NSH CEU Available For Spring Meeting

Dear Attendee:

Good afternoon. NSH has completed the reconciliation of contact hours for the 2010 VT/NH Society Spring Meeting. In our continued effort to “Go Green” NSH will not mail you a hard copy of your certificate. However if you need a hard copy of your certificate you may print it from your “My NSH” account on the NSH website. In your “My NSH” account you can also print a cumulative summary of your NSH contact hours for 2010.

We thank you for participating in NSH educational events, as always it is our mission to bring the best education to you in order to enhance your career as well provide the hours you need for certification. Looking for more hours? Visit the NSH website for a listing of upcoming events and also other avenues for earning contact hours - www.nsh.org .

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the NSH Office, 443-535-4060. Instructions for accessing your “My NSH” account are below.

Kind regards,
NSH Meetings Team

Accessing “My NSH”

1. Visit www.nsh.org
2. Click on “My NSH” in the upper right hand corner of the home page
3. From the landing page click “My Contact Hours” – this will take you to a login page
4. Log in
a. Know your login?
i. Enter your username (your primary email) and password
ii. Once you are logged in & on the My Contact Hours page click on the “print certificate” button next to the ______________________

iii. The certificate will launch in a new web page – click print

b. Don’t know your login?
i. Contact NSH via email histo@nsh.org and your log in will be emailed to you

ii. Once you receive your login follow the instructions listed under 4a

Beth Wise
Administrative Assistant
National Society for Histotechnology
10320 Little Patuxent Parkway
Suite 804
Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: 443-535-4060
Fax: 443-535-4055
Direct: 443-535-4061
E-mail: beth@nsh.org
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2010 NSH Teleconference Series
Summer Symposium: June 14-15th - Indianapolis, IN
One Day Forum on Immunohistochemistry: July 17, 2010 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
One Day Hard Tissue Forum: August 14 - Philadephia, PA
36th Annual NSH Symposium/Convention: September 24-29th - Seattle, WA

June 1, 2010 deadline for NSH Scholarships

The deadline for the NSH Awards for 2010 is Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Please review the detailed descriptions of each Award and their respective criteria and then nominate the deserving professional. These awards acknowledge the best of the best – those who go above and beyond what is expected. Through the Awards program, we showcase the best professionals our discipline has to offer. Take the time now to nominate someone who best exemplifies the word extraordinary.



We all know them. Colleagues and peers who strive to make a difference in our profession. These people are talented, dedicated and their enthusiasm is often infectious. They are passionate about NSH and the future of histology and now is the time to recognize them for their achievements and contributions.



The recipients of the 2010 NSH Awards and Scholarships will be honored and recognized at the 36th Annual Symposium/Convention, September 24-29, 2010 in Seattle, WA. It will be an experience that they will never forget.



Please be sure to submit applications by the nomination deadline of June 1, 2010.

Click Here to Apply



Thank you for your membership in NSH and for your participation in recognizing excellence in our discipline.





Sincerely,





Kerry Crabb Jean Mitchell

President, NSH Chair, 2010 NSH Awards Committee

36th Annual Symposium in Seattle, 2010

36th Annual Symposium/Convention Program at a Glance

Schedule at a Glance Program at a Glance Workshops
by Category Workshops
by Day Present
a Poster Certificate of
Completion Program
Exhibitor Center Travel & Hotel Volunteer Get Employer Support Registration Future Dates



Saturday, September 25, 2010

8:00am - 4:30pm

WS# 1 Practicing the ASCP HT/HTL Examination Woodward
WS# 2 Quantitating Multiple Proteins in Tissue Sections:
Staining, Imaging and Analysis van der Loos; Dwyer
WS# 3 Perfecting Patient Care with Lean Thinking Mahood; Taninencz



8:00am - 11:30am

WS# 4 Troubleshooting Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining Feldman
WS# 5 Lesion Description (Don’t Get the Pathologist Mad…Write an Accurate Lesion Description on Your Pad) Hilchie
WS# 6 Antibody Challenge: 2010 Jones; Shamoon; Gordon
WS# 7 A ‘Back To The Basics’ IHC Wet workshop Dorner; Hesch; Bowden
WS# 8 Coaching for Performance - Getting Our Ducks in a Row Breckenridge
WS# 9 Bar coding the AP Lab -- Why and How Schmidt; Fleming
WS# 10 Transmission Electron Microscopy in the Diagnostic and Research Laboratory Sadowski; Wells
WS# 11 Dermatopathology: A Guide for the Histologist Chapman
WS# 12 Forensic Pathology: A Crime Scene Investigator Approach to Identifying Time Since Death and Cause Tate



1:00pm - 2:30pm

WS# 13 Animal Models of Atherosclerosis - Comparative Histochemistry and Immunohistochemistry Turk; Felder; Casati
WS# 14 Histotechnology as a Career: A Workshop on Recruitment and Team Development McDermott
WS# 15 Visual Management of Histology Workflow in Real Time and Day By Day Lehmann
WS# 16 To Err is Human, Patient Safety is Devine Hesch; Voutyras
WS# 17 Quality Biospecimens for Personalized Molecular Healthcare Robb
WS# 18 I Think I Smell A Rat! Suttie; Sharp
WS# 19 Keys to a Successful Laser Microdissection Project Stockton; Golubeva
WS# 20 Muscle Histochemistry Nixon
WS# 21 Improvements in Reagents and Methods Make In Situ Hybridization (ISH) “As Easy As I-H-C” Myers; Henshall-Powell



