Update as of 28 May 2008
Virtual Journal Club
Dr G Leiman of Vermont produces an occasional (and useful) summary of a selection of relevant journal articles. This is now made available to you here courtesy of Society President, Dr Reena Ramsaroop. [click here for Virtual Journal Club]
Keynote Speaker Announced
Matthew A. Zarka, M.D., Director of Cytopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, at the Mayo Clinic Arizona will be our main speaker at this years conference in Dunedin.
Dr Zarka will give 4 presentations:
- Non-gynae: FNA in Evaluation of a Cervical Neck Mass with Emphasis on Salivary Gland and Lymphoid Lesions.
- Part 1 - Salivary Gland
- Part 2 - Lymphoid Lesions
- Gynae - TBA
Please also take this announcement as a call for proffered papers and for two gynae and two non-gynae cases exchange presentations for the workshop. We look forward to another great meeting!
- Liz Pringle
Update as of 20 February 2008
CTIAC Examinations 2008
Karin Bradshaw has announced that there may be an opportunity for candidates to sit the CTAIC examinations in NZ this year at the NZSC/NZIMLS Conference.
Tentative date 26 August 2008 but details to be confirmed by the NZIMLS organising committee. Potential candidates should contact Karin [Karin.Bradshaw@sclabs.co.nz] to express their interest and to ensure they are updated with latest details.
Update as of 12 February 2008
22nd European Congress of Pathology
The 22nd European Congress of Pathology, will be held in Florence, Italy from 4 to 9 September 2009. The estimated attendance is 3000 participants and all preliminary information can be found on the website www.ecp2009.org.
The Organizing Secretariat's contact details are listed below:
- Address:
Congress Secretariat
OIC S.r.L.
Viale G. Matteotti 7
50121 Firenze
ITALY - Phone:
+ 39 055 50351 - Fax:
+ 39 055 5001912 - E-mail:
info@ecp2009.org
Update as of 19 December 2007
Seasonal Message..
Good wishes, a Happy Christmas and a safe Holiday to all members of the cytology society.
Hope the new year will be an active and resourceful one.
From the President and Executive members of the Cytology Society.
Update as of 23 July 2007
Case of the Month
Thanks to Sarla Naran from Wellington for the latest interesting case. [Click here to see it].
Speakers Confirmed
Keynote speakers for the 2007 conference will be Annabelle Farnsworth and Marshall Austin[more details soon].
Update as of 07 July 2007
New National Screening Unit website launched
NSU say that:
"the site has been developed for consumers and participants in screening programmes, with a separate section for health professionals. There is also information about other areas of screening such as antenatal screening for Down syndrome and colorectal cancer screening.
Development of the new site represents completion of the first stage of what will be an ongoing project to review and update the NSU's web presence as a means of communicating with the public, participants in screening programmes and our stakeholders"
You can find the site at www.nsu.govt.nz..
Update as of 14 January 2007
IAC Exam Comes to Auckland
2007 is set to be an interesting year for Medical Laboratory Science in NZ. This year the South Pacific Congress comes to Auckland under the theme “Stairway to Science”. The conference is being organised jointly by the NZIMLS and the NZSC and will be held from 21 -24 August. For details see the NZIMLS website.
It is planned to hold the International Academy of Cytology CTIAC Registration examinations at that time. The exam has been be scheduled for the afternoon before the conference starts but it's possible that this may change. Candidates should contact Karin Bradshaw (SCL) [Karin.Bradshaw@sclabs.co.nz] to express their interest and to ensure they are updated with latest details.
Update as of 23 December 2006
Life Memberships For Carol and Gwenda
The NZSC has decided to present Carol Green and Gwenda Lawrence with lifelong membership to the Society in recognition of their huge contributions to cytology in New Zealand. Pictured here is Carol receiving her certificate from Society President , Abed Kader.
Update as of 16 September 2006
Conference Winner
Congratulations to Raewyn Clapperton of Valley Diagnostic Laboratories who has won the competition kindly sponsored by Biocare. Her prizes are two ThinPrep morphology atlases. See details by clicking here.
Website Spring Clean
All content (except Cases of the Month) from September 2005 to end August has been moved to the 'vaults' as archive#3. Click on the vaults link on the sidebar for the archive index.
Update as of 03 September 2006
Another Christchurch COTM
A big thank you to Rachel Hessey , Staff Scientist, Medlab South Ltd, Christchurch for our latest intetesting case. you can see our September Case of the Month by clicking here.
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