48th Annual Dr. Kenneth M. Earle Memorial Neuropathology Review

48th Annual Dr. Kenneth M. Earle Memorial Neuropathology Review
Monday, February 22, 2010 - Friday, February 26, 2010
Bethesda, MD

MEETING SPONSOR:
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Ricky Giles
6825 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20306-6000
Toll-Free 800-577-3749 (within the US)
202-782-2637
FAX 202-782-5020
Email: came@afip.osd.mil
Website: http://www.askafip.org

CONFERENCE CENTER:
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
Bethesda, MD 20852
Toll-Free 800-228-9290
301-822-9200

MEETING BROCHURE:
To view and print the meeting brochure, click here:
http://www.askafip.org

MEETING DESCRIPTION:
Course Description: Kenneth M. Earle, MD, former Chair, Department of Neuropathology, initiated a course designed to prepare pathologists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons for specialty board certification. This is the 48th iteration, which is dedicated to his memory. The five-day course will proivide a comprehensivereview of neuropathology for individuals interested in the neurosciences and pathology. Lectures will be illustrated by gross and microscopic photographs using PowerPoint presentations, and will be supplemented by a course sylllabus on CD.

Course Objectives:
Participants in this course will benefit by gaining:
- Enchanced knowledge of the pathology and recent developments in the pathophysiology
of common and unique disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems and
skeletal muscle.

- Familiarization with recently recognized pathologic processes related to the central
and peripheral nervous systems and skeletal muscle.

- Improved understadning of basic histopathologic, histochemical, immunohistochemical,
and ultrastructural features of disorders of the central and peripheral nervous
systems and skeletal muscle.

- Insight into clinical, radiologic and pathologic correlations, and prognostic factors
of central nervous system lesions.

Visit the web site at http://www.askafip.org for detail information.

INSTRUCTORS:
Rushing, Smirniotopoulos, Amato, Bauserman, Burger, Case, Goebel, Gutierrez, Gyure, Hart, Heffner, Judkins, Kim, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, McKeever, Parisi, Petito, Rorke-Adams, Sandberg, Santi, Scheithauer, Schmidt, Sewry

CME HOURS: 36

LECTURE TOPICS:
Neuroradiology, Pediatrics, Resident Review, Vascular