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President CYNTHIA NAST, M.D. Vice
President Councillors LORRAINE RACUSEN, M.D. HELMUT
RENNKE, M.D. JAN
BRUIJN, M.D. Secretary
and Treasurer Department
of Pathology Shreveport,
LA 71130-3932 Telephone:
(318) 675-4557 E-mail:
gherre@lsuhsc.edu |
NEWSLETTER
ASN Highlights
Renal Pathology Society
November 14-17, 2003
San Diego, California
Board of Directors Luncheon Meeting
BOD Meeting will be held Friday, November 14, 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m. at the San Diego Marriott Hotel, Carlsbad Room, South Tower.
Business Meeting
Business meeting will be held Saturday, November 15, 6:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m. at the San Diego Marriott Hotel, Point Loma Room, South Tower. RPS members should attend.
RPS Reception
A reception will be held Saturday, November 15, 7:15 p.m.-8:15 p.m. at the San Diego Marriott Hotel, Solana Room, South Tower. All RPS members are invited.
Courses Co-sponsored by Renal Pathology Society
· The Fundamentals of Renal Pathology, Wednesday, November 12 (8:45 a.m.-5:45 p.m.) and Thursday, November 13 (8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.).
Course Co-Chairs: Jan Bruijn and
Agnes Fogo
· Renal Biopsy: Clinical Correlation, Sunday, November 16, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Moderators: Arthur Cohen and J. Charles Jennette
Symposia co-sponsored by the Renal Pathology Society
An SLE Update: Clinicopathologic Correlations
Saturday, November 15, 10:00
a.m.-noon
Moderators: Stephen Bonsib and Surya Seshan
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New Concepts in the
Classification of SLE Nephritis: Pathological Aspects
J. Charles Jennette
·
Clinical Implications
from the Reclassification of the Kidney Biopsy in SLE
Lee
Hebert
·
SLE Nephritis in
Different Clinical Populations: Therapeutic and Prognostic Considerations
Howard
Austin
Advancing Our
Understanding of Congenital Renal Disease: Molecular and Genetic Approaches
Sunday, November 16, 10:00
a.m.-noon
Moderators: Iekuni Ichikawa
Helen Liapis
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Novel Genes Causing
Nephronophthisis and Medullary Cystic Disease Reveal New Pathomechanisms
Friedhelm
Hildebrandt
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Signaling Through
Nephrocystin and Nephrocystin Protein Interactions
Thomas
Benzing
·
A Molecular and Genetic
View of Human Renal and Urinary Tract Malformations
Adrian
Woolf
·
Vitamin A and Ret
Involvement in Ureter Morphogenesis and Renal Malformations
Cathy
Mendelsohn
Young Investigator Award
If a trainee is a first
author of an abstract at the ASN meeting, consider nominating him or her for
the RPS Young Investigator Award.
Please FAX to Dr. Cynthia Nast at 310-423-5881 or Dr. Guillermo Herrera
at 318-675-7662 no later than January 16, 2004. This yearıs awardee will be selected from abstracts
presented at this ASN and US-CAP 2004 meetings and the award will be given at the
US-CAP meeting in Vancouver, Canada, March 2004.