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2012 Number 1 PRESIDENT David Ellis SECRETARY Stephen Fairy TREASURER Australasian Division Jan Kencian of the International EDITORIAL GROUP Academy of Pathology Robin Cooke neWe cannot expandws the program unless we Jan McLean Message from the President have concurrent sessions, or extend the full IAP WEBSITE program into the preceding weekdays. ext year will Our solution for now is to have a third inter- www.iaphomepage.org national speaker nominated by a companion Nmark the 40th club convenor. The speaker becomes integrated anniversary of our Australasian Division into, and lectures at the Friday Companion Annual Scientific Club program as well as providing a plenary WEBSITE Meeting. lecture on Friday evening and contributing Since the inaugu- to the Saturday morning Masterclass. By this www.iap-aus.org.au ral meeting held in method, we can support international speakers 1973, at the Royal in more specialised areas such as renal pathol- DESIGNED BY Prince Alfred Hospital under the Presidency of ogy and paediatrics without affecting the main- Prof Vincent McGovern, the June meeting has stream program for the weekend. In some cases the companion clubs or societies may also Luke remained at the heart of educational activity for choose to run a concurrent symposium on the PERKINS Australian and New Zealand anatomical pathol- GRAPHICS Saturday – as will be the case in 2013. ogists, and an important yearly opportunity www.lukeperkins.net For 2012, A/Prof Wendy Cooper has suc- to catch up with one other – embodied in the cessfully nominated Prof Keith Kerr from the well-used phrase “See you at the IAP”. Secretariat: University of Aberdeen. Prof Kerr will give a A president who meddles with this success- plenary lecture entitled “Lung Cancer – where 205 Albion Street ful formula does so at their own peril – yet we are we now?” on Friday at 4pm, as well as a face a number of challenges and opportunities, lecture on Pulmonary Neuroendocrine tumours Surry Hills, NSW 2010 and the Australasian Division needs to embrace to the Companion Club on Friday evening and change where it benefits the members and is in actively participating in the Saturday morning Ph: (02) 8356 5898 Masterclass. line with our charter: http://www.iap-aus.org. From this year, we are also asking all our au/about_us.html. Fax: (02) 8356 5899 invited speakers to present at, and to be active- The first of these is our new resolve to ly involved in their respective companion club Email: [email protected] expand the ASM program and invite three program. internationally renowned pathologists each As a result, the three companion clubs for ABN: 73009593815 year rather than two. It is clear from our recent which there is an international guest will survey that people want to be able to leave become “featured” events, and take place in the the meeting by late Sunday afternoon and that main auditorium. The companion clubs them- there is little enthusiasm for events after this. selves have expanded dramatically in the last On the other hand, many pathologists have dif- 20 years, many coupling with their respective international society and some with their own ficulty getting away from their microscope until sponsored international speakers. late on Friday, a day traditionally reserved for companion meetings. Message from the President continued page 3 been extremely active, having published over 37th ASM 500 articles in peer reviewed journals. She has also been the author of numerous book Invited chapters and books. She has organized innu- merable workshops, courses and other educa- Speakers tional activities. Two books should be mentioned in particular Elaine was an Editor for both the 2001 and 2008 editions of the “WHO Classification of Tumors of the Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues.” She is currently one of four series editors developing the 4th Edition Series of monographs for the classification of human tumors, under the auspices of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the World Health Organization. She is the leading author for the book Jaffe continued page 5 Elaine S. Jaffe Keith M. Kerr laine studied for her first University eith graduated BSc with First class Edegree at Cornell University, New York KHonours in Pathology, University of and spent another 2 years at the Cornell Edinburgh, in 1978 and MB ChB in1981. University Medical College. She obtained MRCPath, Royal College of Pathologists, 1988; her MD from the University of Pennsylvania FRCPath 1998; FRCP(Ed) 2006. School of Medicine, the first medical school to Present appointments: be founded in the United States in 1765. 