Conferences

 PATHVINE 2010 CONGRESS:

On behalf of the Organizing Committees, it is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 2010 Federation of South African Pathology Societies annual congress. The 2010 meeting will be held at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa, from 2-5 September 2010.

Visit  www.pathvine2010.co.za  for further information.

Pathvine 2010 Congress

 

 FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES:



XII Asian Pacific Congress of Clinical Biochemistry
October 3-7, 2010 - Seoul, Korea

Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2010

For more information please visit: www.apccb2010.org

 

Berlin 2011

 

 PAST CONGRESSES:

 Pathtech 2009 

The first combined congress of the Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists of South Africa, the Federation of South African Societies of Pathology and the South African Society of Clinical Cytology was held at the ICC, Durban, 6 - 10 September 2009

Visit  www.pathtechcongress.co.za  for further information.

Guest:  Prof Gert Utermann Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
Prof Gerd Utermann

 

pdf  CV

Topics:

a. Genetic variation and risk for coronary heart disease.

b. The Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome  metabolic malformatin disorder.

 

 

 

 Path Update 48   

The 48th Annual Congress of the Federation of South African Societies of Pathology (FSASP) was held at the Cape Sun Hotel, Cape Town, 19 - 21 July 2008
Visit  www.pathupdate48.org.za  for further information.

Guest:   Professor Dennis Lo Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof Dennis Lo

Topics:

a. Plasma nucleic acids as a new platform for molecular diagnosis

b. Epigenetics: a new source of markers for molecular diagnosis

 

 

 Edupath 2007   

The 47th Annual Congress of the Federation of South African Societies of Pathology (FSASP) was held at Aventura (Bela-Bela /Warmbaths) 20 – 22 July 2007.

Guest:   Prof David Sacks pdf  CV


Topics:

a. Diabetes mellitus 2007:The role of the Laboratory

b. Hemoglobin Alc in the management of patients with diabetes: from chaos to harmony

 

Presentations:

ABC of Quality Control - A Problem Based Approach
R.T. Erasmus

Step by Step Approach to Evaluation and Comparison of Analytical Methods
J. M. Kuyl

 
 Path Revival 2006 

The 46th Conference of the FSASP was held at the Blue Waters Hotel Durban on 2 - 5 July 2006

Guest:  Prof  David E Bruns pdf  CV
David Bruns

Topics:   

a. A View of Clinical Biochemistry Through Clinical Chemistry
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b. Excellence in Patient-Centered Laboratory Medicine: Challenges for Academia, Industry and Government
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 Path Track 2005 

The 45th Conference of the FSASP was held at St George Hotel, Rietvleidam, Gauteng on 3-5 July 2005.  Prof Stewart has been in office for the past 2 years as president and has made valuable contributions in the field of Chemical Pathology concerning Quality assurance.  Dr Steenkamp was elected as the new president of the SAACB.
Dr Steenkamp is one of a few scientists in South Africa working on the relevant topic of traditional herbal remedies.  She is currently working as Senior Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Pretoria, where she is active in self-initiated projects in the field.  She is author of a number of peer reviewed scientific publications in the field of Clinical Biochemistry and has received international recognition as scientist.
 The new president Dr Vanessa Steenkamp thanked outgoing president Prof Mike Stewart
The new president Dr Vanessa Steenkamp thanked
outgoing president Prof Mike Stewart
Guest:
Prof Alan Shenkin, Dept of Clinical Chemistry, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK.
Alan Shenkins

Alan Shenkin graduated and specialised in Chemical Pathology in Glasgow UK, where he worked under Sir David Cuthbertson and also trained at the Nutrition Unit at Karolinska Institute with the nutritional pioneer Arvid Wretlin He is European Editor of the journal Nutrition' and Chairman of the Intercollegiate Group on Nutrition , developing nutrition courses for the UK Royal Colleges. His research is directed at micronutrient requirements in health and disease, the metabolic and biochemical response to serious illness.

Topic:   Who needs micronutrients? Assessment of micronutrient status.

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