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December – January 2013 Volume 16 Issue 1

Charles R. Lassman, M.D., PhD.

Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Education Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

DECEMBER SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Sequoia Room, 2nd Floor, Moseley Salvatori Conference Center

637 South Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017

The Los Angeles Society of Pathologists, Inc. is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical

Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Los Angeles Society of

Pathologists, Inc. takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

The Los Angeles Society of Pathologists, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA

Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in

the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

“Acute Liver Disease,

a Case Based Discussion”

Dear Readers,

The Annual All-Day program at City of Hope last month

was a great success! We had an excellent turnout and the

feedback received so far has been extremely encouraging.

We want to thank our Administrator, Shirley Jacke, for

doing an outstanding job in organizing this event.

Congratulations, Shirley, on a job well done! We would

also like to thank our guest speakers, Robert Kurman, MD

of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Elvio Silva,

MD of Cedars-Sinai and MD Anderson. Their lectures

were engaging, enlightening, and informative and provided

their unique perspectives and approaches to ovarian tumors

and other female genital tract tumors.

At this time, we would also like to remind you to renew

your annual membership, if you have not already done so.

The financial support of our membership allows us, among

other things, to sponsor guest speakers such as these.

Payments can be made on-line at www.LASOP.org or you

may contact Shirley Jacke, Administrator, via email at

[email protected] for further assistance.

Join us on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 in welcoming to the

society Dr. Charles Lassman of UCLA. Dr. Lassman is a

world-renowned expert in liver and renal pathology and an

excellent, entertaining, and informative speaker. He will

discuss “Problem Liver Cases.” This is certain to be a very

educational session for both general surgical pathologists

and those pathologists specializing in GI/liver pathology.

As usual, we hope to see you among our audience members!

Sincerely,

The Board

Inside…. Meet the Next Speaker 1 Dear Readers/Future Educational Programs 2 Thank you to our All Day Program Exhibitors & Supporters 3 Membership Information 4 Coroner’s Corner/PathXchange/Local Grand Rounds 5 Announcements 6 Local Luminaries 7-8 Classifieds 9-11 Directions to Moseley SCC/LASOP Officers 12

Future Educational Programs 2013

February 12

Charles R. Lassman, M.D. “Acute Liver Disease,

a Case Based Discussion”

March 12 Michael Koss, M.D.

“Pulmonary Lymphoid Lesions”

April 10 Slide Seminar

Kaiser Permanente

May 8th Annual Resident and Fellow

Symposium

Thank You to our All Day Program Exhibitors

APS Medical Billing [email protected] – (818) 280-5216

bioTheranostics, Inc.

[email protected] – (310) 935-9975

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins [email protected] – (619) 838-8308

Olympus America, Inc.


Pathology, Inc. [email protected] – (877) 922-7284 (PATH)

PSA, LLC

[email protected] – (800) 832-5270 x 2988

Roche Diagnostics [email protected] – (949) 202-6302

Southwest Medical Books


Spot Imaging Solutions [email protected] – (760) 717-2891

USC – SEER Project


Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. [email protected] – (520) 343-0130

Additional Support From

Aperio & City of Hope

mailto:[email protected]











There are no new members at this time.

Membership applications are received on a continual basis and are reviewed at the next monthly Board Meeting. For more information, please contact the Society’s Administrator, Shirley Ann Jacke, at 310-746-7212 or [email protected]

Membership Information

Membership applications are available at: http://www.lasop.org/pgs/application.htm


http://www.lasop.org/pgs/application.htm

To join PathXchange, visit www.pathxchange.org and create an account. Once registered, you will receive an email notifying you that your account is pending approval. After your account has been approved by administration, you will receive a second email with your account details, including your one-time password and a link for immediate access.

After logging in, you will be redirected to another page where you will be asked to change your password.

To join the LASOP section, start at the homepage at www.pathxchange.org and select “Groups.” This will direct you to a page citing a long list of member groups (not in alphabetical order).

Find “LASOP” and select “Join” on the far right under “Join Link.” Good luck. We hope to see you there!

Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner/Interim Director: Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, MD

Chief of Forensic Medicine: Christopher B. Rogers, MD

LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CORONER

1104 N. Mission Road,

Los Angeles, CA 90033

Contact/visit us at: 323.343.0522

http://coroner.co.la.ca.us/htm/Coroner_Home.htm

Local Grand Rounds Schedule

Coroner’s Corner

Cedars-Sinai: http://www.csmc.edu/15007.html Harbor-UCLA: http://www.harbor-ucla.org/pathology/ResidentConferences.php LLU: http://lomalindahealth.org/medical-center/our-services/pathology/ UC Irvine: http://www.healthaffairs.uci.edu/som/pathology/residencyProgram.html UCLA: http://www.imedseminar.com/ USC: http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/departments/pathology/calendar/index.html

PathXchange

http://www.pathxchange.org/



http://www.csmc.edu/15007.html

http://www.harbor-ucla.org/pathology/ResidentConferences.php

http://lomalindahealth.org/medical-center/our-services/pathology/

http://www.healthaffairs.uci.edu/som/pathology/residencyProgram.html

http://www.imedseminar.com/

http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/departments/pathology/calendar/index.html

Announcements

Weisenburger Leads Pathology at City of Hope

Dr. Dennis Weisenburger

Leading pathologist and lymphoma expert Dennis Weisenburger, M.D., recently joined the City of Hope National Medical Center as Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology. Dr. Weisenburger’s appointment extends City of Hope’s history of academic leadership and excellence in pathology and hematopathology started by former Department Chair Henry Rappaport, M.D. “We are honored to bring Dennis Weisenburger to City of Hope as our new Chair of Pathology, and I look forward to many years of mutual success and excellence,” said Alexandra Levine, M.D., M.A.C.P., Chief Medical Officer. “This is a great homecoming for Dr. Weisenburger, who began his career in hematopathology here at the institution, first as a fellow and then assistant pathologist.” Prior to joining City of Hope, Dr. Weisenburger was a Professor of Pathology and Microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he developed the Nebraska Lymphoma Study Group and served as chief pathologist for the collaborative clinical research network. He has contributed significantly to the field of pathology and malignant hematology, and holds two patents for his work in lymphoma prognosis. Weisenburger has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, with more than 300 articles to his credit. He also has authored or co-authored more than 500 abstracts and 34 book chapters. Dr. Weisenburger has received international recognition related to his work on classification of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He is a past member of the Council on Hematology of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, and has served on the Executive Committee of the Society for Hematopathology. He was a consultant pathologist for the North American Autologous Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Registry, and is a member of the International Consortium of Investigators Working on Lymphoma Epidemiologic Studies (InterLymph). He also served as a member of the Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Progress Review Group for the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Weisenburger and his team of hematopathologists at City of Hope are available for expert consultation on difficult cases. For more information about this consultation service, call (626) 256-4673, extension 63582.

Local Luminaries

Classifieds

The Los Angeles Society of Pathologists is seeking a resident or fellow in training to join the Board as a resident representative.

The resident representative would be a non-voting member and would

assist the administrative assistant and executive members in developing the monthly newsletter.

During his or her term, the resident representative would be expected

to attend the monthly committee meetings and would have the opportunity to contribute to planning discussions.

The term lasts one year but may be extended if needed.

We strongly encourage applicants as this is a great opportunity to be

involved in a local society to network with colleagues from other institutions and develop important leadership and management skills.

Interested applicants should send their CV to Shirley Jacke at [email protected] and type

“Resident Representative Applicant” in the subject field.

Classifieds


Classifieds

Surgical Pathology Fellowship Olive View/UCLA Medical Center

Opening for July 2013

The UCLA affiliated Olive View/UCLA Medical Center offers a one year fellowship in general surgical pathology.

The fellow's primary responsibilities include signing out

surgical cases and frozen sections diagnosis.

The program offers excellent experience in fine needle aspiration. There is also ample opportunity for attending and organizing

specialty conferences.

This position is open to applicants who have completed their training in AP and are board eligible or certified.

A California license is a requirement.

Inquiries should be directed to Nora Ostrzega MD

Olive View/UCLA Medical Center Email: [email protected]


Steven Ohsie, MD Aviv Hever, MD Najeeb S. Alshak, MD Shirley Jacke President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer Administrative Officer APMG/Pathology, Inc. Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 19951 Mariner Avenue 4867 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles 8700 Beverly Blvd., Suite 8709 Suite 155 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Pathology Center Los Angeles, CA 90048 Torrance, CA 90503 (323) 783-7829 1510 Edgemont St (310) 746-7212 (310) 225-3178 Los Angeles, CA 90027 [email protected] (323) 783-5831 (7825 fax)

Visit us on the web at: www.LASOP.org

Directions to Moseley Salvatori Conference Center: (Adjacent to Good Samaritan Hospital)

