ANNOUNCING THE 2009 PATHOLOGISTS-IN-TRAINING AWARDS



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- Poster as Presented at the USCAP 2009 Annual Meeting

STOWELL-ORBISON AWARDS:
Discovery of Molecular Subtypes in Leiomyosarcoma through Integrative Molecular Profiling
AH Beck, CH Lee, DM Witten, S Zhou, K Montgomery, R Tibshirani, T Hastie, RB West, M Van de Rijn
Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA; Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Rb Is Hyperphosphorylated in Most Merkel Cell Carcinomas
EM Cham, TA Victor, R Orr, M Morgan, KW Lannert, SM Share, TC Pereira, WB Laskin, CD Sturgis
North Shore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; CellNetix, Seattle, WA
Tumor Proteomic Profiling Predicts the Resistance of Breast Cancer to Chemotherapy
D Shen, J He, DU Cheung, KF Faull, JP Whitelegge, RE Saxton, HR Chang
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Stem Cell Marker Kit Is an Independent Prognostic Marker for Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors - A Novel Finding Derived from Analysis of Islet Cell Differentiation Markers
L Zhang, TC Smyrk, C Lohse, RV Lloyd
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN




STOWELL-ORBISON CERTIFICATES OF MERIT:
Clusterin, a Follicular Dendritic Cell-Associated Apolipoprotein, Is Expressed in Normal Synoviocytes and in Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumors of Localized and Diffuse Types: Diagnostic and Histogenetic Implications
JM Boland, AL Folpe, JL Hornick, KL Grogg
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
BRD4-NUT Fusion Oncogene Analysis by RT-PCR in Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma and Other Aggressive Primary Sinonasal Malignancies: A Study of 15 Cases
JJ Garcia, K Nafa, DL Carlson, EL Barnes, RR Seethala, M Ladanyi
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY
Expression of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Receptor in Normal Breast Tissue and Breast Cancer Risk: Results from the Nurses' Health Study
Y Wang, J Connolly, R Hu, H Baer, G Colditz, S Schnitt, L Collins, R Tamimi
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Harvard School of Public Health, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
MicroRNA Expression Profiling Distinguishes Conventional and Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinomas from Normal Renal Parenchyma
DL Zynger, WA LaFramboise, JM Krill-Burger, CM Sciulli, AM Hensler, AM Perepletchikov, LP Kiss, R Dhir, G Cai, AV Parwani, SI Bastacky
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA




AUTOPSY PATHOLOGY AWARD:
The Impact of Placental Examination in the Autopsy of the Structurally Normal Stillborn
X Wu, OM Faye-Petersen, JL Steinkampf, TJ Richardson, SD Reilly
UAB, Birmingham, AL




SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AWARD:
MicroRNA Expression Profiling Distinguishes Conventional and Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinomas from Normal Renal Parenchyma
DL Zynger, WA LaFramboise, JM Krill-Burger, CM Sciulli, AM Hensler, AM Perepletchikov, LP Kiss, R Dhir, G Cai, AV Parwani, SI Bastacky
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA



COMPANION SOCIETY AWARDS


JERRY SMITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE PATHOLOGY AWARD
Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis: 24 Cases Diagnosed on Specimens from Surgical Emergencies
M Saravia, V Argueta, R Orozco, L Castillo
Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala




GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOLOGY SOCIETY
(Two Joint Winners)
Identification of Histologically Unique Adenomas that Arise Predominately in Patients with CIMP-Associated Polyps
RK Pai, A Noffsinger, J Hart
Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Assessing HER-2/Neu Protein Expression and Gene Alteration Gastric Cancer: Comparing Arrayed Comparative Genomic Hybridization Technique with Immunohistochemistry and Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization
CD Truong, W Feng, W Li, T Khoury, J Yao, K Xie, D Tan
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Runner Up:
CD61, CD31 and CD34 Improve Diagnostic Accuracy in Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia and Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy
M Westerhoff, A Noffsinger, J Miller, J Hart
University of Chicago, Chicago




HANS POPPER HEPATOPATHOLOGY SOCIETY
(Two Joint Winners)
Perinodular K19 Patterns Are Generic to Advanced Chronic Liver Disease, a Study of 176 Hepatocellular Nodules in Explanted Livers
JKM Lennerz, N Vacharajani, WC Chapman, EM Brunt
Washington University St. Louis, St. Louis
Biomarkers as Predictors of Rapidity of Fibrosis in the Liver Allograft of Hepatitis C Patients
Z Meriden, T Pasha, R Wells, R Reddy, G Makar, EE Furth
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA




NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEAD AND NECK PATHOLOGY

Best Platform Presentation
Kuttner's Tumor Is a IgG4 Associated Disease
Julia Turbiner
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Best Poster Presentation
Identification of Human Papilloma Virus in Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma and its Clinicopathologic Significance
Rebecca Chernock
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO




PULMONARY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY
Pulmonary Smooth Muscle Neoplasms: A Clinicopathologic Study
Haresh Mani
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC




PULMONARY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY TRAINEE AWARD
(Five Joint Winners)
A Prognostically Significant Grading System for Lung Adenocarcinoma
Justine Barletta
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Evaluation of MicroRNA Markers to Predict Outcome in Low Stage Lung Cancer
Eric Duncavage
Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
Pulmonary Smooth Muscle Neoplasms: A Clinicopathologic Study
Haresh Mani
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
NTRK2 Expression Predicts Improved Disease Specific Survival in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung
Jefferson Terry
BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Survival in Lung Adenocarcinoma and Mesothelioma is Influenced by Ig-Like Transcript 3 Expressing Macrophages
Nike Beaubier
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY




SOCIETY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY
Adenosine but Not Diazoxide or Ischemic Preconditioning Significantly Rescues Myocardial Injury in HIF-1alpha Deficient Heart
H Zhong, K Fox-Talbot, D Zagzag, G Semenza
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD




SOCIETY FOR HEMATOPATHOLOGY
Genomic Profiling of Plasmablastic Lymphoma Using BAC Array CGH-Revealing Significant Overlapping Genomic Lesions with DLBCL
Jesalyn Taylor
The Methodist Hospital/TMHRI, Houston, TX




SOCIETY FOR HEMATOPATHOLOGY ULTRASTRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY
(Two Joint Winners)
Unique Ultrastructural Features in Pheochromocytoma from Patients with Mutations in the Succinate Dehydrogenase B and D Genes
JM Osman, SF Fliedner, M Abu-Asab, K Pacak, M Tsokos
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
The Utility of Ultrastructural Immunolabeling (Immunogold Electron Microscopy) in the Classification of Systemic Amyloidosis
JC Lee, PT Soo Hoo, LH Connors, CJ O'Hara
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA