Core Competencies: PC, MK, ICS, PBL, SBP
Intended Audience: Pathologists, Pathology Residents, Dermatopathologists, Dermatologists, Dermatology Residents, Pathologists’ Assistants

Stay on the cutting edge with new information about:

• Medicolegal implications of diagnosis and misdiagnosis
• New thinking in preneoplastic and neoplastic lymphoid infiltrates of the skin
• Molecular strategies for diagnosis of melanoma
• Anti-melanoma vaccination
• Direct immunofluorescence microscopy
• Pathology and pathophysiology of cutaneous drug eruptions

Special course features:

• Review virtual slide cases before the course
• Individual microscopes and glass slides for use throughout the course
• More than 100 glass slide cases available for review on-site
• Learner engagement using audience response system
• Expanded format, including two new lectures on alopecia, in response to participant feedback
• Course syllabus included
• SAM credits (on-line pre and post-test required)

Nowhere else will you have an opportunity like this – to benefit from the knowledge of a faculty with a combined experience of one million skin biopsy interpretations. You’ll increase your confidence in approaching pigmented lesions, nonmelanoma skin cancer, and inflammatory dermatoses. And you’ll be better able to provide clinicians with the critical information needed to address patient problems. Bring your challenging slides for discussion with the faculty and evaluate your knowledge with self-assessment options. You’ll start with an overview of problematic melanocytic and nonmelanocytic neoplasms and benefit from tips for avoiding errors in interpretation and reporting. Gain new understanding of mechanisms and patterns of inflammatory lesions of the skin and inflammatory dermatoses.

Following this course, you will be able to:

• Assess which criteria are most powerful for the diagnosis of inflammatory and neoplastic conditions in the skin.
• Discriminate between malignant neoplasms and their mimics.
• Distinguish benign from neoplastic lymphoid infiltrates and formulate algorithmic approaches to lymphoid infiltration to make these distinctions possible.
• Interpret subtle and complex findings in neoplastic and dysplastic melanocytic neoplasms of the skin in order to advise clinicians re patient management.
• Apply appropriate criteria to make specific treatment and diagnostic recommendations in the fields of connective tissue disease and neoplasia in the skin.
• Coordinate the clinical laboratory findings with anatomic pathology findings at the microscopic level in order to fashion constructions concerning specific diagnostic categories of connective tissue disease.
• Communicate results effectively and clearly to clinicians and utilize clinical clues to diagnosis when provided.

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP
Walter L. Lamar, MD, FASCP
Cynthia M. Magro, MD
Martin C. Mihm, MD

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Room rate is $209 s/d per night, and applicable taxes. Please reserve your room by May 15, 2010. When reserving your room, mention “ASCP” to receive the group rate. Handicapped accessible and non-smoking rooms are available.

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

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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.