LASOP Officers and Administrative Staff

All scientific programs will be held on the second Tuesday of each month, with the exception of the January All-Day Program. The pre-program reception is held between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Main Auditorium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Location of reception/program is the first floor of the Moseley Salvatori Conference Center, 637 South Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017, (213) 977-2555. Parking is $5.00 per car. Parking & Directions Parking is provided in the Conference Center Parking Structure located directly across from the Center on Lucas Avenue. Parking is not valet but the lot is patrolled. Present your parking ticket to the LASOP receptionist in the lobby for a $1.00 discount, if the ticket is not validated in this manner, the parking charge is $6.00 as you leave the structure. From the HARBOR FREEWAY (110) SOUTHBOUND: Take the “Downtown Exit/Wilshire Blvd.” off ramp. Take Wilshire Blvd. Turn right onto Wilshire. Proceed West to Lucas Avenue. Turn Right. Parking Structure will be on the right. From the HARBOR FREEWAY (110) NORTHBOUND: Take the 3rd Street Exit. Turn Left at Beaudry Avenue. Turn Right at 6th Street. Turn Left on Lucas. Parking Structure is on the left. OR Take the 6th Street Exit. Turn Right on Flower Street. Turn Right on Wilshire Blvd. Turn Right on Lucas. Parking structure is on the right.


http://www.lasop.org/

February 2013 Volume 16 Issue 2

Michael N. Koss, M.D.

Professor of Pathology Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA

Objectives: Analyze the clinical, radiological and histopathologic features of the following lymphoid lesions in the lung in order to improve diagnostic performance: 1. Lymphomatoid granulomatosis 2. Low-grade B-cell lymphoma of MALT (MALToma) 3. Follicular bronchiolitis 4. LIP 5. Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia/IgG4-related sclerosing disease

MARCH SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Tuesday, March 12, 2013









“Pulmonary Lymphoid Lesions for the

General Surgical Pathologist”

Dear Readers,

We would like to thank our guest speaker, Charles

Lassman, MD, PhD of UCLA. He took time out of his busy

schedule as residency and fellowship program director at

UCLA to provide an enlightening, and entertaining

lecture, formatted as an engaging case based discussion of

liver disease.








Also approaching us this spring is the annual

Resident/Fellow Symposium to be held in May.

Submissions are invited from all residents and fellows from

our excellent regional training programs. The deadline for

submission is March 25th. At the May 14th meeting, the

cases will be presented in detail by the residents. Cash

prizes will be awarded to the top presentations. For more

details, please see page 3.

Join us on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 in welcoming to the

society Dr. Michael N. Koss of USC. Dr. Koss is a world-

renowned expert in pulmonary pathology, guest lecturer

across the globe, and co-author of over a hundred peer-

reviewed articles. He will discuss “Pulmonary Lymphoid

Lesions for the General Surgical Pathologist.” This is

certain to be a very educational session for both general

surgical pathologists and pulmonary pathologists.


Sincerely, The Board

Inside…. Meet the Next Speaker 1 Dear Readers/Future Educational Programs 2 Resident/Fellow Symposium – Submission Instructions 3 Membership Information 4 Coroner’s Corner/PathXchange/Local Grand Rounds 5 Classifieds 6-7 Directions to Moseley SCC/LASOP Officers 8


March 12th Michael Koss, M.D.

“Pulmonary Lymphoid Lesions for the General Surgical Pathologist”

April 9th Slide Seminar

Kaiser Permanente


Symposium

June 11th Slide Seminar

Loma Linda University

July – August Summer Break

To submit a case, please follow the format and instructions outlined below: Create two PowerPoint presentations (PPT) and convert each of them to PDF before submitting them to [email protected]. Be sure to include in the body of your email all of your contact information. #1: The first PPT would be a "virtual slide" file that LASOP members would review before the meeting. This PDF presentation should include: * Page 1 - Your name and program affiliation * Page 2 - Pertinent patient history and symptoms * Pages 3+ - Images of the case (Note: Do NOT include the final diagnosis).

#2: The second PPT would be a "handout" that would be posted to the LASOP website directly after the

meeting. This PDF presentation should include:

* Page 1 - Your name and program affiliation * Page 2 - Pertinent patient history and symptoms * Pages 3+ - Images of the case PLUS the final diagnosis, discussion of any differentials and all references. Additional guidelines:

● It is the responsibility of the author(s) to ensure that the identity of a patient is not apparent from the information contained in a case report. ● Use conventional units of measurement throughout the manuscript, with conversion factors for Systeme

International (SI) units expressed once in parentheses after the first mention of the conventional unit.

Example: "The blood glucose concentration of 126 mg/dL (to convert to millimoles per liter, multiply by

0.0555) was used as a criterion for diagnosing diabetes." If several laboratory values are listed, conversion

factors may be listed in a paragraph at the end of the Materials and Methods or Report of a Case section. In

tables and figures, conversion factors should be presented in the footnote or legend. Hematologic values

should only be reported using conventional units.

