SAM Credits Available at the 2009 ASCP Annual Meeting

If you are a recently Board-certified pathologist, you can obtain up to 20 SAM credits toward your 2-year requirement at the Annual Meeting. At the same time, you’ll gain practical and updated information in surgical, cytologic and clinical pathology. Twenty-four courses with 63 SAM credits are available for pathologists attending the 2009 ASCP Annual Meeting. You can earn up to 20 SAM credits in 3½ days.

To participate, please register for the 2009 ASCP Annual Meeting and select from the appropriate courses If you’re already registered, check to see which of your courses offer SAM credit. For SAM credits, you must complete online pre- and post-tests and participate in the live Annual Meeting course.

Pre-tests are available online after October 5, 2009. Complete on-line pre-tests no later than 10:00am the morning of the course presentation.
Login at www.ascp.org, click “My ASCP” and “My Courses and Exams”
Attend the live course in Chicago at the Annual Meeting.
On-line post-tests will be available after 6:00pm the day of the course presentation. Complete post-tests, and select CME or SAM credit, no later than November 20, 2009.
Note: SAM credit requires improvement from pre- to post-test.

2009 ASCP Annual Meeting Courses Available for CME or SAM credit

A246	Diagnostic Cytopathology of Serous Effusions 1.25 SAM credits Vinod B. Shidham, MD, FASCP

1368	Diagnostic Challenges in Cutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors 3.0 SAM credits teven D. Billings, MD

3498	Immunocytochemistry in Diagnostic Cytology: Values and Limitations 3.0 SAM credits Parvin Ganjei-Azar, MD, FASCP and Merce Jorda, MD, PhD, FASCP

4461	Forensic Pathology - Principles and Applications to Hospital Practice 3.0 SAM credits Gregory G. Davis, MD, FASCP

5737	An Overview of Hemostasis 3.0 SAM credits Dorothy M. Adcock-Funk, MD, FASCP

1279	Liver Biopsy Pathology: An Approach for the General Pathologist 2.0 SAM credits Frank A. Mitros, MD, FASCP

5741	Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: What Every Practicing Pathologist Needs to Know 2.0 SAM credits Patrick A. Treseler, MD, FASCP

A232	Reducing Errors in the Clinical Laboratory: A Lean Production System Approach 2.0 SAM credits David A. Novis, MD and Caroline A. Ambrose, MT(ASCP)

1227	Basic Placental Pathology 3.0 SAM credits Cynthia Kaplan, MD

3496	Interpretation of Pap Tests Using State of Art (and Science) 3.0 SAM credits Rana Hoda, MD, FASCP

5668	Diagnosis and Classification of Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic Syndromes 3.0 SAM credits Robert W. McKenna, MD, FASCP and Patrick C. J. Ward, MD, MASCP

1366	Lymph Node Pathology: An Overview of Reactive Hyperplasia and Lymphoma 3.0 SAM credits Judith Ferry, MD and Robert P. Hasserjian, MD

1372	Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology of Pancreatic Neoplasms 3.0 SAM credits N. Volkan Adsay, MD, FASCP, Sanjay Logani, MD, MIAC, FASCP and Nirag C. Jhala, MD, MIAC, FASCP

3495	Fluid Cytology Update: Cytomorphology, Pitfalls and Ancillary Studies 3.0 SAM credits Walid E. Khalbuss, MD, PhD, FASCP and Sara E. Monaco, MD, FASCP

1311	Essentials of Surgical Pathology Report on Breast Carcinoma 3.0 SAM credits Syed Hoda, MD, FASCP

2345	Update in Diabetes Testing and Glycemic Control 3.0 SAM credits Bradley S. Karon, MD, FASCP

6729	Transfusion Practices: Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Transfusion Triggers, and Managing Blood Component Recalls and Withdrawals 3.0 SAM credits Kimberly W. Sanford, MD, FASCP, Glenn E. Ramsey, MD, FASCP and Phillip J. DeChristopher, MD, PhD, FASCP

SP74	Online Genetic Testing for Consumers 1.25 SAM credits Myla Lai-Goldman, MD, FASCP and Trisha Brown, MS, CGC

1360	Urologic Pathology for Practitioners - Selected Topics in Prostate and Bladder Cancer 3.0 SAM credits William M. Murphy, MD, FASCP

3497	Interpretation of Deep-Seated FNA Biopsy for Surgical Pathologists 3.0 SAM credits Grace C. H. Yang, MD and Wei Sun, MD, FASCP

A247	Histologic and Cytologic Diagnosis of Fungal Infections 1.25 SAM credits Gordon L. Love, MD, FASCP

1367	Lung Cancer Update for the Surgical Pathologist 3.0 SAM credits Thomas V. Colby, MD, Kelly J. Butnor, MD, FASCP and Alain C. Borczuk MD

3501	Diagnosis of Cytological and Limited Biopsy Samples of Genitourinary Neoplasms 3.0 SAM credits Omar Hameed, MD, FASCP and David F. Chhieng, MD, FASCP

9682	"Getting To Yes" A Conflict Management and Mediation Model 3.0 SAM credits Michele L. Best, MT(ASCP), MASCP