Conference Schedule
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2008
7:30 AM | Registration/Breakfast
8:30 AM | Course Introduction – Dr. Parwani
8:35 AM | Outside the Box Interfaces – Agile Techniques for Getting Data In and Out of the LIS – Dr. Routbort [Powerpoint]
9:35 AM | Laboratories and the Public Good: Informatics at the Crossroads – Dr. Aller
10:35 AM | The Healthcare Data Warehouse Strategy – Dr. Dolan [Powerpoint]
11:35 AM | Making Your AP Lab System Work for You: Bar-coding and Workflow – Mr. Piccoli [Powerpoint]
12:35 PM | API Roundtable with LIS Vendors Luncheon
1:35 PM | Practical Image File Management - Beyond an Integrated Solution – Dr. Sinard [Powerpoint]
2:35 PM | Implementing Informatics-Driven Change in the laboratory – A Survival Guide! – Dr. Riben [Powerpoint]
3:35 PM | How an Electronic Employee Can Transform Your Pathology Workflow – Mr. Garniss [Powerpoint]
4:35 PM | Using the LIS to support LEAN and Six Sigma in Your Laboratory – Dr. Balis [Powerpoint]
5:35 PM | Q&A
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Opening Reception
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Breakfast Workshop: Digital Pathology Demystified
From Concept to Cash: How to make it happen -
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD, Kenneth J. Bloom, MD, Michael D. Feldman, MD, PhD, and John R. Gilbertson, MD [Becich Powerpoint]
7:30 AM | Registration/Breakfast
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Practical Informatics Course: Introduction to Basic Informatics Concepts
8:00 - 8:15 Introduction to Pathology Informatics (Dr. Sinard) [Powerpoint]
8:15 - 9:00 Databases and Data Storage (Dr. Sinard) [Powerpoint]
9:00 - 9:45 Data, Messaging Standards and Interfaces (Dr. Gilbertson) [Powerpoint]
10:00 - 10:30 Digital Imaging Basics (Dr. Sinard) [Powerpoint]
10:30 - 11:15 Applications of Telepathology and Whole-Slide Imaging in Pathology (Dr. Parwani) [Powerpoint]
11:15 - 12:00 Introduction to Bioinformatics (Dr. Chandran) [Powerpoint]
12:30 PM | APIII Welcome - Dr. Becich
12:40 PM – 1:30 PM | FEATURED SPEAKER: Pathology and Radiology Electronic-based Information Workflow: Analogous, Complementary and Converging - Dr. Chang [Powerpoint]
1:30 PM – 6:30 PM | SCIENTIFIC SESSION PRESENTATIONS (Concurrent Sessions)
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Practical Whole Slide Imaging Digital Pathology Workshop - Dr. Jukic, Dr. Ho, Dr. Parwani, Dr. Fine, Dr. Satyanarayanan, and Mr. Duboy
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008
7:30 AM | Breakfast/Registration/Exhibits Displays/Poster Displays
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast Workshop: Digital Pathology Demystified
From Concept to Cash: How to make it happen -
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD, Kenneth J. Bloom, MD, Michael D. Feldman, MD, PhD, and John R. Gilbertson, MD [Feldman Powerpoint]
8:30 AM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS (running concurrently)
A1 – Whole Slide Imaging and the Automated Histology Laboratory - Dr. Gilbertson, Dr. Parwani and Dr. Yagi [Powerpoint]
A2 – Crimson Application: A New Paradigm for Enabling High-throughput Sample Acquisition to Support Biomedical Research at a National Level - Dr. Bry [Powerpoint]
Strategic Management of Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Information Systems for Enhancement of Translational Research Efforts - Dr. Patel [Powerpoint]
10:00 AM | BREAK/Exhibit Displays/Poster Displays
10:30 AM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS (running concurrently)
B1 – A 'real-world dialogue' on the Implementation of Imaging Technologies in the Practice of Surgical Pathology - Mr. Lennerz [PDF]
Primary Frozen Section Diagnosis by Telepathology: Robotic Microscopy Versus Whole-slide Imaging - Dr. Evans [Powerpoint]
B2 – The Future of All Things LIS: AP, CP, and their Logical Merger with the Advent of High-throughput Molecular Data - Dr. Balis and Dr. McNeely [Powerpoint pt.1], [Powerpoint pt.2]
12:00 PM | LUNCHEON/Exhibit Displays/Poster Displays
CAP Foundation Travel Awardee Luncheon
API FOCUS SESSION: Synergies Between Radiology and Pathology
1:00 PM | Are We Ready to Merge Pathology, Lab Medicine, and Radiology? – Dr. Friedman [Powerpoint]
1:35 PM | Multimode Multiscale Imaging of Prostate Carcinoma - Dr. Feldman [Powerpoint]
2:05 PM | Multimodality Imaging Breast Lesion Phenotype - Dr. Schnall [Powerpoint]
2:30 PM | BREAK/Exhibit Displays/Poster Displays
