Second Intercontinental Congress of Pathology sponsored by the European Society of Pathology, the Latin American Society of Pathology, and the Brazilian Society of Pathology
Iguassu Falls
June 9 - 13, 2004
Iguassu Falls
This Congress follows the very successful one which was held on the island
of Madeira in May 2000.
Many airlines from both Europe and North America fly to and from Iguassu
without a change of aircraft, so it is a convenient venue.
Brazil is a beautiful country to visit. The Society of Pathology has a membership of over 1000 and conducts a very active programme of postgraduate education. In 2004 it will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
The Editor, Robin Cooke, with Marcello Franco (back right), Professor of Pathology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil with a member of his staff and six of his postgraduate pathology trainees. November 2002. (Photograph provided by Chris Scapulotempo, standing behind the Editor)
The Colonial style hotel which overlooks the falls
The Organisers have arranged a satellite meeting plus a touristic treat
to be held in Rio de Janiero from Saturday 5 - 7 June. Accommodation has
been arranged in hotels at the famous Copacabana Beach. Delegates will
travel to the Falls on Tuesday 8 June.
Contact : Congress Secretariat.
Ph +55 41 343 3904 Fax +55 41 343 8094
Email: rd@eventosrd.com.br
Websites: iguassu2004.com.br AND eventosrd.com.br
A Pathology Meeting with a Difference in
the North of Spain
May 14 - 23, 2004
Walk and ride the 500 miles along the length of the ancient pilgrim’s journey through the extremely picturesque countryside in the north of Spain from the city of Roncesvalles to Santiago de Campostela - the shrine dedicated to St James, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. The journey includes beautiful natural scenery - mountains and valleys; and shrines, churches, villages and cities built since the first pilgrims began travelling this route in about 900AD.
In the Middle Ages, people from all walks of life would make a pilgrimage
to a site made famous by some significant religious “happening”
or by a particularly devout religious person or group of people. The motivations
for participating in such an activity were many and varied. Devout religious
people would do it to atone for past misdeeds (sins) or in the hope of
gaining merit to carry forward into a life after death. Some people joined
a pilgrimage either to provide services to the pilgrims - guides, protection,
tradespeople or to rob them in one way or another.
Some people who could afford it, went on a number of pilgrimages and were
the forerunners of the modern tourist.
Service “industries” were established at strategic sites along
the tourist route. Monasteries provided cheap or free accommodation. Artisans
of all sorts established businesses.
The three most popular major pilgrim destinations in Medieval Europe were Rome, Jerusalem and Santiago de Campostela. Pilgrims were recognised by their dress - a large hat, a cape, a sack to carry their portable necessities for the journey, and a staff to lean upon, and perhaps to use as a defensive weapon. They had special status and were, at least theoretically, granted untaxed and safe passage in the countries through which they travelled. Some pilgrim sites provided symbols that a pilgrim could wear to testify that he/she had made the pilgrimage. In the case of Santiago de Campostela it was a scallop shell. These shells were in plentiful supply on the beach near the shrine.
The aim of the Directors and Organisers of this Pathologists “Pilgrimage” to Santiago de Campostela, is that, on alternate days, there will be five lectures in the morning, and four in the afternoon. The lectures will be given by international authorities on a range of subjects. They will be conducted in lecture facilities in universities along the route. They will finish in time for the participants to visit the host city before nightfall.
On the alternate days, everyone will travel by tourist bus. Interspersed with the bus travel there will be walking stretches through particularly scenic parts of the route. Those who do not wish to walk may travel part or all of the way by bus.
For further information contact:
Travel Agency Viajes Viloria
St Carlos Pascual Rios, Gerente
Senra 28, 15702, Santiago, Spain.
Email: viajesviloria@corevia.com
Ph: +34 981 587 911
Fax: +34 981 572 736
MEETINGS
POSTGRADUATE
COURSES
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical
School
Current Concepts in Surgical Pathology
November 10-14, 2003
The Four seasons Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
Directors: Drs. Eugene J. Mark, Robert H. Young, and Nancy Lee Harris.
Contact: Department of Continuing Education,
Harvard Medical School,
P.O. Box 825, Boston, MA 02155
Telephone: 617-432-1525(0195),
Email: hms-cme@warren.med.harvard.edu
DERMATOPATHOLOGY UPDATE
September 10 - 13, 2003
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts.
Director - Martin C. Mihm Jnr and other members of the Harvard Medical
School Department of Continuing Education.
