EVENTS

22nd Annual Combined Skin and Pathology Course

49th Annual Postgraduate Course in Dermatopathology

28th Annual Practical Skin Pathology Course

Friday, July 25, 2008 - Wednesday, July 30, 2008 At the Hyatt Regency Tech Center Denver, Colorado

With over 50 formal lectures covering the field of Dermatopathlogy using color photographs and photomicrographs with printed handout descriptions.

PDF Registration Form: 22nd Combined Skin Pathology Course Registration Form

OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES

The Combined Skin Pathology Course is designed for pathologists, dermatologists, dermatopathologists, residents, and fellows who have an interest in cutaneous pathology.

Participants will receive a comprehensive and intensive experience in dermatopathology and upon completion of the course, they should be able to:

– Improve their ability to interpret microscopic sections of skin lesions
– Identify areas of weakness & enhance their diagnostic skills in these areas
– Determine clinicopathologic correlation.
– Enhance their knowledge and skills in preparing for the Boards

The course includes lectures, 150 microscopes, more than 600 teaching-quality glass slides complete with clinical photographs, optional evening dinner lectures, and an opportunity to review slides at a multi-headed microscope with a faculty member. New to the course will be a CD-ROM (1000 page question and discussion with clinical photographs and photomicrographs) which may be purchased separately at the meeting. The course will have separate lecture hall, microscope laboratory, and five-head microscope consultation room.

Accreditation

American Academy of Dermatology The 22ND COMBINED SKIN PATHOLOGY COURSE (Program number 179100) is recognized by the American Academy of Dermatology for 31 hours of AAD category 1 CME credit and may be used toward the American Academy of Dermatology's Continuing Medical Education Award.

American Society of Clinical Pathologists

Completion of this course also fulfills the criteria for category A1 Credit, Pathology Continuing Medical Education Award, American Society of Clinical Pathologists.

American Medical Association Physician Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Medical Education Resources and CU Dermatopathology Consultants. Medical Education Resources is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Medical Education Resources designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 31 category 1 credits toward the AMA's Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

COURSE DIRECTORS

James E. Fitzpatrick, M.D.
Whitney High, M.D.
Waine C. Johnson, M.D.
Alan R. Silverman, M.D.

FACULTY

Anwell Chang, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, CO

Joseph Chorny, M.D.
Colorado Pathology Consultants, P.C.
Arvada, CO

Clay Cockerell, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

James E. Fitzpatrick, M.D.
Professor of Dermatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, CO

Marti Friednash, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, CO

Loren E. Golitz, M.D.
Professor of Dermatology and Pathology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO

Diane Heasley, D.O.
Unipath, LLC
Denver, CO

Whitney High, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, CO

Waine C. Johnson, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Joe Olivere, M.D.
Unipath, LLC
Denver, CO

Lori Prok, M.D.
Instructor of Dermatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, CO

Alan R. Silverman, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
West Virginia University, WV

John Smith, III, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, CO

Leonard C. Sperling, M.D.
Professor of Dermatology
Uniformed Services University Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD

Jean Urquhart, M.D.
Instructor of Dermatology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, CO

SCHEDULE

Friday, July 25

Time

Event

Speaker

2:00-5:00 p.m.	Registration
7:00-9:00 p.m.	Optional Dinner
	What's New in Dermatopathology	Dr. Fitzpatrick

Saturday, July 26

Time

Event

Speaker

7:00-8:00 a.m.	Registration
8:00- 12:00 p.m.	Scientific Session	Dr. Fitzpatrick
8:00 a.m.	Inflammatory Reaction Patterns	Dr. Fitzpatrick
8:30 a.m.	Disorders of Keratinization	Dr. Fitzpatrick
9:00 a.m.	Lichenoid Dermatitis	Dr. Silverman
9:45 a.m.	Breaks and Refreshments
10:00 a.m.	Psoriasiform Dermatitis	Dr. Fitzpatrick
10:30 a.m.	Clinical and Histologic Diagnosis of Melanoma	Dr. Cockerell
11:30 a.m.	Spongiotic Dermatitis	Dr. Silverman
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 p.m.	Supervised Slide Study (150 cases)	Dr. Prok
5:00-12:00 p.m.	Unsupervised Slide Study
Lunch Option 12:00-1:30 p.m.	Dermatopathology Secrets	Dr. Cockerell
Consultation Options
12:00 p.m.	Follicular Tumors	Dr. Fitzpatrick
1:00 p.m.	Histologic Signs of Systemic Disease	Dr. Golitz
2:00 p.m.	Great Cases from Philadelphia I	Dr. Johnson
3:00 p.m.	Great Cases from Dallas	Dr. Cockerell
4:00 p.m.	Inflammatory Dermatoses I	Dr. Silverman
5:00 p.m.	Nevus-Melanoma Problems	Dr. Golitz
6:00 p.m.	Inflammatory Dermatoses II	Dr. Silverman
7:00 p.m.	For Dermatology Residents Only	Dr. Prok
Dinner Option
7:00-9:00 p.m.	Medical Legal Dermatopathology	Dr. High

