Sept. 11, 2012 College News - The Medical College Department of Pathology is sponsoring the Midwestern Conference: Update Course in Surgical Pathology, planned for Sept. 14-16 at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. Saul Suster, MD, Chairman and Professor of Pathology, is serving as the course director.
The annual conference, now in its fifth year, will bring to Milwaukee an estimated 100 practicing surgical pathologists, oncologists, and other health care professionals from across the Midwest. Invited speakers include pathologists representing numerous sub-specialties from the Medical College, as well as guest lecturers from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, PhenoPath Laboratories in Seattle, Washington, University of Vermont, and others.
“Surgical pathology is an evolving field of medicine, and this conference brings together top practitioners in the field to share advances in technology and terminology, learn about new techniques of diagnosis, and evaluate current criteria of diagnosis, so that we can provide patients the most accurate, timely care,” said Dr. Suster.
Additional information is available in the Update Course in Surgical Pathology flyer (PDF).