36th Annual Symposium in Seattle, 2010

36th Annual Symposium/Convention Program at a Glance

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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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