● Use generic names of drugs, unless the specific trade name of a drug used is directly relevant to the discussion. ● Do not use abbreviations in the title or abstract, and limit their use in the text. ● When using acronyms, make certain the full name is spelled out on first use. ● Give sources (name of company and location) for all special reagents (eg, antibodies, enzymes, probes). ● In listing references, follow AMA style, abbreviating names of journals according to Index Medicus. ● Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references.

Deadline for submissions is March 25, 2013.

If selected, you will be contacted by the meeting's organizer by April 22, 2013.


The membership has voted the following applicants into the Society as Active Members:

Young Kim, M.D. o City Of Hope

The membership has voted the following applicants into the Society as Junior Members:

Haiyan Zhang, M.D. o LAC + USC

Beth Palla, M.D.

o UCLA

Vanda Farahmand, M.D. o UCLA


















Coroner’s Corner


PathXchange










Classifieds



Directions to Moseley Salvatori Conference Center:

(Adjacent to Good Samaritan Hospital)


All scientific programs will be held on the second Tuesday of each month, with the exception of the January All-Day Program. The pre-program reception is held between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Main Auditorium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Location of reception/program is the first floor of the Moseley Salvatori Conference Center, 637 South Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017, (213) 977-2555. Parking is $5.00 per car. Parking & Directions

Parking is provided in the Conference Center Parking Structure located directly across from the Center on Lucas Avenue. Parking is not valet but the lot is patrolled. Present your parking ticket to the LASOP receptionist in the lobby for a $1.00 discount, if the ticket is not validated in this manner, the parking charge is $6.00 as you leave the structure. From the HARBOR FREEWAY (110) SOUTHBOUND: Take the “Downtown Exit/Wilshire Blvd.” off ramp. Take Wilshire Blvd. Turn right onto Wilshire. Proceed West to Lucas Avenue. Turn Right. Parking Structure will be on the right. From the HARBOR FREEWAY (110) NORTHBOUND: Take the 3

rd Street Exit. Turn Left at Beaudry Avenue.

Turn Right at 6th Street. Turn Left on Lucas. Parking Structure is on the left. OR

Take the 6

th Street Exit. Turn Right on Flower Street. Turn Right on Wilshire Blvd. Turn Right on Lucas.

Parking structure is on the right.



March 2013 Volume 16 Issue 3

David Cassarino, M.D., Ph.D. ”Challenging Dermatohematopathology Case”

Karen L. Chang, M.D. “Physician-in-Charge”

Nafis Shafizadeh, M.D. “Another case of Elevated LFTs”

Sandy Wu, M.D. “Evaluation of Dwarfism in Fetal Autopsies”

APRIL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Tuesday, April 9, 2013









Spring Slide Seminar

Kaiser Permanente

Dear Readers,

We would like to thank our guest speaker, Michael Koss,

MD of USC. He graciously took time out of his schedule to

provide a lively, and enlightening discussion of pulmonary

lymphoid lesions, including a historical perspective of

lesions including LIP and granulomatosis, among others.








Also - there is still time left for residents to submit their

abstracts for the annual Resident/Fellow Symposium to be

held in May. Submissions are invited from all residents

and fellows from our regional training programs. Cash

presentations will be given to the top presenters. The

deadline for submission has been extended to April 5th.

For more details, please see page 3.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 for our semi-

annual slide seminar. This month Dr. David Cassarino,

Dr. Karen L. Chang, Dr. Nafis Shafizadeh and Dr. Sandy

Wu from Kaiser Permanente will present cases as listed on

the front page.



Inside…. Meet the Next Speakers 1 Dear Readers/Future Educational Programs 2 Resident/Fellow Symposium – Submission Instructions 3 Membership Information 4 Coroner’s Corner/PathXchange/Local Grand Rounds 5 Classifieds 6-7 Directions to Moseley SCC/LASOP Officers 8


April 9th

Spring Slide Seminar Kaiser Permanente


Symposium

June 11th Summer Slide Seminar Loma Linda University


September 10th Dr. David Cassarino

To submit a case, please follow the format and instructions outlined below: Create two PowerPoint presentations (PPT) and convert each of them to PDF before submitting them to [email protected]. Be sure to include in the body of your email all of your contact information. #1: The first PPT would be a "virtual slide" file that LASOP members would review before the meeting. This PDF presentation should include: * Page 1 - Your name and program affiliation * Page 2 - Pertinent patient history and symptoms * Pages 3+ - Images of the case (Note: Do NOT include the final diagnosis).

#2: The second PPT would be a "handout" that would be posted to the LASOP website directly after the meeting. This PDF presentation should include: * Page 1 - Your name and program affiliation * Page 2 - Pertinent patient history and symptoms * Pages 3+ - Images of the case PLUS the final diagnosis, discussion of any differentials and all references. Additional guidelines:

● It is the responsibility of the author(s) to ensure that the identity of a patient is not apparent from the information contained in a case report. ● Use conventional units of measurement throughout the manuscript, with conversion factors for Systeme

International (SI) units expressed once in parentheses after the first mention of the conventional unit.

