Surgical Pathology Courses 2010

Dear Colleagues,

We have the pleasure to announce Courses in Surgical Pathology at a multihead OLYMPUS microscope given by Pilsen pathologists, which will take place at the Bioptical Laboratory in Pilsen, Czech Republic from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th January, 2010.

Within 3 days the participants will take 6 courses lasting approximately 3 to 4 hours each (2 courses per day). The courses will start on Friday morning at 8.30. There will be a 2-hour lunch break between the courses (held on the same day). Slides of several hundreds of interesting cases will be shown and discussed.

The topics of the courses are Pathology of the Head and Neck (Prof. A. Skalova, MD, PhD), Pathology of the Skin (assoc. prof. D. Kazakov, MD, PhD), Pathology of the Breast (assoc. prof. Z. Kinkor, MD, PhD), Pathology of the Urogenital Tract (Prof. O. Hes, MD, PhD), and two courses of Selected Problems in Surgical Pathology (Prof. M. Michal, MD). English is the official language of the meeting.

Certificate of attendance
Regularly registered participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

The registration fee is 300 Euro for active participant and 150 Euro for accompanying person. The registration fee for active participants includes the fee for the courses (participants only), accommodation for 4 nights (from Thursday 14th to Monday 18th 2010 - Hotel Hazuka in Pilsen, Zborovská street 18), 3 dinners (including one dinner in restaurant in Prague at the Royal Road with transfer to Prague and back for interested participants), and transfer to and from the Ruzyne Airport in Prague. Pathologists from Eastern Europe, Latin America and republics of the former Soviet Union may obtain a discount on the fee, which will be discussed after payment and arrival in Pilsen.

In order to facilitate the arrangement of your transportation from Prague to Pilsen and back, please give us your flight details as soon as possible after registration, 10 days before the courses at the very latest term.

After your arrival, in the evening before the courses start (Thursday, 14th January 2010), there will be a welcome dinner at Pilsen restaurant (El Cid).

As the multihead microscope has altogether 28 seats, there are only 27 seats available for participants and registration will be conducted on the “first come (pay), first served” basis. After January, 8th 2010 no money will be paid back in case of cancellation.

Registration information is available at http://www.patologie.cz/minicourses-2010/

Please check our website for any important additional information.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Pilsen.