3:30 PM | Progress Toward a Unified infrastructure for Pathology and Radiology DICOM WG26 - Dr. Beckwith [Powerpoint]
4:00 PM | Q & A
4:15 PM | API JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR PRESENTATION: Structured Data as the Foundation for Evidence Informed Medicine: Where Do We Begin? – Dr. Mammen [Powerpoint]
5:00 PM | Adjournment
5:00 PM | EXHIBITOR WORKSHOP
6:00 PM | Buses leave Marriott City Center for the Gateway Clipper Dinner Cruise
6:30 PM | Gateway Clipper Dinner Cruise
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
7:30 AM | Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits Displays/Poster Displays
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast Workshop: Digital Pathology Demystified
From Concept to Cash: How to make it happen -
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD, Kenneth J. Bloom, MD, Michael D. Feldman, MD, PhD, and John R. Gilbertson, MD [Gilbertson Powerpoint]
8:30 AM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS (running concurrent)
C1 – Advances and Improvements in Procedures, Methods and Equipment in the Histology Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital - Dr. Happel [Powerpoint]
Informatics Initiatives and RFID Specimen Management Projects at Mayo Clinic - Dr. Kaplan
and Dr. Sanderson [Powerpoint]
C2 – Next Generation Structured Data Reporting in Pathology: Closing the Communication Gap from Practice to Research - Dr. Tuthill and Dr. Crowley [Powerpoint
10:00 AM | BREAK/Exhibit Displays/Poster Displays
10:30 AM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS (running concurrent)
D1 –The Virtopsy Project: Novel Approaches in Post-Mortem Imaging - Dr. Bolliger and Dr. Ross [Powerpoint]
Virtual Autopsy and Postmortem Multi Detector CT Imaging - Col. Levy [Powerpoint]
D2 – Structured Reporting: Implementation Challenges in an Integrated Health System - Dr. Hammond [Powerpoint]
Toward an Informatics Infrastructure for Pathology Training Programs in Anatomic Pathology - Dr. Black-Schaffer [Powerpoint]
12:00 PM | LUNCHEON/Exhibit Displays/E Poster Displays
API MEMBERSHIP MEETING
1:00 PM | CAP Today/CAP FOCUS SESSION: Communications in Pathology
21st Century Tele-Everything: Taking the Helm of the Informatics Ship - Dr. Weinstein [Presentation]
Why Not New Delhi? Is the Local Pathologist Dispensable? - Dr. Laposata [Presentation]
2:30 PM | BREAK/Exhibit Displays/Poster Displays
3:30 PM | Future Vision of Pathology: Getting Off the Iceberg - Dr. Schwartz [Presentation]
4:30 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION
5:00 PM | Adjournment
5:00 PM | EXHIBITOR WORKSHOP
6:00 PM | Awards Dinner
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
7:30 AM | Registration/Breakfast
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast Workshop: Digital Pathology Demystified
From Concept to Cash: How to make it happen -
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD, Kenneth J. Bloom, MD, Michael D. Feldman, MD, PhD, and John R. Gilbertson, MD [Bloom Presentation]
8:30 AM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS (running concurrent)
E1 – Development and Distribution of Transplant Pathology Utilizing Informatics and Imaging Tools - Dr. Demetris
Ubiquitous Imaging and Pathology Performance - Dr. McClain
E2 – Predicting the Future of Laboratory Informatics by Helping Create It - Dr. Dighe [Presentation]
Array-Based Virtual Karyotyping: Ready for the Clinic but Waiting for a LIMS - Dr. Hagenkord [Presentation]
10:00 AM | BREAK
10:30 AM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS (running concurrent)
F1 – Semantic Annotation of Images in Pathology and Radiology: Synergy Between Pathology and Radiology - Dr. Rubin and Dr. Gurcan [Presentation]
F2 – Building and Using Cancer Databases - Dr. Michaelson [Presentation]
Establishing Indicators for Cancer Care and the Role of the Hospital Cancer Registry and Other Oncology Data Sources - Ms. Winters [Powerpoint]
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | LUNCHEON WORKSHOP: Content Based Image Retrieval in Digital Pathology: Fact or Fiction? - Drs. Jukic, Ho and Parwani
1:00 PM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS (running concurrent)
G1 – The State of Pathology Informatics Fellowship Training - Dr. Balis, Dr. Becich, Dr. Friedman, Dr. Gilbertson, Dr. Parwani, and Dr. Tuthill [Dr. Becich's Presentation] | [Dr. Gilbertson's Presentation] | [Dr. Tuthill's Presentation]
2:30 PM | Adjournment
