The Paediatric Pathology Society (PPS), started in 1955 as the Paediatric Pathology Club, is composed of pathologists who specialise in or have a major interest in the pathology of the fetus, neonate or child. The Society exists to promote paediatric pathology in its widest sense, embracing all the disciplines of pathology, but most members are now Histopathologists. Membership is largely European, reflecting the origins of the Society, but is open to those from anywhere in the world.
The Society runs an Annual Scientific Meeting, with meetings generally happening in Europe. Donations to the Society have enabled the institution of a guest lecture - The John Emery Lecture - at the annual meeting and the Norman Brown Award is given for the best presentation by a junior member or guest.
Please note that this site is www.paedpath.org, not to be confused with www.pedpath.org, which is our journal website.
As for last year, abstracts are limited to 250 words and the deadline for submissions is midnight (BST) on the 1st June 2012.
Beware: the word limiter sometimes counts carriage returns as words. So, if you're pushing the limit, try taking out any unnecessary white space in your abstract. Or trim off a few words....
Dr Inga Hagerstrand MD, PhD (1934-2011), Associate Professor Lund University and Senior Consultant Pathologist (ret) Umea University Hospital, Sweden.
Dr. Hagerstrand's colleagues wish to inform Members of her recent death and have written an Obituary in celebration of her life and professional achievements.
Please follow this link to the full text of the obituary.
The Molecular Pathology Programme of the EScoP (European Society of Pathology) has announced that it is starting an educational effort in familiarising pathologists with molecular pathology. It will be organising a series of Courses in Molecular Pathology commencing in March 2012. For more information see:
I am very sorry to announce that the 57th Annual PPS meeting in Athens 20 to 22 October has been cancelled. An air traffic controllers strike is expected on Wednesday and Thursday which will seriously disrupt all air traffic to and from Athens. The local organizers, the PPS Committee, President, Secretary and Treasurer feel we cannot take the responsibility to have the PPS meeting in Athens under such circumstances. This is an unforeseen happening and we have to do the best we can to limit all implications this will have for the Society and for all of us.
The local organizers will work with the issue of limiting the financial consequences. A letter to all members registered for the meeting will be sent out by the local organizers. Our sympathies and thanks go to Tania who has worked so hard for this meeting.
I am very sorry and upset about this, but since these are events which are out of our control, there is not much we can do except to be constructive and try to find the best solution for everybody.
From Christina Vogt on behalf of Ronald de Krijger, Marie-Anne Brundler, Tania Konstantinidou and all PPS Committee members.
Standing Order Change Required for 2012 Subscriptions
Dear Colleagues,
As you may have read in the recent newsletters, I had to open new accounts because we were unable to transfer the existing accounts. Also, I will be closing the account with the Scottish Clydesdale bank.
It is therefore imperative that you cancel your existing standing order and set up a new standing order, as per attached letter. Alternatively, you can pay your annual subscription through our website, once we give the go ahead for 2012. This continues to be free of charge. For those of you who do online banking and decide to make a (direct) electronic payment to our account, please ensure that you cover any charges this could encur (notably for members currently living outside the UK).
The 57th PPS Annual Meeting will be held in Athens, Greece, October 20 - 22, 2011 at the Athens University, Historical Central Building. More details are available at the official meeting website: www.57thppsannualmeeting.gr.
Abstract submissions are now closed (1st May - 19th June 2011).
I wish all members a Happy New Year with a special wish that next year will bring us together at an academically and socially wonderful meeting in Madrid.
Professor Liliane Boccon-Gibod received the PPS Honorary Membership at the 56th Annual PPS Meeting in Padova in September. She has been very active in Paediatric Pathology both in France and internationally and her main interest has been in the field of childhood tumors, specially Wilms tumor, neuroblastomas, and rhabdomyosarcomas with focus on genetic techniques and oncogenes. She is also engaged in many national and international duties. She is treasurer in the French Pathology Society, and responsible for the Pediatric Pathology Division. Internationally she is member of the Advisory board of the European Society of Pathology, and Committee Member of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology. In 2005 she hosted the PPS/SPP joint meeting in Tours. In the same year, she was Vice-President of the Congress of the European Society of Pathology . She was President of IPPA from 2004-2006, and President of the PPS from 2006-2009. Liliane Boccon-Gibod is also liaison for the IPPA council in order to coordinate and promote Paediatric Pathology in Africa.
Professor Boccon-Gibod has in her professional and academic life untiringly worked for the best of Paediatric Pathology and it was a great honor and pleasure for me to award her an Honorary Membership in the PPS.
Professor Jonathan S. Wigglesworth received his PPS Honorary Membership from Dr. George Kokai and formally opened the new, state-of-the-art, perinatal mortuary facilities at Birmingham Women's Hospital on 3rd November 2010. He also was the Guest of Honour at a Symposium entitled: "Perinatal and Placental Pathology: Value for Clinicians" organised by Drs. Phil Cox and Tamas Marton, in conjunction with the Perinatal Institute, to mark the opening of the new mortuary and to form part of the UK's National Pathology Week (1-7 November 2010).
Dear Registrants for the Annual PPS Meeting,
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