Example: "The blood glucose concentration of 126 mg/dL (to convert to millimoles per liter, multiply by

0.0555) was used as a criterion for diagnosing diabetes." If several laboratory values are listed, conversion

factors may be listed in a paragraph at the end of the Materials and Methods or Report of a Case section. In

tables and figures, conversion factors should be presented in the footnote or legend. Hematologic values

should only be reported using conventional units.

● Use generic names of drugs, unless the specific trade name of a drug used is directly relevant to the discussion. ● Do not use abbreviations in the title or abstract, and limit their use in the text. ● When using acronyms, make certain the full name is spelled out on first use. ● Give sources (name of company and location) for all special reagents (e.g., antibodies, enzymes, probes). ● In listing references, follow AMA style, abbreviating names of journals according to Index Medicus. ● Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references.

The deadline has been extended to Noon of April 5, 2013.

If selected, you will be contacted by the meeting's organizer by April 22, 2013.


The membership has voted the following applicant into the Society as an Active Member:

Dennis D. Weisenburger, M.D. o City Of Hope

The membership has voted the following applicant into the Society as a Junior Member:

Shino Magaki, M.D. o UCLA


















Coroner’s Corner


PathXchange










Classifieds






All scientific programs will be held on the second Tuesday of each month, with the exception of the January All-Day Program. The pre-program reception is held between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Main Auditorium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Location of reception/program is the first floor of the Moseley Salvatori Conference Center, 637 South Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017, (213) 977-2555. Parking is $5.00 per car. Parking & Directions

Parking is provided in the Conference Center Parking Structure located directly across from the Center on Lucas Avenue. Parking is not valet but the lot is patrolled. Present your parking ticket to the LASOP receptionist in the lobby for a $1.00 discount, if the ticket is not validated in this manner, the parking charge is $6.00 as you leave the structure. From the HARBOR FREEWAY (110) SOUTHBOUND: Take the “Downtown Exit/Wilshire Blvd.” off ramp. Take Wilshire Blvd. Turn right onto Wilshire. Proceed West to Lucas Avenue. Turn Right. Parking Structure will be on the right. From the HARBOR FREEWAY (110) NORTHBOUND: Take the 3



Take the 6





April 2013 Volume 16 Issue 4

Sara Acree, M.D. LAC+USC

Vanda Farahmand, M.D. UCLA

Monica Phillips, M.D. UCLA

Saloni Walia, M.D. LAC+USC

Winnie Wu, M.D. UCLA

MAY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Tuesday, May 14, 2013




Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Los Angeles Society of Pathologists, Inc. takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

The Los Angeles Society of Pathologists, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in


Annual Resident and Fellow

Symposium

Dear Readers,

Thank you for joining us last month for the Spring Slide

Seminar presented Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles.

We continue this month with the Annual Resident and

Fellow Symposium, to be held on Tuesday May 14th. We

received many excellent applications and the 5 best

applicants were selected for oral presentation based on

quality and topic relevance to ensure the best symposium

possible. All other applicants will have the opportunity to

present their work in poster format and interact with other

LASOP members. Please join us for this evening

presentation to meet and support our junior members!




other things, to host our monthly meetings and invite guest

speakers from all over the country. Payments can be made

on-line at www.LASOP.org or you may contact Shirley

Jacke, Administrator, via email at [email protected] for

further assistance.

As usual, we look forward to seeing you in the audience!


.

Inside…. Meet the Next Speakers 1 Dear Readers/Future Educational Programs 2 Membership Information/Coroner’s Corner 3 PathXchange/Local Grand Rounds 4 Classifieds 5-6 Directions to Moseley SCC/LASOP Officers 7


May 14th

Annual Resident and Fellow Symposium




October 8th Fall Slide Seminar

USC








The membership has voted the following applicant into the Society as an Active Member:

Paul Pattengale, M.D. o Children’s Hospital Los Angeles




Coroner’s Corner










PathXchange









Classifieds


Serhan Alkan, M.D. Christina Day, M.D. Beverly A. James, M.D. Veronica Levy, M.D. Paul Pattengale, M.D. Jian-Hua Qiao, M.D. William Dean Wallace, M.D. Aaron James, M.D. – Resident Representative