Contact Secretariat:
Email: hms-cme-@hms.harvard.edu
Ph: 617 384 8600
Register on line at http://www.cme.hms.harvard.edu
DIAGNOSTIC SURGICAL PATHOLOGY
September 16 - 20, 2003
Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital and
National Cancer Institute Italy
Course Directors - Robert H. Young and Juan Rosai
Contact Secretariat
Email: hms-cme-@hms.harvard.edu
Ph: 617 384 8600
Register on line at http://www.cme.hms.harvard.edu
19th EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF PATHOLOGY
Ljubljana - Slovenija.
September 6 - 11, 2003
Secretariat -
Ph: + 386 (0) 1 241 7144
Fax: + 386 (0) 1 241 7296
Email: 19ecp@cd-cc.si
Website http://www.cd-cc.si/ecp
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology’s Upcoming CME Courses, 2003
37th Annual Urological Pathology Course
July 21 - 25, 2003
Holiday Inn Select, Bethesda, Maryland
Ophthalmic Pathology for Ophthalmologists
September 7 - 11, 2003
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC
14th Annual Review Gastrointestinal Surgical Pathology
and Endoscopic Biopsies of the GI Tract
September 8 - 9, 2002
Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland
24th Annual Course Hepatopathology 2003: The Interpretation
of Liver Biopsies
September 10 - 12, 2003
Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland
32nd Annual Course & Tutorial Orthopedic Pathology
Orthopedic Course
September 14 - 19, 2003
Location: AFIP, Elias P.G. Theros Radiologic Pathologic Education Center,
Washington, DC
Tutorial Session
September 22 - October 3, 2003
Location: AFIP, Owens Conference Room, Washington, DC
4th Annual Soft Tissue Tumors A Microscopy Workshop
September 29, - October 2, 2003
Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland
Basic Forensic Pathology
November 17 - 21, 2003
Doubletree Hotel, Rockville, Maryland
For further information on all the courses please contact: Department
of Medical Education, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Email: Sutton@afip.osd.mil
Website: http://www.afip.org
Tel: + 1 202 782 2637 Fax: + 1 800 441-0094
Arab Division of the I.A.P. 15th Congress
Cairo, Egypt, October 14 - 16, 2003
Secretariat: Dr Shahenda El Hawary
Email: cobshahi@intouch.com
Website: www.cobshahi.com
Phone: (202) 302 3642 Fax: (202) 302 7672
Practical Pulmonary Pathology
London UK, 22-25 July, 2003
This course is designed to provide histopathology and cytopathology trainees
and consultants with an opportunity to study diagnostic lung pathology
in a comprehensive manner. It comprises lectures and practical microscopy
sessions, the latter making up roughly half the time and consisting of
individual study of a unique collection of cases.
Further details and application forms are
available from Professor Bryan Corrin, Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP
UK.
Email: b.corrin@ic.ac.uk
Fax: + 44 20 7 351 8293.
Current Concepts in Surgical Pathology
Four Seasons Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
November 10-14, 2003
Contact: Department of Continuing Education,
Harvard Medical School.
Email: hms-cme@warren
Website: www.med.harvard.edu
Fax: +1 617 432 1562
GOLD MEDAL AWARDS OF THE IAP
David Hardwick Vancouver, Canada
At the International Congress of the IAP, held in Budapest in 1996, David introduced a program whereby members of the IAP who have given distinguished service in the cause of pathology, education or research on an international scale, would be awarded a Gold Medal of the Academy. Now that a significant number of medals have been awarded, it is appropriate that David, himself, should be awarded such a medal.
David graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1957. He spent the next six years training in various centres of excellence in the USA and Canada. He was appointed to a permanent position in the University of British Columbia, Department of Pathology in 1963. Since then he has pursued a very busy and successful career in teaching, research and administration. He is now Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Paediatrics, and Special Adviser on Planning in the Faculty of Medicine.
As President of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology in 1988, and then President of the International Academy of Pathology (1992 - 1994), he was able to extend his influence into the international sphere. He is still continuing his national and international activities.
Over the years, he acquired considerable expertise in raising money for buildings, research and teaching activities. He has recently used these skills to raise money to assist the development of pathology in China. He has done this by collaborating with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in funding Fellows from China to study in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and he has also assisted with the provision of teachers for the annual Summer School program. More recently he has collaborated with the Association of Directors of Pathology of China in furthering these aims. Before that, he was involved in collaborative educational ventures in Central and Eastern Europe.