psc annual business meeting 2013

PSC Annual Business Meeting 2013

Welcome

Lester Layfield MD

Treasurer’s Report

Eric Suba MD

Income SheetINCOME Donation from Dr. Tao $1000 Donation from Dr. Oertel $1000 Donation from Dr. Abati $1000 Donation from Abbott $1000 Donation from ARUP $500 Cambridge Univ Press $511.06 Membership dues

$33610

Total Income $40121.06

EXPENSES Wiley $23809,50 2012 PSC Board luncheon $899.51 2012 PSC AV equipment $605.46 2012 PSC cocktail reception

$6801.77 Resident research award $750 Tao Award (from Dr. Stanley) $1000 Oertel Award (from Dr. Gupta)

$1000 Lifetime Achievement Award $1000

(from Dr. Miller)

Visual Flair Design (website) $890 FOCUS newsletter fees $1432 Others $36.61

Total Expenses $35226.85

Net Income: 4894.21

Balance SheetCash Balance (as of 12/31/11) $15,543.902012 Incomes $40,121.062012 Expenses$35226.852012 Net Incomes $4894.21Liabilities None

End of year balance (12/31/12)$20,437.30

Secretary’s Report

David Chhieng MD

Election of officers 4 Vacant position for 2013-

2014 1 President-elect 1 Treasurer 2 member at large

Candidates received from the nominating committee President Elect

Matthew Zarka Tarik Elsheikh

Treasurer Britt-Marie Ljung Helen Wang

Members-at-large Philippe Viehl (2nd term) Fernando Schmitt Beatrix Cochand-Priollet Laura Tabatabai Guido Fadda

Election of officers 63 (~one third) votes were received The results are:

President Elect Tarik Elsheikh

Treasurer Britt-Marie Ljung

Members-at-large Philippe Viehl (2nd term) Fernando Schmitt Beatrix Cochand-Priollet Laura Tabatabai

Executive Board 2013-2014

PresidentZubair Baloch

President-ElectTarik Elsheikh

TreasurerBritt-Marie Ljung

SecretaryDavid Chheing.

Past PresidentLester Layfield

Members-at-large

Bill FaquinDaniel KurtyczPhillipe VielMatthew ZarkaFernando SchmittBeatrix Cochand-PriolletLaura Tabatabai

Membership Committee

Rosemary Tambouret MD (Chair)Angelique W. Levi, M.D.Beatrix Cochand-Priollet, M.D.Jian Shen, M.D.Harvey Cramer, M.D.

MembershipCurrently there are 204 active members for 2012 (up 50% from 2011)171 (84%) members from the United States

33 (16%) from 15 other countries (North America, Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia)

 No members from South America

Nominating and Award Committee

Martha Pitman MD (Chair)Andrea Abati, MDPhilippe Vielh, MDWilliam Faquin, MDMaureen Zakowski, MD

Jan Silverman, M.D.Yolanda Oertel Interventional Cytopathologist of the Year Award

Michael Cohen, M.D.L.C. Tao Educator of the Year Award

Sudha Kini, MD PSC Lifetime Achievement Award

Research Committee

Claire Michael MD (Chair)Ben Davidson, M.D., Ph.DStewart M. Knoepp, M.D., Ph. D.Paolo Gattuso, M.D.Aziza Nassar, M.D.Diane Kowalski, M.D.Mousa A. Al-Abbadi, M.D., FICA

First Winner

[388] Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing from Fine Needle AspiratesHope E Karnes, Eric J Duncavage, Cory T Bernadt. Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO

Second Winner

[413] DNA Qualitative and Quantitative Comparison of Alcohol Fixed Cytology Versus Formalin Fixed Tissue for PNA Clamp Real-Time PCR Detection of KRAS, EGFR and BRAF

Frida Rosenblum, Keith Tomaszewicz, Maryann St. Cyr, Andrew Fischer, Ediz F Cosar, Elizabeth M Kurian, Lloyd Hutchinson. University of Massachusetts Medical Healthcare System, Worceste

Program Development Task Force

Zubair Baloch MD (Chair)Philippe Vielh, M.D., PhD. Andrew S. Field, M.D. Matthew A. Zarka, M.D. Paul Wakely, M.D.

2012: Joint session with ASC - European Federation of

Cytopathology Societies (EFCS) Meeting in Croatia 2012

Sponsored program with Papanicolaou Tutorial of Cytopathology July 2012. Cornell Medical Center, NY

2013 Sponsored program with Papanicolaou Tutorial of

Cytopathology July 2013. Cornell Medical Center, NY PSC Sponsored Luncheon at ASCP 2013 Annual

Meeting: Training in Cytopathology: Effective strategies for teachers and practical goals for trainees. Faculty – Gordon Yu & Richard C. Szumel

Scientific Program CommitteeMatthew A. Zarka, M.D. (Chair)Zubair W. Baloch, M.D., Ph.D.N. Paul Ohori, M.D.Scott Boerner, M.D., FRCPCGuido Fadda, M.D.Anjali Saqi, M.D.

