XXX ISDP SYMPOSIUM
SANTIAGO OF CHILE
OCTOBER 28-31, 2009.

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the Chilean Dermatopathology Study Group, the Chilean Society of Dermatology and Venerology, the Chilean Society of Anatomic Pathology and the Ibero-Latin American Society of Dermatology I am delighted to invite you to the XXX Symposium of the International Society of Dermatopathology to be held in Santiago of Chile from October 28-31, 2009. The meeting is entitled "Ode to Dermatopathology" as a tribute to famous poets of our country like Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral, both recipients of the Nobel Prize for Literature.Thus, the Symposium is intented to be a tribute to Dermatopathology through presentations of novel knowledge in the field, interesting and extraordinary cases with emphasis in clinico-pathologic correlation, and advances in concepts and description of new entities in skin diseases.

Sessions will take place in the Sheraton San Cristobal Convention Center in Santiago of Chile.

The Organizing Committee has prepared an interesting and informative scientific program for all the attendees of the meeting.

Santiago is the capital city of Chile, an emerging world economy with intense cultural life, excellent wines and famous tourist destinations, like Torres del Paine, Atacama Desert, Pablo Neruda's houses and Easter Island.

October is sunny and pleasant and a number of social events and tours will be available.

We are looking forward to your scientific contribution and to welcoming you to Santiago in October 2009.

Sergio González, MD
February, 2009

PROGRAM:

Wednesday 28th
 
14.00 - 18.00 Self-assessment
Director: Andrew Carlson, USA

Participants: C. Horta (Brazil), B. Werner (Brazil), J. Garces (Ecuador), M. Mazzei (Uruguay), Y. Corredoira (Chile), R. Bentjerodt (Chile), M. Sotto (Brazil), R. Macarenco (Brazil), F. Bravo (Peru), S. Walsh (USA), G. Kao (USA), M. Fung (USA), G. Borroni (Italy), C. Nousari (USA), A. Selim (USA), E. Herrera (Spain), M Fernandez (USA), V. Prieto (USA), D. Metze (Germany), G. Landman (Brazil), A. Gonzalez-Serva (USA).

Basic course of Dermatopathology (dermatologists, pathologists and residents)

Directors: Omar Sangueza, USA; Sergio Gonzalez, Chile

18.30 - 21.00 SILADEPA meeting (scientific-bussiness)
Director: Martin Sangueza, Bolivia

 
 
Thursday 29th
8.00 - 12.00 Self-assessment discussion
Director: Andrew Carlson, USA

Free communications
Directors: Roger Weenig, USA; Sergio Gonzalez, Chile

 
14.00 - 16.00 Session : Melanocytic neoplasms
Directors : Philip Le Boit, USA ; Lorenzo Cerroni, Austria

 
16.30 - 18.30 Session : Unusual dermatoses
Directors : Rossitza Lazova, USA ; Luis Requena, Spain

 
19.30 Welcome cocktail
 
Friday 30th 
8.30 - 10.30 Regional Dermatopathology -SILADEPA
Directors: Martin Sangueza, Bolivia; Francisco Bravo, Peru

 
10.45 – 11.30 Bernard Ackerman lecture
Coordinator: Ivo Sazunic, Chile

 
11.30 - 14.00 Chilean Society of Dermatology meeting

 
14.00 - 16.00 Session: Cutaneous Lymphomas
Directors: Heinz Kutzner, Germany; Roger Weenig, USA

 
17.00 - 18.00 Chilean Society of  Pathology meeting 

   
Saturday 31st 
9.00 - 12.00 Slide seminar
Director: Omar Sangueza, USA

 
12.00 - 12.30 Closing ceremony

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