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Pathology Interest Group
Netto Teaches in Europe,
Draws Crowds
South America and Asia
On August 15, more than 60 UAB School of Medicine medical students took part in the Pathology Interest Group Lunch and Learn held in Volker Hall. This was the group’s first meeting of this academic year, organized by Hannah Cutshall (MS2).
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Danielle Fasciano, D.O., Chief Resident, Clinical Pathology, (PGY4) gave a presentation introducing the career of a pathologist, focusing on the subspecialties, the UAB training program, and elective/scholarly possibilities within the Department of Pathology for medical students. David Dorn, M.D. (Hemepath fellow, previous Anatomic Pathology Chief Resident, and previous UAB medical student) was in attendance as was Christine Arnesen, M.D. (PGY3). Faculty advisors Silvio Litovsky, M.D., Professor, Anatomic Pathology, and Brandi McCleskey, M.D., Assistant Professor, Forensic Pathology, also attended and invited attendees to rotate through the department, as well as other Pathology Interest Group events.
On Tuesday evening, August 27,
the Pathology Interest Group gathered in the Surgical Pathology conference room in North Pavilion, named in honor of Dr. Vishnu Reddy, Professor, Anatomic Pathology. They came together as part of a co-enrollment course between Forensic Medicine and Public Health, “How the Dead Can Teach the Living,” led by Brandi McCleskey, M.D., Assistant Professor, Forensic Pathology. The course invited students in the interest group to come view slides on the room’s multi-head microscopes. The session covered topics such as cardiac, pulmonary, renal and gastrointestinal pathology, and was taught by residents Danielle Fasciano, Chief Resident, Bo Chen, PGY-4, Taylor Pickens, PGY-3, and Oraine Snaith, PGY-2.
Department of Pathology was represented internationally by our chair, George J. Netto, M.D., Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair, as he delivered lectures and coursework at international conferences this fall.
In October, Dr. Netto attended the LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS OF PATHOLOGY, SLAP Congress 2019, in Lima, Peru, where he spoke on “When Our Doubts Go Beyond the H-E: Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Techniques that Help Us in Urological Pathology.” From there, Dr. Netto traveled to the FIRST BALKAN SCHOOL OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY in Sofia, Bulgaria, for the Second Balkan Conference of Personlized Medicine in October, where he delivered lectures on “Liquid Biopsy: Plasma and Beyond.” The next leg took place in Asia, where first Dr. Netto attended the 9th Annual meeting of Chinese Pathologists and the 25TH CONGRESS OF CHINESE SOCIETY OF PATHOLOGY,
November 14-17 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. Sponsored by the Chinese Medical Association and the Chinese Society of Pathology (CSP), this event is organized by Henan Provincial Medical Association and Henan Provincial Society of Pathology. CSP has a history of almost 100 years and is the largest official organization for Chinese pathologists and technicians, estimated at more than 18,000 pathologists.
The conference plays an important role in promoting education and research, covering every specialty from cytology, head and neck, GI, breast, soft tissue and molecular medicine. The annual meeting usually attracts more than 4,000 attendees from all over China. The final stop was in Balikpapan, Indonesia, to speak at the INDONESIAN
ASSOCIATION OF PATHOLOGISTS’ ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
in November on “Pathology in the Future.” The meeting is co-organized by the APIAP and supported by the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists. During this conference, Dr. Netto was recognized by the organizing associations. This trip reflects a broader effort by the Department of Pathology to represent UAB and the Southeast internationally, with many of our faculty and researchers presenting at conferences across the nation and around the world. UAB Pathology has a memorandum of understanding to serve as a sister institution to the University of Zagreb, Croatia, as well as the Universidada San Francisco de Quito, Equador. We look forward to adding additional partner institutions in the near future.
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