Association of Pathology Chairs         
2010 Annual Meeting
Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Washington
July 14-16, 2010

Join the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) for their 2010 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington!  The Program Directors Section (PRODS), Undergraduate Medical Educators Section (UMEDS) and the Pathology Department Administrators Section (PDAS) will meet concurrently and in overlapping sessions of mutual interest with Chairs.  See the complete meeting program for new details added each week!  Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your professional peers in a unique environment created solely for the exchange of information and ideas of greatest concern to academic pathology.  

For the first time, APC’s program will include a new arrangement of sessions serving each area of interest simultaneously in one meeting – undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, practice and management, research, and advocacy.  Examples of program topics in 2010 include:

   Challenges in the evolving marketplace of academic pathology: Getting ahead of the healthcare reform curve

       New technologies in diagnostic imaging: Visions of pathology’s future

       Experiential learning approaches to laboratory management education

       Building research programs and collaborations in non-research intensive departments

       Educational scholarship and other pathways to career success as an educator

       Preparing residents in the world of laboratory carve-outs and personalized medicine

       Synergies with cooperative societies: Alignment for the future of pathology

The 2010 APC Annual Meeting will be held again at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, conveniently located near Seattle's best restaurants, shopping and performing arts venues.  The hotel is also within close proximity to many historic and modern attractions in downtown Seattle.  For discounted room reservations, click here.

APC is the non-profit society dedicated to providing education, training, information resources and networking opportunities for pathology department chairs, residency program directors, undergraduate medical education directors, and department administrators of LCME-accredited schools of medicine in North America and affiliated hospital teaching centers.