Core Competencies: PC, MK, PBL
Intended Audience: Pathologists, Pathology Residents, Hepatologists, Gastroenterology Fellows, Pathologists’ Assistants

Stay on the cutting edge with new information about:

• Unique histologic features of steatohepatitis in pediatric patients
• New immunostains in the evaluation of liver tumors
• Current guidelines on the use of liver biopsy in the management of patients with chronic HCV hepatitis
• Emerging concepts, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, overlap syndromes such as PBC and autoimmune hepatitis, drug-induced hepatotoxicity, genetic hepatotoxicity, chronic cholestatic conditions, and reporting systems for chronic hepatitis

Special course features:

• Case demonstrations with video microscopy
• Individual microscopes and glass slides for use throughout the course
• Learner engagement using audience response equipment
• Course syllabus included
• SAM credits (on-line pre and post-test required)

Gain valuable insights for your own work in analyzing liver diseases, with an emphasis on histologic features that impact patient management and prognosis. You’ll be guided, step by step, through some of the most common and difficult diagnoses. An experienced hepatologist will be in attendance throughout the course to provide the clinician’s perspective and to answer your questions. Bring your challenging slides for discussions with the faculty and evaluate your knowledge with self-assessment options. Today, surgical pathologists know that simple descriptive statements of histologic features in the assessment of a liver biopsy are simply not enough. You must provide a management strategy for a specific disease entity or provide a differential diagnosis to guide a focused patient workup. This course will provide valuable guidance.

Following this course, you will be able to:

• Apply a systematic approach to evaluating liver biopsies that integrates clinical information into the diagnostic process.
• Interpret current data regarding prognostic histologic features in chronic hepatitis and integrate approaches to systematic reporting.
• Apply new developments in your diagnosis of steatohepatitis, genetic hemochromatosis, overlap syndromes and other evolving areas of hepatic disease.
• Apply new diagnostic techniques to differentiate the spectrum of hepatic mass lesions.

John Hart, MD
Lisa M. Yerian, MD, FASCP
Kenneth Batts, MD, FASCP
John Poterucha, MD

The Venetian
3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702.414.1000

Room rate is $199 s/d per night, and applicable taxes. Please reserve your room by March 21, 2010. When reserving your room, mention “ASCP” to receive the group rate. Handicapped accessible and non-smoking rooms are available.

Special discounts are available through Gant Travel Management, ASCP’s designated travel agency. Visit www.resx.com, or call 800.742.4198 outside of Illinois, 630.227.3850 (in Illinois).

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All ASCP courses have capacity limitations and all registrations are subject to these limitations including walk-in registrations.

To avoid duplicate billing, DO NOT mail the registration form to ASCP if you have phoned or faxed your registration. Written confirmation of your registration will be mailed. Hotel accommodations, meals and parking are not included in course fees.

Cancellation Policy
A full refund will be issued for cancellations received in writing no later than seven days prior to the start of a meeting. Refunds are not issued for cancellations received after the seven day deadline; however, substitution with another person is permitted. ASCP reserves the right to cancel a program due to circumstances beyond its control or for insufficient registration. Registrants will be notified immediately and allowed to substitute a session or obtain a full refund. The Society is not responsible for penalties incurred as a result of cancelled transportation.

Course Materials
A CD-ROM or on-line download of all course materials and representative images is included with your registration. This CD-ROM or download is available in advance to all attendees and on-site to late registrants. No paper handouts are available, with the exception of the multi-day pathology Educational Courses.