Four VCU Pathology Residents had research abstracts accepted for poster presentation at the College of American Pathologists (CAP) 2008 Annual Meeting scheduled for September 25-28 in San Diego, CA. A complete listing of the accepted abstracts are published in the September 2008 issue of the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.
M. Vanessa Phillips-Williams M.D. has been awarded second place in the 2008 CAP Junior Member Abstract Award competition. Dr. Phillips-Williams will present her award winning abstract entitled “Clinically Undetected Malignancies Identified at Autopsy: A Single Institution review” at the CAP 2008 meeting in San Diego, CA.
In addition, Dr. Phillips-Williams has been offered a 2008 ICPI Trainee Travel Award sponsored by the Intersociety Council for Pathology Information (ICPI). This award is intended to offset the travel costs for attending the society meeting of one of ICPI’s five sponsoring organizations, whose members include the College of American Pathologists (CAP).
Saud Rahman M.D. also has been offered a 2008 ICPI Trainee Travel Award sponsored by the Intersociety Council for Pathology Information (ICPI). At the CAP 2008 meeting, Dr. Rahman will be presenting an abstract entitled "Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Associated With the E200K-129V Mutation and Type 2 Prion Protein Expression: A Rare Haplotype."
Emerald O’Sullivan-Mejia M.D. will be presenting an abstract entitled "Hyalinizing Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Salivary Gland: Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Diagnostic Challenges" at the CAP 2008 Meeting.
Cassie Boggs M.D. will be presenting three abstracts at the CAP 2008 Meeting. entitled:
- The Expression of Cyclin D1 and BCL2 in Estrogen Negative and Triple Negative Invasive Mammary Carcinoma
- Biopsy Correlation of American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System Category 4 Mammographic Calcifications: Does the Pattern of Calcification Predict Likelihood of Malignancy?
- CD44 Positive and CD24 Negative Stem Cells and CD44 Are Differentially Expressed in Estrogen Negative and High-Grade Invasive Mammary Carcinoma
Congratulations to our pathology residents for their achievements! |