Sunday, July 27

Time

Event

Speaker

8:00-12:00 p.m.	Scientific Session	Dr. Johnson
8:00 a.m.	Superficial and Deep Dermatitis	Dr. High
8:30 a.m.	Evaluation of Alopecia	Dr. Sperling
9:15 a.m.	Disorders of Collagen	Dr. High
9:45 a.m.	Break and Refreshments
10:00 a.m.	Granulomatous Dermatitis	Dr. Johnson
10:45 a.m.	Non-Scarring Alopecia	Dr. Sperling
11:30 a.m.	Panniculitis	Dr. Fitzpatrick
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 p.m.	Discussion of Unknown Slide Set 1	Dr. Johnson
3:00-6:00 p.m.	Supervised Slide Study (150 cases)	Dr. Urquhart
6:00-12:00 p.m.	Unsupervised Slide Study
Lunch Option 12:00-1:30 p.m.	Scarring Alopecia	Dr. Sperling
Consultation Options
12:00 p.m.	Panniculitis	Dr. Fitzpatrick
1:00 p.m.	Great Cases from Philadelphia	Dr. Johnson
2:00 p.m.	Tropical Cutaneous Pathology	Dr. High
3:00 p.m.	Alopecia I	Dr. Sperling
4:00 p.m.	Problematic Melanocytic Lesions	Dr. Fitzpatrick
5:00 p.m.	Alopecia II	Dr. Sperling
6:00 p.m.	It's Hard- Fibrosing and Sclerotic Disorders	Dr. High
7:00 p.m.	Great Cases form Pittsburgh	Dr. Silverman
Dinner Option
7:00-9:00 p.m.	Studying for the Dermatology Boards	Dr. Prok

Monday, July 28

Time

Event

Speaker

8:00-12:00 p.m.	Scientific Session	Dr. Silverman
8:00 a.m.	Benign Melanocytic Tumors	Dr. Chang
8:30 a.m.	Atypical and Borderline Melanocytic Tumors	Dr. Fitzpatrick
9:00 a.m.	Malignant Melanocytic Tumors	Dr. High
9:45 a.m.	Break and Refreshments
10:00 a.m.	Follicular Tumors	Dr. Fitzpatrick
10:45 a.m.	Sebaceous Gland Tumors	Dr. Chorny
11:15 a.m.	Sweat Gland Tumors	Dr. Olivere
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 p.m.	Discussion of Unknown Slide Set 2	Dr. Silverman
3:00-6:00 p.m.	Supervised Slide Study (150 cases)	Dr. Chang
6:00-12:00 p.m.	Unsupervised Slide Study
Lunch Option 12:00-1:30 p.m.	Studying for the Dermatopathology Boards	Dr. Urquhart
Consultation Options
12:00 p.m.	Great Cases from Denver	Dr. Olivere
1:00 p.m.	Potpourri I	Dr. Chorny
2:00 p.m.	Problematic Melanocytic Lesions I	Dr. Chang
3:00 p.m.	Preparing for Dermatopathology Boards	Dr. Urquhart
4:00 p.m.	Atypical Melanocytic Lesions	Dr. High
5:00 p.m.	Potpourri II	Dr. Chorny
6:00 p.m.	Sweat Gland Tumors	Dr. Olivere
7:00 p.m.	Preparing for Dermatopathology Boards	Dr. Urquhart
Dinner Option
7:00-9:00 p.m.	Extraordinary Tropical Dermatopathology Cases	Dr. High

