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Sanford Consortium Auditorium, 2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive
 La Jolla, CA 92037; November 4 (Saturday), 2017

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Practical and Advanced Hematopathology
(With upto 6.75 CME Credits)

When:	November 4 (Saturday), 2017
Where:	Sanford Consortium Auditorium, 2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive , La Jolla, CA 92037 (Directions)
Who should attend:	Pathologists, Hematologists/Oncologists, and other professionals with an interest in hematopathology
Amenities:	Continental Breakfast, Coffee breaks, Lunch, and Parking
Registration:	Please visit the Registration Page.

Full Schedule for Saturday, November 4, 2017

7:20 AM - Onsite registration & continental breakfast
	MORNING SESSION
7:50 AM	Welcome:	Don Xu, MD, PhD UCSD/VAMC
8:00 AM	Keynote lecture: Practical Approach to Myelodysplasia: WHO 2016 and Beyond Introduced by Dr. Frank Zhao, UCSD/VAMC	Kathryn Foucar, MD Univ. New Mexico
9:30 AM	Lecture: Lymphomas in the grey zone: a personal experience Introduced by Don Xu, MD, PhD	Frank Zhao MD, PhD, MBA UC San Diego/Phoenix VA
10:30 AM - Coffee Break
10:40 AM	Lecture: Unique pediatric leukemia Introduced by Richard Wong, MD, PhD	Jun Mo, MD UC San Diego/Rady’s
11:40 AM - Lunch (for all attendees) SDSH Business Meeting (SDSH members only)
	AFTERNOON SESSION
	Moderator: Dr. Huan-you Wang, UCSD
12:40 PM	Short Sessions:
	A Case Presentation of T cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder	Jessica Wang-Rodriguez, MD VAMC/UC San Diego
	An Unusual Case of Cutaneous T cell Lymphoma	Richard Wong, MD PhD UC San Diego
	Starting Early: A WHO 2016 New Leukemia Designation	Steve Gauerke, MD Naval Medical Center
	Mycosis Fungoides, Lymphomatoid Papulosis, or Both?	Qinghong Yang, MD, PhD VAMC/UC San Diego
2:40 PM - Coffee Break
	Moderator: Beth Broome, MD, PhD; UCSD
2:50 PM	Short Talk: Immunoshifting in Hepatosplenic T cell Lymphoma After Chemotherapy	Don Xu, MD PhD VAMC/UCSD
3:20 PM	Lecture: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Selected 2016 WHO Provisional Entities	Huan-you Wang, MD, PhD UC San Diego
4:10 PM - Adjourn

Our Organizing Committee:

H. Elizabeth Broome, MD, Professor & Director, Hematology Lab, CALM of UCSD
Arash Mohtashamian, MD, CDR MC USN, Staff Hematopathologist & Residency Program Director, Naval Medical Center
Robert Sharpe, MD,, Professor & Senior Staff Hematopathologist, UCSD/Scripps Green Hospital
Huan-You Wang, MD, PhD, Professor & Director, Hematopathology Fellowship, UCSD
Jessica Wang-Rodriguez, MD, Professor & Chief, PALMS, UCSD/VAMC
Xiangdong (Don) Xu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, UCSD/VAMC
Qinghong Yang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, UCSD/VAMC
Frank Zhao, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor & Chief, Hematopathology, UCSD/VAMC (Program Director)



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