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Dear
members, Three years later these ‘fish in a stream’ are ‘beached ’ on unfamiliar shores. There are no further entrance tests to take, the foreign gateway is getting narrower, and the majority find themselves ill prepared to begin a career for which they spent three years qualifying. The sad fact is that the PG course in Pathology in the majority of Universities emphasises anatomic pathology and hematopathology, while the real world requires a pathologist to be first and foremost a clinical biochemist. Our PG courses are largely out of synch with the needs of the vast number of patholgists who practice outside of the protected and rarefied environments of the teaching institutions. The result is that young pathologists soldier on in the field doing the best (some would say ‘the worst’) they can with clinical pathology, while their skills in the ‘exciting and soul satisfying’ disciplines (as one of my students put it) of histopathology and cytopathology slowly go to seed. There is little that the IAP-ID as a body can do to influence a change of policy with regard to course content, teaching, or the system of examination at the MD. However, since the majority of patholgists in the field accept and report on some, if only a few surgical pathology specimens, the IAP-ID can and should expand its present scope of holding educational workshops and CME’s to support other activities that encourage professional development in surgical pathology. The formation of surgical pathology clubs for practising pathologists to share and exchange material and ideas, and mini EQA and proficiency testing exercises are some examples. In Mumbai, one such group activity, aimed at education and self evaluation of the skills of individual pathologists who join the scheme, was initiated under the dynamic leadership of Dr. R B Deshpande of Hinduja Hospital. The scheme is called Continuing Professional Development or, CPD for short. For a nominal fee to meet costs, histopathology slides are circulated to all members in the scheme three times in a year. On receipt of the completed answer sheets, feed back on the diagnosis
with a short write up on the case are sent to the participants. At a meeting
to mark the completion of one year in operation, participants judged the
scheme a success. Many more members were enrolled. I have no doubt that
other group activities exist in other parts of our country outside of
the major teaching institutions. The IAP- ID would like to hear of these
activities so that information about them could be disseminated in the
Newsletter and on the website. In the future, I hope that our division
will play a more facilitatory role in such activities, so that regional
and finally a national Voluntary EQA program are realised in India. |
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| Membership
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Please send your Annual Membership Fees of Rs. 300 by Demand Draft payable at " Panaji (Goa) " or Rs. 325 if by cheque. Membership fees for 5 years are now being accepted. The fees are Rs. 1500 by Demand Draft payable at " Panaji Goa) " or Rs. 1550 if by cheque. Draft / Cheque made payable in favour of " Secretary / Treasurer, IAP-Indian Division". Membership~fees to be sent to: Dr. Francisco Couto, Secretary & Treasurer, IAP-ID. 714, La Campala Colony Panaji - 403 001, Goa. |
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| Editor's
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It is my privilege
and pleasure to present to you the second issue for 2004 of the IAP-ID
Newsletter ( Vol 7, No 2, July 2004 ). The Newsletter is the forum through
which members can keep themselves acquainted with the various activities
of the IAP – Indian Division as well as the IAP and I hope the members
find this issue informative as well as pleasant reading. I do emphasize, yet again, the great need for members to arrange sponsors
and advertisers for the IAP-ID Newsletter to make it self financing. The
sponsors / advertisers should send their advertisement material and Demand
Drafts in favour of “Secretary & Treasurer, IAP - Indian Division”
payable at “Panaji (Goa)” and send it to the following address:
Dr.Francisco Couto, Secretary & Treasurer, IAP–Indian Division,
714, La Campala Colony, Panaji – 403001, Goa. Dr. Francisco Couto |
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| Guest Speaker
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This year for the IAP-ID Annual Meeting 2004 at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, our invited Guest Speaker will be Dr. Teo van der Kwast, Professor and Head of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands . A brief Biodata of Dr. van der Kwast is given here under for the benefit of the members: Dr. THEO VAN DER KWAS