All scientific programs will be held on the second Tuesday of each month, with the exception of the January All-Day Program. The pre-program reception is held between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Main Auditorium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Location of reception/program is the first floor of the Moseley Salvatori Conference Center, 637 South Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017, (213) 977-2555. Parking is $5.00 per car. Parking & Directions Parking is provided in the Conference Center Parking Structure located directly across from the Center on Lucas Avenue. Parking is not valet but the lot is patrolled. Present your parking ticket to the LASOP receptionist in the lobby for a $1.00 discount, if the ticket is not validated in this manner, the parking charge is $6.00 as you leave the structure. From the HARBOR FREEWAY (110) SOUTHBOUND: Take the “Downtown Exit/Wilshire Blvd.” off ramp. Take Wilshire Blvd. Turn right onto Wilshire. Proceed West to Lucas Avenue. Turn Right. Parking Structure will be on the right. From the HARBOR FREEWAY (110) NORTHBOUND: Take the 3



Take the 6





May 2013 Volume 16 Issue 5

Summer Blount, M.D. Title not available at time of newsletter

Laura Denham, M.D. Title not provided at time of newsletter

Cyrus Oster, M.D. Title not provided at time of newsletter

Bingbing Song, M.D. ‘Gliosarcoma’

Ying Zhao, M.D. ‘Wait or Treat’

JUNE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Tuesday, June 11, 2013







Summer Slide Seminar

Loma Linda University

Dear Readers,

Thank you for joining us last month for the 2013 Annual

Resident and Fellow Symposium. A big thanks to all the

residents and fellows that participated this year.

Congratulations goes to Dr. Winnie Wu from UCLA who

presented an interesting talk entitled, “Primary CNS

Histiocytic Sarcoma.” Also congratulations to runners up

Sara Acree and Monica Phillips. Thanks to everyone who

made this years Resident and Fellow Symposium a success.

As always, slides from the lectures are available online at

www.LASOP.org.

We continue our programs with the summer slide seminar,

presented by Loma Linda University, to be held on Tuesday

June 11th. Please join us for this evening presentation,

which will no doubt be another excellent slide seminar!




other things, to sponsor guest speakers. Payments can be

made on-line at www.LASOP.org or you may contact

Shirley Jacke, Administrator, via email at


As usual, we look forward to seeing you in the audience!


.







USC












Coroner’s Corner










PathXchange









Classifieds










Take the 6





August-September 2013 Volume 16 Issue 6

David Cassarino, M.D., Ph.D.

Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Program Objectives:

1. To be able to differentiate the typical histologic findings characteristic of primary

cutaneous T-cell lymphomas

2. To be able to identify the immunohistochemical stains which are useful in confirming the

diagnosis of primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas, and ruling out other entities in the

differential diagnosis

3. To be able to distinguish the clinical and prognostic features of these diseases

SEPTEMBER SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Tuesday, September 10, 2013







"Primary Cutaneous T-cell Lymphomas:

Classification & a Practical Diagnostic Approach"

Dear Readers,

Welcome back from the summer hiatus to our fall schedule

of LASOP. This September we will continue our seminar

series with Dr. David Cassarino, Consultant

Dermatopathologist from Southern California Permanente

Medical Group who will present "Primary Cutaneous T-

cell Lymphomas: Classification and a Practical Diagnostic

Approach." Mark your calendars for time and date. It

promises to be an engaging and informative presentation.

As always, you can renew your LASOP annual

membership in person at the meeting day or online anytime

at http://www.lasop.org

In addition, please save the date for our January All Day

Program, January 25th, 2014, the 17th Annual Current

Topics in Pathology - Pulmonary Pathology. The invited

and renowned speakers are Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD and

Kevin O. Leslie, MD.

As always, we look forward to seeing you in the audience!


.


Future Educational Programs 2013 - 2014

September 10th

Dr. David Cassarino “Primary Cutaneous T-cell

Lymphomas: Classification and a Practical Diagnostic Approach”


USC

November 12th To be announced

December 10th Dr. Stephen Geller

January 25th 2014 17th Annual Current Topics in

Pathology – Pulmonary Pathology All Day Program

Registration information coming soon













Coroner’s Corner










PathXchange









DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA

CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 10833 LE CONTE AVENUE

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90095-1732

6th International Melanoma Pathology Symposium

International Melanoma Pathology Study Group

Society for Melanoma Research 2013 Congress

Organizers:

Raymond L. Barnhill, David E. Elder, Klaus J. Busam, Richard Scolyer

President

Place: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown

1201 Market St

Philadelphia, PA 19107

United States

Tel: 215-625-2900

Date: Sunday, November 17, 2013

9:00 AM to 5:30 PM

Registration:

For entire Congress or Pathology Symposium only:

melanomacongress.com

For assistance:

Sara Burton 866-374-6338

[email protected]

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September-October 2013 Volume 16 Issue 7

Manju Aron, M.D.

