COURSE FACULTY, TOPICS AND DAILY SCHEDULE

Course Director: Celeste N. Powers, M.D., Ph.D.

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Saturday - January 17th
7:00 - 7:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast for Registrants
7:45 - 8:00 Welcome and Announcements
8:00 - 9:30 Recognizing Patterns and Avoiding Pitfalls in Thyroid FNA - Ritu Nayar - View Cases
9:30 - 10:30 Differential Diagnosis and Problem Lesions in FNA of Salivary Glands - Celeste N. Powers - View Cases
10:30 - 11:00 Break which includes Questions/Answers/Audience participation
11:00 - 12:15 Effusion Cytology With Emphasis on Liquid Base Prep - Tarik M. Elsheikh
12:15 - 1:30 Bone & Soft Tissue: Combining aspiration biopsy, touch preps and core biopsies - William J. Frable - View Cases
Sunday - January 18th
7:15 - 8:00 Continental Breakfast for Registrants
8:00 - 9:30 Pitfalls and Mimics in Respiratory Cytopathology - Celeste N. Powers
9:30 - 10:00 Break which includes Questions/Answers/Audience participation
10:00 - 11:30 EUS-FNA With Emphasis on Deep Organs (Pancreas & Liver) - Richard DeMay
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 2:00 Gynecologic Cytology Today: The Bethesda System, ALTS and ASCCP - Ritu Nayar
2:00 - 2:30 Break which includes Questions/Answers/Audience participation
2:30 - 3:45 Urine Cytology - Eva Wojcik - View Cases
3:45 - 5:00 Pearls and Pitfalls in Cytopathology - Richard DeMay
5:30 - 7:00 Reception for Registrants and Accompanying Persons
Monday - January 19th
7:15 - 8:00 Continental Breakfast for Registrants
8:00 - 9:30 New and Evolving Technologies - Eva Wojcik
9:30 - 10:30 Quality Assurance Issues in Cytopathology - Inspection Ready - William J. Frable
10:30 - 11:00 Break with Questions/Answers/Audience participation
11:00 - 12:30 FNA of Metastases of Unknown Primary Site: An Algorithmic diagnostic approach utilizing cytomorphology and ancillary techniques - Tarik M. Elsheikh - View Cases
12:30 - 12:45 Questions/Answers and Wrap-up