{"id":13807,"date":"2016-04-01T16:44:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T20:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/?p=13807"},"modified":"2016-04-01T16:44:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T20:44:06","slug":"pathology-laboratory-medicine-news-items-march-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/2016\/04\/01\/pathology-laboratory-medicine-news-items-march-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathology &#038; Laboratory Medicine News Items &#8211; March 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP_.PDL1_.Colon-Cancer.IMG_8021.jpg\"><\/a>Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">March 2016 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Announcements:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Please join in congratulating <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nancy Miller, M.D<\/span><\/strong>. on her promotion to Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. This promotion recognizes Dr. Miller\u2019s national reputation in the field of pathology, specifically in the area of microbiology. There is amble evidence of her stature, including being an invited participant in preparing the Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI) upcoming international CLSI M-52 Guideline (User Verification\/Validation of Microbial Identification and Antimicrobial susceptibility Testing Systems). This panel will establish the national guidelines for the identification of pathogens and antimicrobial testing. Additionally, she was an invited panel member on the nationally and internationally attended 2012 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) forum on Culture-Independent Diagnostics. Dr. Miller was the co-convener for the Symposium: \u201cFecal microbiota transplants and competing organisms: From practical to practice to promise\u201d, American Society for Microbiology in 2014, and was a faculty participant for workshops (2012, 2014, 2015).<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thirty Shades of Red\u2026 <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also known as<strong> \u201cTransfusion Medicine in the Hot Seat: A Case-Based Primer\u201d authored by Karen Quillen, MD, MPH <\/strong>out for publication!!! Get your copy!!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/QuillenPublication2016.FullSizeRender1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13809\" alt=\"QuillenPublication2016.FullSizeRender\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/QuillenPublication2016.FullSizeRender1-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/QuillenPublication2016.FullSizeRender1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/QuillenPublication2016.FullSizeRender1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Carmen Sarita-Reyes<\/span><\/strong> was recently accepted for a leadership course at the APC meeting. From the APC; \u201cThe Association of Pathology Chairs&#8217; Leadership Development and Diversity Committee, it is our pleasure to let you know that your application for the Pathology Leadership Academy (PLA) has been accepted. You will join about 60 colleagues for this special event, which will include lectures and interactive presentations by a host of nationally recognized speakers.\u201d The Leadership Program will take place in July in San Diego, California<\/li>\n<li>From <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Daniel Remick<\/span><\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Daniel Remick, M.D<\/span><\/strong>., served as an external reviewer for the Department of Pathology at the University of Iowa. The two day review during the end of March 2016 was conducted as part of the University\u2019s standard 5 year review of the Department<\/li>\n<li>The NIH held a one day workshop on the physician scientist workforce on February 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 2016. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Daniel Remick, M.D<\/span><\/strong>. participated as the Chair of the Research Committee for the Association of Pathology Chairs and the Vice President of the American Society of Investigative Pathologists<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Daniel Remick, M.D<\/span><\/strong>. served as an unpaid external reviewer for CBMed, a government \u2013 private joint venture in Austria. The company is focusing on developing biomarkers including biobanks. The first review was held in Graz, Austria in February 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Caitlin Miller, PhD Candidate<\/span><\/strong> in Rahm Gummuluru\u2019s Lab attended The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, February 22-25, 2016 in Boston, MA where she presented a poster entitled, &#8220;Essential role of Vpr in HIV-1 infection of dendritic cells&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Huihong Xu, M.D.,<\/span><\/strong> received the &#8220;CAPA Member of the Year Award&#8221; at the 14th Annual Meeting of Chinese American Pathologists Association on March 12, 2016 in Seattle, Washington<\/li>\n<li>USCAP 2016 \u2013 March 12-18, 2016; Seattle, Washington\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yue Sun, MD presented the following posters:<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cAnalysis of PD-L1 Expression Pattern in Microsatellite Instability Colon Cancer;\u201d\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yue Sun<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Max Vaickus,<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Michael O&#8217;Brien<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Qing Zhao <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP_.PDL1_.Colon-Cancer.IMG_8021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13810\" alt=\"Sun.USCAP.PD,L1.Colon Cancer.IMG_8021\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP_.PDL1_.Colon-Cancer.IMG_8021-373x300.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP_.PDL1_.Colon-Cancer.IMG_8021-373x300.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP_.PDL1_.Colon-Cancer.IMG_8021-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP_.PDL1_.Colon-Cancer.IMG_8021.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\u201cAnalysis of PD-L1 Expression Pattern in Advanced Bladder Cancer and Lymph Node Metastasis;\u201d\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yue Sun<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Max Vaickus<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sandra\u00a0Cerda<\/span><\/strong> and\u00a0Huihui Ye<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP2016.PD_.L1Expression...BladderCancer.IMG_8023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13811\" alt=\"Sun.USCAP2016.PD.L1Expression...BladderCancer.IMG_8023\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP2016.PD_.L1Expression...BladderCancer.IMG_8023-387x300.jpg\" width=\"221\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP2016.PD_.L1Expression...BladderCancer.IMG_8023-387x300.