Professor van der Kwast has held several positions in his career having been Associate Professor of Pathology at the Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Consultant in Cytology from 1985 to 1995 following which till 1999 he held the post of Professor of Experimental Pathology, Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 1999 he was appointed the Professor of Clinical Pathology and is currently the Head of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital Rotterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam. In September this year Professor van der Kwast is due to join as Professor at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada. Dr. van der Kwast has varied diagnostic
interests and is a Consultant in Urogenital Pathology; Oncological Pathology
at the Rotterdam Cancer Center; and Cytology, including Gynaecological
Cytology. His resesearch interests include Molecular diagnosis of urinary
bladder cancer and Early detection of prostate cancer. He is a prolific
writer and has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is
also actively involved in teaching and is the supervisor for resident
training in Clinical Pathology, PhD students and Medical curriculum. In the Netherlands he is also on several committees namely Member of the committee and supervisory board of “Stichting Pameyer-Keerkring”, Rotterdam; permanent scientific committee and curriculum committee of the Medical Faculty of the Erasmus University, Rotterdam; supervisory committee for medical biological teaching at the Laboratoriumschool Rijnland; advisory board of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Rotterdam; teaching committee of the Postgraduate School “Pathophysiology of Growth and Differentiation”. He is a member of several associations like Dutch Pathologists Association, European Society of Pathology, European Society for Urological Oncology and Endocrinology, British Division of the International Academy of Pathologists, International Society of Urological Pathology, American Association for Cancer Research, and, European Society of Pathology. The IAP – Indian Division is
happy to have Prof. Theo van der Kwast as its invited Guest Speaker for
the IAP-ID Annual Meeting 2004 at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune,
and extends a very warm welcome to him. |
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| IAP-ID Mid Year Teaching Programme 2004 |
The Mid Year Teaching Programme of the IAP-ID, the “Workshop on Gynaecologic Pathology” was held on the 24 th and 25 th April 2004 at T.N. Medical College, Mumbai. The Programme Director was Dr. Jaya Deshpande and the Organising Secretaries were Dr. Leena Naik and Dr. Kusum Jashnani. The meeting was very well attended with 264 delegates from all parts of the country participating in the proceedings. Delegates were highly appreciative of the programme which was extremely well organized and conducted.
The Inauguration function of the Programme The meeting started with a brief Inauguration function and the Chief Guest was Dr. Ravindra Bapat, Vice Chancellor, Maharastra University of Health Sciences (MUHS). Dr. Geeta Koppikar, Dean, T. N. Medical College was the Guest of Honour and released the Proceedings Booklet. Also in attendance were Dr. Anita Borges, President of IAP-ID; Dr. K. R. Harilal, Vice President (Asia) IAP; and Dr. Francisco Couto, Secretary & Treasurer IAP-ID. The meeting gave a problem solving approach to Gynaecological Pathology. The two day course covered important aspects of Gynaec Pathology involving the Endometrium, Cervix and Ovaries. The emphasis was on preneoplastic, borderline neoplastic lesions and hormonal pathology and commonly encountered problems in day to day practice were covered. The faculty consisted of eminent Pathologists and Gynaecologists and were excellent in their presentations. The topic was extensively and comprehensively covered by the speakers. Amongst the topics covered were “Gestational Trophoblastic Disease” by Dr. Anita Borges; “Endometrium in DUB and Infertility” and “Endometrial Intraepithelial Neoplasia” by Dr. Pramod Purohit; “Gestational Patterns and Effects of Hormones on Endometrium” by Dr. Keyuri Patel; “Dating of Normal Endometrium” and “Endometrial Hyperplasia” by Dr. Kusum Jashnani; “A Clinician’s Perspective of a Pathologist’s Report” by Dr. Chingling Yi; “Laproscopic Gynaec Surgery” by Dr. Neeta Warty; “Pathology of Newer Gynaec Surgery” by Dr. Ramesh Deshpande; “Bethesda System 2001” – ASCUS by Dr. Leena Naik, LSIL & HSIL by Dr. Jyoti Rege, AGUS by Dr. Tanuja Shet; “Histology of Intraepithelial Squamous and Glandular lesions of Cervix” and “Borderline Ovarian Tumours” by Dr. Shubhada Kane; “Non Neoplastic Lesions of Uterine Adnexae” by Dr. Chitra Madiwale; and a “Kodachrome Quiz” by Dr. Sanjay Navani and Dr. Urmi Chakravarti. A Proceedings Booklet and a CD of the proceedings were also given to the delegates. At the brief valedictory function Dr. Francisco Couto, Secretary &
Treasurer of the IAP-ID, was deeply appreciative of the excellent Workshop
which was conducted and on behalf of the IAP-ID thanked Dr. Jaya Deshpande,
Programme Director, and Dr. Leena Naik and Dr. Kusum Jashnani, Organising
Secretaries, and their team for organizing and conducting the Programme.
