The Scientific Programme and AGM documents for this year's PPS Annual Meeting in Padova are now available.


Registration is now open until 30th July 2010! 


                           

General information and Scientific Programme (PDF)  Registration Form (PDF)  Transfers Booking form (PDF)  City Map AGM Documents (NEW) Hotel Recommendation Abstract Submissions are now closed. Side Meeting: 2010 IPPA Graduates Seminar (16th September)

IPPA COURSE GRADUATES

This year’s PPS meeting in Padua will include an IPPA GRADUATE SESSION. The format of this session will be a slide seminar where graduates can present either an interesting or unusual case, results from research, a case to share and seek advice, etc. The aim is to repeat the freestyle presentations which have become so popular at the IPPA course.

The meeting is planned for the afternoon of Thursday 16th September 2010 and will last up to 3 hours, with a coffee break. No extra expenses will be incurred for the attendees.

In order to help with the organisation of the session, it is desirable that those who plan to attend drop an email to Marta Cohen at:  Marta.Cohen@sch.nhs.uk indicating their intention.

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Firstly, I wish to thank the Society's members for electing me as the new President from October 2009. I feel very honored in this respect and hope to serve the Society well and live up to the expectations of all members.

I have been engaged with perinatal pathology for about 20 years, attended the five IPPA courses and three update courses. In 2000 I defended my thesis on a comparison between ultrasound and postmortem findings in fetuses and infants. For the moment I have a 50% position at the St. Olavs Hospital, University Hospital of Trondheim and 50% at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

In 2003, I organized the PPS Annual Meeting in Trondheim and was member of the PPS Committee from 2000-2004. I have also been a member of the Speciality Committee and Educational Committee of the Norwegian Society of Pathology.

The future of Paediatric Pathology is challenging. There is a lack of pathologists specialising in Paediatric Pathology. Over the last 20 years, the shift in autopsy practice has been from infants to fetuses, demanding a more meticulous technique. Parents have become more reluctant to agree to an autopsy, many demanding that all organs are immediately replaced in the body. This renders examination of the central nervous system, in particular, more difficult.

The challenge of the future is to inspire young pathologists to specialise in Paediatric Pathology. With this hope I wish all members of the PPS a prosperous and Happy New Year!

Christina Vogt

President

Roc Kaschula was presented with an Honorary Membership of the PPS by outgoing President, Lilianne Boccon-Gibod, at a meeting in Kinshasa in 2009.