"Renal cell carcinoma presenting as a multilocular cyst –

A case of a rare but distinct subtype of renal cell carcinoma"

Grace Kim, M.D.

“59 year old male with work-related head trauma"

Cuauhtemoc Magana, M.D.

“Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis”

Fabiola Medeiros, M.D.

“Cervical mass in a 19 year-old woman”

Evan Yung, M.D.

"Strongyloidiasis Hyperinfection in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus"

OCTOBER SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Tuesday, October 8, 2013







Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

Fall Slide Seminar

LAC + USC

Dear Readers,

We would like to thank our guest speaker for September,

Dr. David S. Cassarino of Kaiser Permanente, for his

enlightening overview of cutaneous T cell lymphomas,

ranging from the indolent to the aggressive. We greatly

appreciate Dr. Cassarino for graciously offering to share his

internationally recognized expertise with us.

Please join us this Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 for our Fall

slide seminar. This month faculty and staff from

LAC+USC will present a variety of fascinating cases that

promise to delight and inform.

Looking to the future, we continue to benefit from the

participation of internationally renowned speakers:

Dr. Harry Vinters will discuss Neuropathology in

November and Dr. Stephen Geller will give our annual

George Kypridakis Lecture in December. Our 17th Annual

All-Day scientific program is scheduled for January 25th,

2014, and will focus on current topics in Pulmonary

Pathology. The invited experts are Dr. Kevin Leslie from

the Mayo Clinic and Dr. Sanja Dacic from the University

of Pittsburgh. Registration information is coming soon.

At this time, we would also like to remind those who have

not already done so that you can easily renew your annual

membership on-line at www.LASOP.org or, if you prefer,

you may contact our administrator Shirley Jacke, at

[email protected] for further assistance. The financial

support of our membership allows us, among other things,

to sponsor excellent guest speakers such as these and paid

membership is necessary to receive CME credits for

attending our meetings.



Inside… Meet the Next Speakers 1 Dear Readers/Future Educational Programs 2 Membership Information 3 Coroner’s Corner/PathXchange/Local Grand Rounds 4 Classifieds 5-6 Announcements 7 Directions to Moseley SCC/LASOP Officers 8


October 8th

Fall Slide Seminar LAC + USC

November 12th Dr. Harry Vinters

UCLA Neuropathology of

Dementias/Alzheimer Disease

December 10th Annual George Kypridakis Lecture

Dr. Stephen Geller




February 11th 2014 Dr. Scott Nelson



The Board has voted the following applicant into the Society as an Active member:

Raymond L. Barnhill, M.D. o UCLA

The Board has voted the following applicants into the Society as Junior members:

Lawrence K. Low, M.D. o UCLA

Tobi Quinto, M.D.

o City of Hope

Deepti Reddi, M.D. o City of Hope

Marjorie Sy, M.D.

o USC Membership applications are received on a continual basis and are reviewed at the next monthly Board Meeting. For more information, please contact the Society’s Administrator, Shirley Ann Jacke, at 310-746-7212 or [email protected]









Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner: Mark A. Fajardo, MD

Chief of Forensic Medicine: Christopher B. Rogers, MD, MBA







Coroner’s Corner


PathXchange
















Organizers:


President


1201 Market St


United States

Tel: 215-625-2900


9:00 AM to 5:30 PM

Registration:



For assistance:


[email protected]

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Bharat N. Nathwani, M.D. Professor, Pathology

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Bharat N. Nathwani, M.D., who

has returned back to COH, as a Professor of Pathology. He joins City of Hope

after working at Cedars Sinai Medical Center for the past 4 years. Prior to

that, Dr. Nathwani worked at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, where he

was a tenured professor of pathology from 1984 to 2009. Dr. Nathwani first

came to City of Hope in 1975 with Dr. Henry Rappaport and he worked in the

Department of Pathology until 1984.

Dr. Nathwani earned his medical doctorate and completed an internship at the Grant Medical College

& J.J. Group of Hospitals in Mumbai. After completing 3 years of residency and passing the Indian

Boards of Pathology in 1972, he arrived for additional training in Chicago where he did a clinical

hematology fellowship at the Cook County Hospital, with an additional pathology residency at Rush

University Medical Center in Chicago, before joining City of Hope in 1975.