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XXV Congress of The International Academy of Pathology Brisbane, Queensland Australia Sunday 10th to Friday 15th October 2004 Secretariat:
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| IAP-ID Annual Meeting 2004, Pune |
SYMPOSIUM
SLIDE SEMINAR
PROGRAMME OF THE IAP-ID ANNUAL MEETING 2004
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| IAP-ID 7th |
The IAP-ID 7 th Annual CME on “Update on Histological Grading of Neoplasms” will be held on 26 th September 2004 at the Sree Achutha Menon Centre Auditorium (SCTIMST), Medical College Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala. The CME brochures have already been mailed to all the IAP-ID members by the Organizers. For further details contact: |
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| Slide Sets on |
Slide Sets on “Splenic Pathology” will be on sale for those members wishing to view the glass slides before the Slide Seminar to be conducted by Dr. K. Gayathri at the IAP-ID Annual Meeting at Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune and will be provided on a first come first serve basis. Although efforts will be made to accommodate all requests as far as possible those sending their requests should indicate if a CD is acceptable to them if a Slide Box cannot be provided to them. Those desirous of purchasing a Slide Set should contact Dr. K. Gayathri by 1 st October 2004 for further details at the following address: Dr. K. Gayathri |
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| CD on |
A CD with the proceedings and discussion of the IAP-ID Mid Year Teaching Programme 2004, the “Workshop on Gynaecologic Pathology” is available for a fee of Rs. 200 paid by Demand Draft in favour of “Department Development Fund, Nair Hospital” payable at “Mumbai”. For further details contact: |
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| News from Members |
Dr.
Neelkamal Kapoor, Associate Professor of Pathology, Gandhi Medical
College, Bhopal, has been appointed as a member of the scientific committee
of European Association of Cancer Education and presented a paper at its
annual meeting held in Caen, France, from 12 th to 15 th May 2004. She
was also guest faculty at the International Summer School – Oncology
at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands,
held from 5 th to 16 th July 2004 |
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| IAP
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The IAP-ID has the following
programmes during the course of the year – Those members desirous of organizing and hosting the Mid Year Teaching Programme 2005 or the 8 th IAP-ID Annual CME 2005 should send their concrete proposals with the theme of the meeting to the Secretary & Treasurer, Dr. Francisco Couto. For the Annual Meeting 2005 (held along with the IAPM Conference), those desirous of being Moderators for the Symposium or Slide Seminar should send in their names along with the proposed title of the Symposium and Slide Seminar to the Secretary & Treasurer, IAP-ID. Also as per the decision of the General Body of the IAP-ID certain topics have been suggested as possible subjects for the Slide Seminar and Symposium. The topics suggested to be covered for the Slide Seminar are Orbit and Eyeball, Liver and Brain Pathology and for the Symposium topics suggested are Endometrium, Extra Nodal Lymphomas, and Placenta. Members desirous of being Moderators for any of these topics should send their names to the Secretary & Treasurer, IAP-ID. All proposals should reach the Secretary & Treasurer, IAP-ID, by October 15 th, 2004, so as the same proposals could be discussed and approved by the Council and General Body of the IAP-ID. The proposals should be sent to: |
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| Secretary
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My warm greetings and best wishes to you all. So far, till the month of July this year, 60 new members have joined the IAP-ID and it is indeed heartening to see that the IAP-ID and its activities are becoming increasingly attractive and invoking lot of interest in Pathologists all over the country. I extend a warm welcome to all the new members and look forwards to their active participation in the activities of our Division. In April this year we had the excellent Mid Year Teaching Programme, the “Workshop on Gynaecologic Pathology” which was extremely well attended. The IAP-ID expresses its thanks to Dr. Jaya Deshpande, Mumbai, and her team for having organized and conducted this Programme. In September we will have the IAP-ID 7 th Annual CME 2004 at Trivandrum, Kerala, organized by Dr. S. Sankar. The topic being covered is “Update on Histological Grading of Neoplasms” and I am sure it will be extremely interesting. Later this year in November , the IAP-ID Annual Meeting 2004 will be held in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists (IAPM) at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, to be organized by Col. S. K. Nema and his team. The programme has a Guest Lecture by the invited foreign speaker Prof. Theo van der Kwast, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, who will speak on “Making the most of Papillary Urothelial Lesions” and also includes a Slide Seminar on “Splenic Pathology” to be moderated by Dr. K. Gayathri, Hyderabad, and a Symposium on “Spectrum of Tissue Pathology in HIV / AIDS” moderated by Dr. D. N. Lanjewar, Mumbai. The Conference is sure to be a wonderful and enrichening experience for all. I look forwards to your active participation in all the forthcoming events of the IAP-ID. I end by once again sending my warmest good wishes to you and your families. Dr. Francisco Couto |
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XXV Congress of the International Academy of Pathology Australian Society of Cytology Inc. Hong Kong Division of International Academy of Pathology
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