Scientific Programs: 2012USCAP 2012: Joint ASC & PSC Companion

Society – Day 1. “Respiratory tract cytology: from basic morphology to advanced molecular”Number of evaluations: 182. 122 attendees

claimed a total of 356 CME hours. 33 attendees claimed a total of 98 SAM hours

Evaluations. PSC portion: 82% positive (very good excellent; av 85%)Very good, better than average: 48%Excellent: 34%

Scientific Programs: 2012 (cont)ASC Panel Luncheon: “Detection of Biliary Tract Malignancy: A Novel Method Using FISH, Cytomorphology, and Statistical Programming”

Scientific Programs 2013

USCAP. Joint ASC &PSC Companion Society Meeting. “Algorithmic Approach to Pancreaticobilary Cytology.” Day 1.William R. Brugge, MD. Massachusettes General

Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolBarbara A Centeno, MD. Moffitt Cancer

Center/University of South FloridaSyed Z. Ali, MBBS. John Hopkins Hospital/John

Hopkins University and School of MedicineRalph H. Hruban, MD. John Hopkins Hospital/John

Hopkins University and School of Medicine

Scientific Programs 2013 (cont.)PSC Sponsored Panel Luncheon. Proposed

title: “Personalized Genomic Medicine & Bioinformatics Changing Today’s Practice of Cytopathology”Liron Pantanowitz, MD. University of

Pittsburgh Medical CenterSara E. Monaco, MD. University of

Pittsburgh Medical CenterAnna B. Berry, MD. University of California

San Francisco

Scientific Programs 2013 (cont.)PSC sponsored session at ASCP.

“Training in Cytopathology: Effective Strategies for Teachers and Practical Goals for Trainees”Gordon H. Yu, MD. University of

PennsylvaniaRichard C. Szumel, MD. Union Hospital

Education Committee

Aylin Simsir MD (Chair)Joan Cangiarella, M.D.Guoping Cai, M.D. John P. Crapanzano, M.D. Armando Filie, M.D. Anna B. Berry, M.D.Andre L. Moreira M.D., PhD

Cases submitted for 2012 Feb 2012

Alexander Finkelstein, MD and Aylin Simsir, MDNYU School of School of Medicine, New York, NY

Apr 2012 Gillian H. Levy, MD and Guoping Cai, MD

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Jun 2012

Alexander Finkelstein, DO and Joan Cangiarella, MD. NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

Sept 2012 John Crapanzano, MD

Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

PSC Book Series Task Force

Kim Gesinger MDMartha B. Pitman, M.D.

PSC Book Series2 Published

Basic cytologyLung and MediastinumMusculoskeletal

In printBreast

Others in work includeSerous effusionLymphoma

Publication Committee

Vinod Shidam, M.D. (Chair and Editor of Focus) Nancy P.Caraway , M.D. Manon Auger, M.D., FRCPN. Paul Ohori, M.D.Adebowale J. Adeniran, M.D. Santo V. Nicosia , M.D.

2 issues of FocusThank Dr. Manon for her contribution to the

Humanities Corner in the Focus Newsletter. Request nominations for a section editor

with similar interesting topics in Focus For Dec 2013 issue.

The Focus editorial staff is also thankful to the PSC members for their timely contributions to the past Focus issues. We are looking forward to their future proactive contribution to future issues submission of interesting topics and material.

Web-Site Committee

Daniel Kurtycz MD (Chair)Claire Michael, M.D. Vincent Ko, M.D. Stefan E. Pambuccian, M.D.Chris S. Jensen, M.D.

Website for the Pancreaticobiliary forumhttp://www.papsociety.org/pscoforum/All of the five base committee documents

are in placeAlso posted on PSC Facebook Page and

ASC ListservNearly 100 physicians have signed upNo cost to the society

Standards of Practice Guidelines Committee Britt-Marie Ljung MD (Chair)John Abele, M.D.Miguel A. Sanchez, M.D.Susan Rollins, M.D.

CAP US FNA course3x a yearThe number of participants expanded

from 12 to 164 faculty/per courseAwarded the prestigious Excellence in

Practice award from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) in 2012

Introduction to US FNA workshopA half day workshop at the annual ASC

meeting Nov 2012Faculty composed of UCSF faculty: B-M

Ljung, R Balassanian, E Khanafshar and A Berry

OthersDrs Britt-Marie Ljung and Martha Pitman

invited by Dr Celeste Powers to submit a review paper on their experience of “Establishing USFNA in an Academic Setting” for Pathology Case Reviews in Spring 2012—Now in Press.

International Scientific Program and Relations Committee

Fernando Schmitt MD (Chair)Eric J. Suba, M.D.Philippe Vielh, M.D.Carlos Bedrossian, M.D., FIACFernando Schmitt, M.D., FIACZubair Baloch, M.D., Ph.D.

PSC Reception

Hilton Baltimore Hotel Key Ballroom 2 5:00 pm right after the business meeting