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP2016.PD_.L1Expression...BladderCancer.IMG_8023-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Sun.USCAP2016.PD_.L1Expression...BladderCancer.IMG_8023.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anita Deshpande, MD<\/span>, poster\u00a0entitled;\u00a0 &#8220;<\/strong><strong>Impact of ThyroSeqv.2 Next-Generation Sequencing Assay on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Thyroid Nodules;\u201d &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anita Deshpande<\/span><\/strong><strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Xu Huihong<\/span><\/strong><strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sandra Cerda<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Deshpande.USCAP-2016-image-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13812\" alt=\"Deshpande.USCAP 2016 image 2\" src=\"\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Deshpande.USCAP-2016-image-2-400x300.jpg\" width=\"235\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Deshpande.USCAP-2016-image-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-pathology\/files\/2016\/04\/Deshpande.USCAP-2016-image-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><strong> <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deshpande and <\/strong>Dr.Ye Nikiforov who developed and designed the ThyroSeqv.2 test\u00a0at UPMC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>From <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD<\/span><\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barb Nikolajczyk<\/span><\/strong> and Lee Wetzler are hosting the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Boston University School of Medicine Inflammation\u00a0Symposium May 23, 2016 in Bakst Auditorium<\/span><\/em>. All are welcome to join the cross-talk amongst inflammation researchers at BUSM and beyond.\u00a0 Trainee talks will be selected from submitted abstracts. Please contact the organizers for more details.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barb Nikolajczyk<\/span><\/strong> will chair and speak at an &#8220;Open Call&#8221; Symposium\u00a0at the 2016 Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society in New Orleans, LA in the Fall of 2016.\u00a0The Symposium is\u00a0entitled\u00a0<strong>Complex Data Sets in Obesity: Opportunity over Obfuscation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The multi-PI team of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barb Nikolajczyk<\/span><\/strong> (BUSM), Caroline Apovian (BMC\/BUSM) and Doug Lauffenburger (MIT) were awarded $2.8 million by the NIH\/NIDDK for a 4 yr. project entitled &#8220;Inflammation in Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Gerald Denis and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barb Nikolajczyk<\/span><\/strong> will chair \u201cThe Obesity Society Guest Symposium\u201d at the American Association of Immunologists Meeting May 13-17, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. The theme this year is Immunometaboism and Cancer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Watch <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">David Sherr, PhD<\/span><\/strong> talking on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Science Coalition\u2019s<\/span> \u201cSuper Science Tuesday\u201d about the need for all politicians to know why research investment is so important. This is followed by Dr. Sherr and three other labs discussing \u201cInvesting in Prevention at SPH\u201d:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bp-F0eVuCrA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bp-F0eVuCrA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZWUYQS5Mq-g\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZWUYQS5Mq-g<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kurosawa Lab<\/span><\/strong> is welcoming new faces:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Eriko Morishita<\/span><\/strong>, is a Professor of Medicine from Kanazawa University School of Medicine. \u00a0Kanazawa is a beautiful city, just north of Kyoto, Japan. She is a trained hematologist, specializing in thrombosis and hemostasis. \u00a0Dr. Morishita is visiting our lab for sabbatical for almost a year. \u00a0Her interest is in thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA)<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Takeshi Wada<\/span><\/strong> just arrived from Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. Sapporo is famous for its snow festival. We do not expect him to be intimidated by Boston winter. Dr. Wada is a trauma surgeon. \u00a0His research interest is in disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED<\/span><\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Quillen K<\/span><\/strong> (ed). <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Transfusion Medicine in the Hot Seat: A Case-Based Primer<\/span>. <em>CAP Press<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Thurmond P, Yang JH, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Azadzoi<\/strong><strong> KM<\/strong><\/span>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26792064\">LUTS IN PELVIC ISCHEMIA: A NEW CONCEPT IN VOIDING DYSFUNCTION.<\/a> <em>Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2016; 20:ajprenal.00333.2015. doi: 10.1152\/ajprenal.00333.2015. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26792064<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dai P, Wang Q, Wang W, Jing R, Wang W, Wang F, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Azadzoi<\/strong><strong> KM<\/strong><\/span>, Yang JH, Yan Z. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26805816\">Unraveling Molecular Differences of Gastric Cancer by Label-Free Quantitative Proteomics Analysis.<\/a><em>Int J Mol Sci. 2016; 21;17(1). pii: E69. doi: 10.3390\/ijms17010069. PMID: 26805816<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine News Items March 2016 Announcements: Please join in congratulating Nancy Miller, M.D. on her promotion to Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. This promotion recognizes Dr. Miller\u2019s national reputation in the field of pathology, specifically in the area of microbiology. 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