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2012 USCAP GIPS
Forum:
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE IN THE PRACTICE OF GASTROINTESTINAL
PATHOLOGY: Vancouver Convention Center 211-214 March 17, 2012 3 - 5
pm
2012
USCAP Companion Meeting: Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Systemic
Diseases: Vancouver Convention Center Ballroom A/B March 18, 2012
1:30 to 5 pm
2012 GIPS Business meeting: Vancouver Convention
Center Ballroom A/B. 5 - 5:30 pm
2012 GIPS reception: Vancouver Pan Pacific Hotel,
Coal Harbour Ste. 5:30 pm to 8 pm
GIPS Abstract Award:
All pathology
residents/fellows who are presenting an abstract as first author at
the annual USCAP meeting in Vancouver in March 2012 are eligible to
apply. The award comprises of a certificate from GIPS, a sum of
$500, and free registration at a GI course (see below for list).
Interested candidates
should submit the following information: title of the study, poster
or platform, abstract number, poster number, day and time of
presentation (AM/PM for poster, exact time for platform
presentation) and year of training (e.g., PGY3). This information
should be sent to Dr. Matthew Yeh, Chair of Training Committee at
the following address below via e-mail or regular mail by February
21, 2012.
2011 Abstract Award Winner:
Kevin Golden, Brigham & Women's Hospital. High Goblet Cell Density
Protects Against Progression to Adenocarcinoma in Patients with
Barrett's Esophagus.
GIPS Travel Award:
The
Roger Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society (GIPS) would like
to invite applications for the “GIPS Travel Award”. Each year, this
award is given by GIPS to pathology residents who are interested in
gastrointestinal pathology. The award comprises of free registration
to selected GI courses and a sum of $500 to cover travel-related
expenses. The courses currently offered are:
1)
Harvard
Medical School:
Gastrointestinal, Liver and Pancreatic Pathology, Boston, MA
(May 7-10, 2012)
http://www.massgeneral.org/pathology/training/cme.aspx
2) Johns
Hopkins: Current Topics in Gastrointestinal Pathology, Baltimore, MD.
http://www.hopkinscme.edu/CourseDetail.aspx/80020846
3) American Society
for Clinical Pathology: Surgical Pathology of the GI tract, Chicago
IL
(April 30- May 4, 2012)
http://www.ascp.org/Store/Meetings/E121806.html#StoreList
4) Tutorial on the Pathology of the GI Tract, Pancreas and
Liver, Weill Cornell Medical College; Miami FL (November 12-16,
2011)
http://www.cornellpathology.org/tut_gi_panc_liv.html?name1=Introduction&type1=2Active
Interested candidates
should submit their CV with a cover letter indicating their interest
in GI pathology and how they would benefit from this award. Please
also rank the courses the applicant would like to attend from the
above choices. The application can be sent to Dr. Yeh via e-mail or
regular mail on or before February 21, 2012.
If you have any further questions regarding this award,
please do not hesitate to contact him.
Matthew
M. Yeh, MD, PhD
Chair, GIPS Training
Committee
Director, Gastrointestinal
and Hepatic Pathology Fellowship Program
University of Washington School of Medicine
1959 NE Pacific Street, NE140D
2011 Travel Award Winners:
Stephanie L. Claasen, Madigan Army Medical Center
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