3:00pm - 4:30pm

WS# 22 Green Histology Patton
WS# 23 Mentoring Works! It Works For You, It Works For Me, It Works For Everybody! Mack; Georger
WS# 24 Assessment of HER2 (c-erbB2) Status: A Comparison of Commonly Used IHC and ISH Methods Used in Histopathology Laboratories Henshall-Powell; Natar
WS# 25 In situ hybridization: Step-by-step from Tissue Preparation to Signal Detection Shughrue
WS# 26 Carcinogenesis: Transformation of Normal Cells to Cancer Cells Ajibade
WS# 27 Using Automation to Drive Efficiency in the Lab Nelson
WS# 28 Mohs at a Glance Rodriquez
WS# 29 Grossing for the Histotech: Technique & Regulations Rath
WS# 30 Hard, Harder & Hardest: Choosing the Right Process for your Bone Project Ryan



Sunday, September 26, 2010

8:00am - 9:30am
NSH Lecture Series
C.F.A. Culling Memorial Lecture: Gerald Hoeltge, MD, FCAP, President, The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute

12:30pm - 4:00pm

WS# 31 The Eyes Have It Hilchie
WS# 32 Identifying Artifacts, Pigments and Minerals Durkin; Dunne
WS# 33 Validation, Quality Control, and Troubleshooting in Immunohistochemistry: A Clinical, Research, and Vendor Perspective Myers
WS# 34 Histochemical and Immunocytochemical Methods: Ancillary Techniques for Cytologic Specimens Mulford-Russell; Benson
WS# 35 Effective Management Techniques--How To Be an Effective Manager Without Losing the Personal Touch! Soto; Childs
WS# 36 Leading and Managing Change: Strategies and Communications Torossian
WS# 37 CISH the FISH Hicks; Mcmahon
WS# 38 Competency Assessment Gardner
WS# 39 Laboratory Safety: What you need to know! Burrill
WS# 40 To See Or Not To See: Fundamentals of Microscopic Imaging Hard
WS# 41 Mineralized Bone Staining and Bone Histomorphometry - A Tutorial Villanueva
WS# 42 Quality Assurance and Staining Carson




Monday, September 27, 2010

8:00am - 5:00pm

EF One Day Educator’s Forum Panel
WS# 43 Photoshop Basics Mendel; Mendel; Nyquist
WS# 44 Cryotomy for Clinical and Research Applications Callis; Mailhiot; Horn
WS# 45 The Gold Standard of Leadership Brown, Newkirk



8:00am - 11:30am

WS# 46 Controls in Histopathology. What Can and What Should Be Controlled Floyd
WS# 47 A Novel HIER Technique for Free Floating IHC Van Meter; Natar
WS# 48 Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry in Veterinary Applications Woodward
WS# 49 Immunochemistry Update Cartun
WS# 50 Design a Laboratory from Scratch Lehmann; Feher
WS# 51 Prostate Cancer and PC IHC Markers DeGeer
WS# 52 Instrument and Method Validations Dwyer; Siena
WS# 53 Muscle Mania: A 180 Minute Workout for Better Muscle Techniques Lehmann; Hunter




1:30pm - 5:00pm


WS# 54 What is Your Diagnosis? French
WS# 55 Where Innovation Meets Research Histology Randolph-Habecker; McLemore; Knoblaugh
WS# 56 Pathology of Disease - From Basics to Beyond Bryant
WS# 57 You Can Do it Better! A Review of Some Key Factors Influencing the Quality of Sections and Stains Rolls; Tarbet
WS# 58 Antibodies 2010: Organ by Organ Tacha
WS# 59 Utility of Immunohistochemistry and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization in Lesions of Breast and Prostate Amin; Molner
WS# 60 Let's Be Civil! How Considerate Conduct Impacts the Workplace Hood
WS# 61 Anatomic Pathology CPT Coding and Compliance Younes
WS# 62 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Role of Pathology in Diagnosis and Drug Development Maxwell
WS# 63 Rethinking Vitamin, Mineral and Herbal Supplements---Benefit or Harm ? Elias




Tuesday, September 28, 2010
8:00am – 4:30pm

MF One Day Management Forum Panel



8:00am - 11:30am

WS# 64 More Fun With Photoshop Mendel; Mendel
WS# 65 From Nose to Toes or Paws to Jaws? Is It All The Same - Where Do I Start? Hughes; Louro
WS# 66 CytoPrep Techniques for Histotechs Ouattara
WS# 67 The Immunofluorescence Triple Lindy! - Advanced Techniques for Dual and Multicolor Immunofluorescence Randolph-Habecker; Melton; Goodpaster
WS# 68 Molecular Techniques: Basics to Benchmarks Lewis
WS# 69 Lean Times Down Under: Designing a New Laboratory on Lean Principles Ditchmen
WS# 70 GLP Compliance in the Histopathology Laboratory Wiley
WS# 71 Reducing the Amount of Hazardous Waste in Anatomic Pathology Kummerfeldt
WS# 72 Anatomy Of The Heart With Focus On Congenital Heart Disease Erickson




