be added to the schedule.

Career Day (earn 2 contact hours)
Contact Person: Stacey Langenburg, stacey.langenberg@comcast.net

Are you looking for a fun way to spend your Monday of the convention? Well how about considering educating 125 High School students on what exactly you do each day? On Monday October 5, 2009 NSH will be hosting its 2009 Career Day from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM.
If you will be in Birmingham and don't already have plans please consider volunteering your time to a great cause. I need volunteers for the AM session (8:30 AM to 11:30 AM and the PM session (12:00 PM to 3:00 PM). Feel free to volunteer for one session or both sessions. We will be demonstrating grossing, embedding, cutting, staining, coverslipping, and allowing the kids to look at their slides under the scope.

I am also assembling an "expert" panel for Q and A session detailing the different areas of histology. If this sounds like something you would love to be a part of email me and let me know when you would be available. I will also be hosting a "quick" training session on Sunday Oct. 4th after the lecture series at 9:45am in the East Ballroom. Thanks and hope you have great convention experience.

Registration Desk (earn 2 contact hours)
Contact Person: Beth Wise, Beth@nsh.org

The NSH registration desk is a great way to see old friends & meet new ones as you greet and check in S/C attendees, speakers and exhibitors. The Convention Committee is looking for volunteers to work on:
Friday, October 2 (10am – 6pm)
Saturday, October 3 (7am – 5pm)
Sunday, October 4 (7am – 5pm)
Monday, October 5 (7am – 5pm)
Tuesday, October 6 (7am – 2pm)

Please email Beth, beth@nsh.org, with the days & times you are available & we will plug you into the schedule.


Workshop AmbassadorsContact Person: Brenda Royce, Brenda@nsh.org

Workshop Ambassadors are essential to the success of our workshops. Ambassadors are responsible for distributing handouts, collecting workshop tickets for contact hours and course evaluations. Ambassadors serve in workshops they are already attending and work as the liaison to the Convention Committee Workroom – ensuring everything goes as planned. Ambassadors receive a $97.50 check following the convention. We need ambassadors in the following workshops:

Saturday
WS002 From the Grossing Board to the Microscope in One Day
WS008 LEAN on Me: Designing a New Laboratory on LEAN Principles
WS010 CytoPrep Techniques for the Histotech
WS012 When Paraffin Won’t Cut It – Cutting Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)
WS013 Two Wizards, Three Methods: How to Section Difficult Tissue the Easy Way Using Paraffin, Frozen Sectioning, and Glycol Methacrylate
WS017 How to get your FISH right - Troubleshooting and Optimization
WS019 Leadership Jazz
WS022 Histology and Imaging: Essential Teammates for Optimized Orthopaedic Research
WS024 Rapid Processing: Microwave Style "Lets Do It"
WS026 Hard Block Cafe
WS027 The Eyes Have It

Sunday
WS033 Knowing Me - Knowing You
WS034 The Future of Health Care-Directions, Expectations, and Reality
WS036 Laboratory Safety: What You Need to Know!
WS037 Project Design and Image Analysis in Research
WS038 A Basic Understanding of MOHS: Technology for the Histotechnologist
WS039 The Study and Preparation of Antique Microslides and Sliders
WS040 Get it all on the Slide – How to Prepare Macro Sections
WS041 Murine CD(Lymphoctye) Marker Immunostaining Methods Using Cryotomy

Monday
WS042 Are You Ready for the HT Board of Registry Exam?
WS045 Creating a Curriculum
WS049 Cultural & Religious Considerations in Pathology
WS050 Health & Safety Forum
WS054 Simple & Standardized: Processing Tissues Right
WS055 Decalcifed and Undecalcifed Bone - Hard Tissue Histology Techniques
WS059 Important Considerations in the Selection of Automated IHC Slide Staining Systems and Heat Retrieval Devices
WS061 Preparing for an Unannonced Laboratory Inspection--A Survival Guide

Tuesday
WS072 Is Your Lab Prepared for a Catastrophic Weather Emergency?
WS074 Dermatopathology: A Guide for the Histologist
WS075 Animal Techniques Part 1 – Rodent Necropsy
WS076 Tissue Identification Made Easy
WS077 Important Cells and Cell Clusters in the Human Body
WS079 Let's Be Civil! How Considerate Conduct Impacts the Workplace
WS082 Introductory Cell Biology: Cell Biology and Histology
WS083 How Does Your Work Flow - Troubleshooting Automated Special Stains
WS084 Bone Biology and Bone Histomorphometry: A Primer for the HistotechnologistWednesday
WS085 Perfecting Patient Care with LEAN Thinking
WS089 Monoclonal Antibodies Concept to Cancer: Advances in Antibody Development
WS090 How to Become a Specialist in Laboratory Safety - Even If You Don’t Take the Exam
WS091 Intermediate Cell Biology: Advanced Concepts and Cancer
WS092 Processing Schedules Revisited
WS093 Obtaining and Distributing Human Brain Tissue for Research and the Use of Histology in Neurochemical Analyses of the Mammalian Forebrain
WS097 Eyes on Exposure
WS098 Anatomic Pathology CPT Coding
WS099 Laser Microdissection Sample Preparation