1989 – present; Consultant Pathologist, She then moved to Washington and joined the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland. staff of the Laboratory of Pathology, National 1996 – present; Honorary Professor of Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Pulmonary Pathology, Aberdeen University Health, Bethesda, Maryland in 1970. The NIH Medical School. was given its present charter in 1930 and it is Keith has had a career long interest in lung the best funded and most prestigious Medical cancer and has research interests in pul- Research Centre in the world. As a result it monary pre-neoplasia and carcinogenesis, is an extremely stimulating environment in lung tumour diagnosis and classification, and which to work, but the corollary of that is the identification of predictors of therapy that it is extremely competitive. Elaine has response. spent her whole professional life in the NIH, He has been a lecturer in numerous National moving steadily up the ranks until she became and International Conferences. Head of the Haematopathology Section in He is a member of numerous lung cancer 1980, a position she still holds. clinical advisory and research groups in the During this time Elaine has contributed very UK and served on panels for the 2004 WHO significantly to the understanding of tumours lung cancer classification. of the Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues, He was a member of the NELSON describing some new entities in the process. International expert pathology review panel She will be sharing some of this knowledge for European Lung Cancer screening trials. with us during the meeting. He was a core Member of the International For a Researcher, publications are an integral Association for the Study of Lung Cancer part of their work. In this regard, Elaine has (IASLC) that recently published a Lung 2 Adenocarcinoma classification. Message from the President continued with the guest speakers. At the recent USCAP Since 2006 he has been Pathology Chair for This year we are privileged to have some meeting in Vancouver Robin was honoured the European Organisation for Research and of the world’s most distinguished patholo- with the President’s Award. The announcement treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Lung Group. gists speaking. Prof Stacey Mills on Saturday was made by the President, Greg Fuller of the Since 2010 he has been Pathology lead on the will lecture on “Avoiding Pitfalls in Bone MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Lungscape Translational research project Pathology” as well as “Viral and Molecular The President’s Award was established in 2001 “to recognize an indi- and is a member of the International insights in Head and Neck vidual for outstanding service Mesothelioma Pathology panel. Pathology”. to the field of pathology.” At He is a member of the Pulmonary Pathology On Sunday, Prof the presentation Dr Fuller Society Council and is involved in a number of Elaine Jaffe will be talk- ing on “Overview of New stated “You were chosen based UK, European and North American initiatives Concepts in the 2008 upon my recommendation looking at the introduction, operation and WHO Classification as President, with the full quality assurance of guidelines for manage- and Beyond”, as well as and enthusiastic approval ment and molecular pathology testing in lung “Borderlands Between of all five members the cancer. He has published over 100 papers in Hodgkin Lymphoma and USCAP 2011-12 Executive scientific journals and has contributed to a Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Committee, based on the truly number of books. Biological and Clinical unique contribution to the Implications”. USCAP that you have made Stacey E. Mills Prof Jaffe has been at through your photojournal- the very leading edge of istic documentation of the lymphoma pathology for meetings, and your Editorship decades and yet those who have heard Elaine of the IAP News Bulletin spanning two dec- speak will know that she has that rare abil- ades.” ity to make complexity appear simple and Congratulations Robin, the first non resident elegant. of the USA and Canada to receive this Award. On Sunday morning the inimitable Phil We are fortunate in the Australasian Division Allen will present a soft tissue Masterclass that Robin assists the guest speakers in produc- subtitled “All consultants are occasionally ing colour slide seminar handouts of outstand- wrong.” ing quality and every registrant would benefit Phil has prepared a DVD of his lecture and from a having copy on their shelves for future reference. tacey had his undergraduate training in the this can be purchased from the Secretariat in The 2012 ASM promises to be as good as it historic city of Williamsburg, Virginia at the Sydney for $50. S gets - “see you at the IAP”. William and Mary College that was founded by Robin Cooke has prepared colour hand- King William 111 and Queen Mary 11 of England outs for the slide seminars in conjunction David Ellis, April 2012 in 1693. It was the second institution of higher education after Harvard and it has become famous Above: Robin Cooke received the President’s award from Greg Fuller at the USCAP meeting in Vancouver 2012. particularly for its Liberal Arts courses. Below: Members of the Australasian Division attending the USCAP meeting in Vancouver in March 2012.