Educational Program

PhenoPath Laboratories hosts weekly educational sessions at our facility in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. Outside physicians and residents are welcome to attend. Sessions are held every Thursday at noon in the PhenoPath Laboratories Classroom unless noted otherwise. Interested attendees are advised to check this schedule regularly for updates or to call for confirmation within 24 hours of the event.

In addition to the following weekly events, PhenoPath periodically hosts evening immunohistochemistry conferences where Seattle-area pathologists can meet regularly on an informal basis, share interesting cases, and learn from each other. Please visit our Pathology / Immunohistochemistry Conference page for more information.

NOTE: All events are subject to change. Updates will be posted regularly.

Educational Program schedule to be released soon.

Date	Topic	Presenter
2011
February 3	Daytime talk (1:00 PM): Diagnostic Dilemmas in Endometrial Pathology Evening Pathology/IHC Conference Talk: Mucinous Tumors in the Ovary, an Update (Pathology/IHC Conference starts with social hour at 6:30 PM, conference commences at 7:30 PM)	Anais Malpica, MD, Chief, Section of Gynecologic Pathology; Director, Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship Program; Professor, Dept. of Pathology, University of Texas
May 25	Evening Talk - Hosted by Genentech: Quality HER2 Testing: Impacting Breast and Metastatic Gastric Treatment Decisions (Arrival time: 6:30 PM, presentation time: 7:30 PM)	Allen M. Gown, MD, Medical Director and Chief Pathologist, PhenoPath Laboratories, PLLC, Seattle, WA
June 2	Daytime talk (1:00 PM): Molecular Testing in Myeloid Neoplasms Evening Pathology/IHC Conference Talk: Rational Use of Genetic Analysis in Lymphomas (Pathology/IHC Conference starts with social hour at 6:30 PM, conference commences at 7:30 PM)	Adam Bagg, MB, BCh, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
September 15	Daytime talk (1:00 PM): TBD Evening Pathology/IHC Conference Talk: Translocation Carcinomas of the Kidney (Pathology/IHC Conference starts with social hour at 6:30 PM, conference commences at 7:30 PM)	Pedram Argani, M.D., Director, Breast Pathology Service Professor of Pathology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
December 14	Evening Talk - Hosted by Genentech: Quality HER2 Testing: Impacting Breast and Metastatic Gastric Treatment Decisions (Arrival time: 6:30 PM, presentation time: 7:30 PM)	Allen M. Gown, MD, Medical Director and Chief Pathologist, PhenoPath Laboratories, PLLC, Seattle, WA
2012
February 16	Daytime talk (1:00 PM): Gene expression profiling studies leading to novel therapeutic targets in leiomyosarcoma Evening Pathology/IHC Conference Talk: Gene expression profiling studies leading to novel diagnostic markers in sarcomas (Pathology/IHC Conference starts with social hour at 6:30 PM, conference commences at 7:30 PM)	Matt van de Rijn, MD, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center
May 3	Daytime talk (1:00 PM): Sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary: recent advances and an algorithm for diagnosis Evening Pathology/IHC Conference Talk: Ovarian surface epithelial carcinomas: importance of accurate subtype diagnosis (Pathology/IHC Conference starts with social hour at 6:30 PM, conference commences at 7:30 PM)	Blake Gilks, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia; VGH, Anatomical Pathology Site Director