Tuesday, July 29

Time

Event

Speaker

8:00-12:00 p.m.	Scientific Session	Dr. High
8:00 a.m.	Epithelial Cysts	Dr. Golitz
8:30 a.m.	Epidermal Tumors	Dr. High
9:15 a.m.	Cutaneous Metastases	Dr. Smith
9:45 a.m.	Break and Refreshments
10:00 a.m.	T-Cell Lymphoma	Dr. High
10:45 a.m.	B-cell Lymphoma	Dr. Fitzpatrick
11:30 a.m.	Histiocytic and Mast Cell Neoplasms	Dr. Prok
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 p.m.	Discussion of Unknown Slide Set 3	Dr. Chorny
3:00-6:00 p.m.	Supervised Slide Study (150 cases)	Dr. Smith
6:00-12:00 p.m.	Unsupervised Slide Study
Lunch Option 12:00-1:30 p.m.	Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Melanoma	Dr. Golitz
Consultation Options
12:00 p.m.	Spindle Cell Tumors I	Dr. Torgerson
1:00 p.m.	Cases from Kaiser I	Dr. Smith
2:00 p.m.	Great Cases from Denver I	Dr. Friednash
3:00 p.m.	Spindle Cell Tumors II	Dr. Torgerson
4:00 p.m.	Great Cases from Denver II	Dr. Friednash
5:00 p.m.	Problematic Melanocytic Lesions II	Dr. Chang
6:00 p.m.	Cases from Kaiser II	Dr. Smith
7:00 p.m.	Cases from the Big Apple	Dr. Chang

Wednesday, July 30

Time

Event

Speaker

8:00-12:00 p.m.	Scientific Session	Dr. Smith
8:00 a.m.	Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Tumors	Dr. Fitzpatrick
9:00 a.m.	Vascular Tumors	Dr. Heasley
9:45 a.m.	Break and Refreshments
10:00 a.m.	Neural Tumors	Dr. Friednash
10:30 a.m.	Tumors of Fat and Muscle	Dr. Torgerson
11:00 a.m.	Discussion of Unknown Slide Set 4	Dr. Smith
12:00 p.m.	Meeting Adjourns

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Transportation

The Hyatt Regency Tech Center is situated approximately 28 miles from the Denver International Airport. Shuttle service to and from the airport is provided by Super Shuttle and by Blue Sky Shuttle. Taxis are available from level 5 at the main terminal. Please inform the dispatcher that you want a “Flat Rate Taxi”. Rental cars are also available at the airport.

techcenter.hyatt.com

Airline Reservations

For information on discounted airfares, please contact Steve Rule with our travel agency Unbridled Travel at 1-800-747-1292 and indicate that you are attending this medical meeting.

Email Steve Rule: stephen@unbridledtravel.com

Hotel Accommodations

The meeting is being held at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Tech Center which is located at 7800 East Tufts Avenue Denver, Colorado 80237. Hotel information will be sent to all registrants.

A block of rooms has been reserved for this conference at the special rate of $135 per night for single or double occupancy. To receive this room rate, reservations must be made through Medical Education Resources at 1-800-421-3756. A one-night's deposit is required to hold your room reservation. There is no charge for room cancellations 72 hours prior to your arrival. Otherwise, a one-night's deposit is forfeited which is also true for early departures. Once the room block is filled, rooms and room rates are subject to availability. Please support this important educational conference by booking within the designated room block.

Registration Fees & Policies

– $ 695 Physician registration fee ( prior to June 15, 2008)
– $ 725 Physician registration fee ( after June 15, 2008)
– $ 460 Resident/ Fellow registration fee

– $ 50 Special Lecture Dinners
– $ 35 Special Lecture Lunches

PDF Registration Form: 22nd Combined Skin Pathology Course Registration Form

To register call Medical Education Resources at 303-798-9682 or 1-800-421-3756

Conference registrations must be accompanied by payment. We cannot confirm your course registration until payment is received. Within 24 hours of receipt of your registration, a confirmation of your registration will be mailed. Course material is provided at the conference. Registration fee includes continental breakfast and beverages during breaks. A fee of $150 is charged for cancellations received by July 1, 2008. After this date, no refunds will be made; however, credit may be provided towards future conferences.