Surgical Pathology of Important Clinical Endocrine Disorders
Lester D.R. Thompson, M.D.

Sunday, June 6, 2010
8:30-4:30 PM

Westin Hotel South Coast Plaza
686 Anton Blvd
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714)540-2500; Fax (714)662-6695

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Dr. Lester D.R. Thompson is currently a consultant and general pathologist with Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Woodland Hills.  He graduated summa cum laude from Columbia Union College (Maryland).  He obtained his medical degree and and orthopedic surgery internship at Loma Linda University Medical Center.  He completed a pathology residency at UCLA, with an emphasis in cytopathology.  He worked at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology serving as Chief of the Otorhinolaryngic Head & Neck Division of the Department of Endocrine and Otorhinolaryngic-Head and Neck Department, and served as Chief of immunohistochemistry division.  He also worked as a Cytopathologist for Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  He has published 48 book chapters and has well over 200 publications, mostly in the fields of endocrine or head and neck pathology.

The Diagnosis of Bone Tumors Using an Imaging-Based Approach:  A Way to Diminish Apprehension
Michael J. Klein, M.D.

Sunday, December 6, 2009
8:30AM-4:30PM

The Hyatt Embarcadero Hotel
5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 433-3717

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Dr. Michael J. Klein is currently Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York.  He graduated from Temple University School of Medicine, did his pathology residency at New York University Medical Center, with a fellowship in orthopedic pathology at NYU and at Columbia University.  He was Associate Director of Laboratories at the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute in New York before becoming a Professor of Pathology and Orthopaedics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.  He has numerous awards for teaching merit from Mount Sinai and has received awards from the Radiological Society of North America, the International Skeletal Society and others.  His publications are in excess of 160, and he has been published in numerous lay magazines such as Discover, Omni, Geo and others.  His photography has graced 8 magazine covers, and he has won or placed in 18 photographic competitions.  Dr. Klein has written 13 book chapters, as well as three books, including the AFIP Fascicle on Non-neoplastic Disorders of Bone and Joints (1st Series).

Hematologic Disorders
Lawrence Weiss, M.D.

June 7, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Westin Hotel South Coast Plaza
686 Anton Boulevard
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714)540-2500; Fax (714)662-6695

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At the conclusion of this seminar, attendees will have up-to-date criteria for diagnosing neoplasms of the hematolymphoid system, both within lymph nodes and at extranodal sites. The proper use of ancillary studies will be illustrated, and the importance of the integration of morphologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular data will be stressed. They will know how to apply the 2001 WHO system to accurately classify these neoplasms. In addition, they will be made aware of recent advances in our understanding of hematolymphoid neoplasms.