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THE PAEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY SOCIETY (PPS)

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.

2008 PPS Slide Seminar

The PPS 2008 Slide Seminar for the Annual Meeting in Helsinki is now available. PPS Logo

Click HERE

Roger Malcomson on August 11 2008 12:21:57

The 2007 Slide Seminar from the PPS meeting is still available online

Click here

Case histories, static images and the handout are available on the PPS website

Click here (members only)

Ed Lazda on July 13 2007 13:06:23

"Journal Watch" Page

At Steve Gould's suggestion, we have set up a page for links to interesting or useful journal.

Click here

NEW - on the need to register "fetus papyraceus" as stillbirth

Please send in your suggestions. Click on "Submit a link" in the panel on the left.

Ed Lazda on November 29 2006 12:05:53

How to submit stuff for the website

If you've got anything you'd like to see appearing on the website, read on ...

Ed Lazda on October 02 2006 15:46:42

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A message from the President

Paris, 21.8.06. Liliane Boccon-Gibod gives her thoughts on the new website and how it relates to the PPS and her presidency.

It is a great satisfaction for me that my 3 years term as PPS President will begin with the launching of our new web site, which I am sure, will help us fulfilling many of our goals.

It is now common place to stress the challenges facing physicians in the first decade of this new millennium. These challenges do not spare our specialty: shortage of pediatric pathologists, competition with organ specialist, leading to potential erosion of cases presenting the maximal scientific interest, necessity to expand our knowledge from morphology to molecular biology. At the same time, we have to promote the awareness of pediatric pathology, by increasing the visibility for pediatric and perinatal pathology in general medical meetings. The electronic links that should link us to other pathology domains will allow us to inform some target audiences about pediatric pathology and promote the visibility of our specialty.

We also have to face a new scrutiny of the public upon what we are doing, while we were previously used to work in the shade. There is a difficult balance to maintain between full exposure and opacity. Our new web site allowing much more conviviality should be of help to guide us through the maze of the new regulations and legal problems we are facing. The incorporated discussion forum should also allow members to feel more secure on difficult cases, which can be posted for discussion on the web.

This web site should allow us also to keep an open eye on all what is happening in the pediatric pathology small world and make other pathologists around the world closer to our Society, facilitating all kind of exchanges.

Our Society, founded in 1955, will hold its 52nd meeting in Liverpool in September 2006. We have now reached full maturity and always been able to find within our membership young volunteer energies to increase the standing of our Society. The PPS web site remodeling is a good example of this with a few members working behind the scene to enhance considerably it’s possibilities, and we should be grateful to them. We are all asked to help them keep the Society web page alive with our own input. All energies and ideas are welcome.

If these goals are fulfilled during my presidency, I will be a happy president!

Ed Lazda on August 29 2006 11:41:48