Dr. Nathwani is an internationally acclaimed hematopathologist, with a lifetime of experience in

lymphoid malignancies. He is one of five international experts chosen to review over 1400 cases of

lymphoma in eight countries (1995); and, as part of a large NIH study on the epidemiology of

lymphoma in the developing world, he was part of a team which reviewed 5400 cases of lymphoma in

26 countries between 1995 and 2012. He is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO)

Committee on Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of the Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues, and

has received the Most Distinguished Physician Award in 2002 from the American Association of

Physicians of Indian Origin. He was awarded for excellence in teaching at USC in 1991, 1999, 2000 and

2003. He has been invited to give lymphoma courses and workshops throughout the world.

Dr. Nathwani received two R01 grants, as a Principal Investigator, from the NCI on computer aided

diagnosis of lymph node disease, and the clinical use of these systems. He has published 163 papers

in the peer reviewed literature. He is Board certified in Anatomic Pathology.

Dr. Nathwani brings his consultation files of 20,000 cases. He will be serving as a Director of

Pathology Consultation Services, and will be involved in teaching and clinical research.

Please join me in extending a very warm City of Hope welcome home to Dr. Nathwani. We are very

fortunate to have recruited this internationally esteemed lymphoma pathologist to our team of

experts.

Dennis D. Weisenberger, M.D.

Chairman of Pathology - City of Hope National Medical Center

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October-November 2013 Volume 16 Issue 8

Harry Vinters, M.D.

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Neurology

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Objectives of Program:

1. To demonstrate and review the role of Neuropathology in understanding the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease and related dementias

2. To analyze the current (and recently revised) diagnostic criteria for the neuropathologic assessment of dementia brains

3. To show an outline of immunohistochemical approaches to examining Alzheimer and non-AD dementia brains

4. To investigate the role of diagnostic and experimental neuropathology in future research efforts in Alzheimer disease and related dementias.

NOVEMBER SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Tuesday, November 12, 2013







Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

“Neuropathology of Dementias/Alzheimer Disease”

Dear Readers,

We would like to thank our guest faculty and residents

from LAC+USC for the recent Fall Slide Seminar, Drs.

Manju Aron, Grace Kim, Cuauhtemoc Magana, Fabiola

Medeiros, and Evan Yung. We greatly appreciate their time

in presenting an exceptional slide seminar.

Please join us this Tuesday, November 12th, 2013. Dr.

Harry Vinters of UCLA, an internationally renowned

neuropathologist, will be discussing the "Neuropathology

of Dementias / Alzheimer Disease."

Looking to the future, we continue to benefit from the

participation of experts in their field, including:

Dr. Stephen Geller will give our annual George Kypridakis

Lecture in December. Our 17th Annual All-Day scientific

program is scheduled for January 25th, 2014, and will focus

on current topics in Pulmonary Pathology. The invited

experts are Dr. Kevin Leslie from the Mayo Clinic and Dr.

Sanja Dacic from the University of Pittsburgh.

Registration information is coming soon.

At this time, we would also like to remind those who have

not already done so that you can easily renew your annual

membership on-line at www.LASOP.org or, if you prefer,

you may contact our administrator Shirley Jacke,

at [email protected] for further assistance.



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Inside… Meet the Next Speakers 1 Dear Readers/Future Educational Programs 2 Membership Information 3 Coroner’s Corner/PathXchange/Local Grand Rounds 4 Classifieds 5-7 Directions to Moseley SCC/LASOP Officers 8


November 12th Dr. Harry Vinters

UCLA Neuropathology of

Dementias/Alzheimer Disease

December 10th Annual George Kypridakis Lecture

Dr. Stephen Geller




February 11th 2014 Dr. Scott Nelson

Soft Tissue Pathology

March 11th 2014 Dr. Para Chandrasoma

GI Pathology



The Board has voted the following applicant into the Society as an Active member:

Agnes Wu, M.D. o Mercy & Mercy Southwest - Bakersfield

The Board has voted the following applicants into the Society as Junior members:

Khaled Sarah, M.D. o UCLA

Julie Marie Huss, M.D.

o UCLA

Michael O. Alberti, M.D. o UCLA

Michael Lee, M.D.

o UCLA Membership applications are received on a continual basis and are reviewed at the next monthly Board Meeting. For more information, please contact the Society’s Administrator, Shirley Ann Jacke, at 310-746-7212 or [email protected]









Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner: Mark A. Fajardo, MD

Chief of Forensic Medicine: Christopher B. Rogers, MD, MBA







Coroner’s Corner


PathXchange
















Organizers:


President


1201 Market St


United States

Tel: 215-625-2900


9:00 AM to 5:30 PM

Registration:



For assistance:


[email protected]

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Presented by Dr. Ken Bloom

Clarient

Tuesday, November 19 6:00pm Arrival 6:30pm Presentation and Dinner

Crustacean Restaurant 9646 Santa Monica Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA

**SPACE IS LIMITED** Please RSVP as soon as possible

Lori Lanphere 559-213-9877

Sponsored by Genentech

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