1:00pm - 4:30pm

WS# 73 The Right Stain - Troubleshooting Histology Stains Grover
WS# 74 Sectioning Artifacts: Causes and Cures for Paraffin and Frozen Sections Wenk
WS# 75 Techniques, Tips and Troubleshooting from a Preclinical Research Perspective: An IHC Forum Panel of Experts (AND YOU)! Geraci-Erck; Watson; Lewin; Kennedy
WS# 76 The Association of Cancer and Infectious Agents Lear; Martin
WS# 77 Does Your Histology Engine Need a Tune Up? - LEAN Tuning and Adjustment for High Performance DeSalvo; Jones
WS# 78 Intermediate Cell Biology Freeland
WS# 79 The Unannounced Inspection: Scenarios for Survival Chhieng; Roberson; Hortin
WS# 80 Working With Machines Not Against Them: Workplace Ergonomics Grisley
WS# 81 Resin Talk: Q&A for The Hard Tissue Histologist Ratliff; Wimer
WS# 82 Tissue Microarrays: The Principles, Construction and Image Analysis Fedor




Wednesday, September 29, 2010

8:00am - 11:30am

WS# 83 Simple and Standardized: Precision Tissue Processing DeSalvo
WS# 84 Frozen Sectioning: Methods, Mediums and Mastery Barone
WS# 85 Immunohistochemistry for Beginners Ostrander
WS# 86 Validation and Quality Control for Immunohistochemistry Morken; Ruegg; McMahon
WS# 87 Consolidating the Histology Labs at the Request of the Pathology Department Luff, Simmons, Dintiz
WS# 88 Cultural and Religious Considerations in Pathology Wenk; Buxo
WS# 89 Being OK with the EPA Doran; Talley
WS# 90 Understanding Flow Cytometry Martin; Radford
WS# 91 Ethics in Imaging - When is it OK to Tweak Your Picture? Lewin
WS# 92 Unlocking the Block-New Prognostic Markers and Integrated Studies of Pathologic Specimens Haas




1:00pm - 4:30pm

WS# 93 Cytopreparation for Histotechnologists Chhieng; Roberson; Schofield
WS# 94 Get the Most Out of Your Immunohistochemistry Rees; Westra
WS# 95 Improving Productivity and Reducing Errors in the Laboratory Using Lean Principles: Just Do It! Scalise; Wheeler
WS# 96 Standardization and Documentation – Confused, Irritated or Complacent? Willis
WS# 97 How to Become a Specialist in Lab Safety Even if You Don't Take the Exam Zeitner
WS# 98 Evolving Roles in Pathology: Tissue Dissection by the Histotechnologist Hurst
WS# 99 Histotechnology: Skin as Model Mondragon
WS# 100 Your Tool Kit for Research Immunohistochemistry Clarke; Bucknell


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Spring Meeting in Brattleboro Vermont

Brattleboro hosted a great meeting on Saturday, May 8th. A total of 3.5 CEU was attained by attending the meeting. The lectures included Digital Pathology speaker was Virgil Hernandez. Dr. Appleton from Brattleboro Hospital spoke on History of H Pylori and Gina Rodriguez spoke on The Art of Embedding and Orienting. Thanks to Anita and Chris of Brattleboro for hosting the meeting.

Happy Histo Day

Fletcher Allen Health Care has gone live on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzaXCtNPK8c


Enjoy and hope that everyone enjoys Histotechnology Day!

Good afternoon State Meeting Presidents!

I hope you are enjoying a good Monday. We are finally starting to thaw in MD & have had sunshine all day so I am feeling great & getting early spring fever.

I wanted to reach out to you with some reminders & information you can share with your members:


1. The busy spring meeting season is starting. Paperwork to submit your meetings for preapproved contact hours can be found on our website: http://www.nsh.org/content/resources-state-societies

2. Please check our state meeting calendar to make sure your meetings are listed (if you’d like). We do receive phone calls from potential attendees and vendors about regional/state meetings. http://www.nsh.org/state-society-meetings

3. I also wanted to remind you that I am happy to review contracts or give advice with regards to your meetings set up or logistical questions if you need it. I know some of you have been doing this for years but others are new & we are always happy to help. Make sure you check out the State Meeting Planners Resource Guide on our website: http://www.nsh.org/content/meeting-planners-resource-guide

Finally I am hoping you can share with your members the NSH Event Schedule listed on our website: http://www.nsh.org/content/nsh-events . We are currently registering for our March 27th VIR Forum and the June 14th & 15th 3rd Annual Summer Symposium. Registration for our the Annual Symposium/Convention scheduled for September in Seattle will open in April.

Thanks & have a great week,

Aubrey