The IAP-ID has the following programmes during the course of the year -
" Mid Year Teaching Programme (usually a Workshop)
" IAP-ID Annual CME " Annual Meeting (usually held in conjunction with IAPM Meeting) having a Symposium and Slide Seminar.

Those members desirous of organizing and hosting the Mid Year Teaching Programme 2006 or the 9th IAP-ID Annual CME 2006 should send their concrete proposals with the theme of the meeting to the Secretary & Treasurer, Dr. Francisco Couto.

For the Annual Meeting 2006 (held along with the IAPM Conference), those desirous of being Moderators for the Symposium or Slide Seminar should send in their names along with the proposed title of the Symposium and Slide Seminar to the Secretary & Treasurer, IAP-ID. However, as per the decision of the Council and General Body of the IAP-ID, the person selected as the moderator shall be the one who is felt to be best suited to be for the particular topic of the Symposium or Slide Seminar.

All proposals should reach the Secretary & Treasurer, IAP-ID, by October 15th, 2005, so as the same proposals could be discussed and approved by the Council and General Body of the IAP-ID. The proposals should be sent to: Dr. Francisco Couto, Secretary & Treasurer, IAP - Indian Division, 714, La Campala Colony, Panaji - 403001, Goa.

CD ON "ORBITAL LESIONS"

CDs on "Orbital Lesions" consisting on the contents of the Slide Seminar conducted by Dr. K. S. Ratnakar at the IAP-ID Annual Meeting at Indore are available for sale. Those desirous of purchasing the CD should contact Dr. Geeta K. Vemuganti for further details at the following address:
Dr. Geeta K. Vemuganti
Director, Department of Pathology
L. V. Prasad Eye Institute,
Road No. 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
E mail: yamer5@yahoo.com; geeta@lvpei.org

IAP-ID MID YEAR TEACHING PROGRAMME 2006, Mangalore

The IAP-ID Mid Year Teaching Programme 2006 will be held on the 29th and 30th April 2006 at the Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, on the topic "Endocrine Pathology". Eminent Pathologists from India are the faculty for the CME and include Dr. Anita Borges and Dr. C. Sundaram. The CME brochures have already been mailed to all the IAP-ID members by the Organizers. For further details contact:
Dr. Ramdas Naik
Organizing Secretary, IAP-ID Mid Year Teaching Programme 2006
Professor & Head, Department of Pathology
Kasturba Medical College
Light House Hill Road
Mangalore - 575001, Karnataka
Tel: (Res) 0824 - 2214368; Mobile: (0) 9448249917
E mail: drrdn@hotmail.com

MEETINGS

13th International Surgical Pathology Symposium
Treviso, Italy
May 2-3, 2006
Mayo Medical Laboratories
Contact: Mayo Reference Services Education Department
Tel: 800-533-1710, 507-266-3074; Fax: 507-266-4126 E mail: mml@mayo.edu

10th Panhellinic Congress of Pathology
Ioannina, Greece May 23-24, 2006

Second Inter-Congress of the European Society of Pathology
Ioannina, Greece May 25-27, 2006
Contact: Congress Secretariat, Triaena Tours & Congress S.A.,
15, Mesogion Avenue, 115 26 Athens, Greece
Tel: +30-210-7499330; Fax: +30-210-7713795
E mail: congress@triaenatours.gr

Hungarian Division IAP - 1st Central European Regional Meeting on Liver & Pancreas Pathology
Eger, Hungary
June 1-3, 2006
Contact: Congress Secretariat: K & M Congress Ltd,
H-1064 Budapest, Podmaniczky u. 75.
Tel: +36-1-3012000; Fax: +36-1-3012001
E mail: info@kmcongress.com
Website: www.kmcongress.com/iapmd.php

Banff Pathology Course - Head & Neck and Thyroid Pathology Update
September 13-15, 2006
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Contact: Ms. Carol Burrows
The Banff Pathology Course: Head and Neck and Thyroid Update
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Room 1W-224, Diagnostic & Scientific Centre
9, 3535 Research Road NW
Calgary, Alberta T2K 2K8, Canada
Tel: (403) 770-3569; Fax: (403) 770-3788
E mail: carol.burrows@cls.ab.ca
Website: www.banffpathology.ucalgary.ca

XXVI Congress of International Academy of Pathology
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
September 17-21, 2006
Contact: Secretariat: iap@uscap.org
Website: www.iap2006.com

24th World Congress of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
August 20-24, 2007
Contact: Congress Secretariat: 19 Jalan Folly Barat,
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 603-2093-0100, 603-2093-0200; Fax: 603-2093-0900
E mail: acadmed@po.jaring.my
Website: www.waspalm2007.org

CD on "Neuromuscular Disorders"

A CD with the proceedings and discussion of the IAP-ID Symposium on "Neuromuscular Disorders", moderated by Dr. C. Sundaram, is available for a fee of Rs. 250 paid by Demand Draft in favour of "Secretary / Treasurer, IAP - Indian Division" payable at "Panaji (Goa)". For further details contact: Dr. Francisco Couto Secretary & Treasurer, IAP-ID 714, La Campala Colony, Panaji - 403001, Goa

IARC Screening Group Website

The website address is http://screening.iarc.fr
The site provides information about the group projects, protocols, etc, and also gives online access to a variety of publications like (1) Colposcopy and Treatment of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia, A Beginners' Manual; (2) A Practical Manual of Visual Screening for Cervical Neoplasia; (3) Histopathology and Cytopathology of the uterine cervix (digital atlas); (4) Planning and Implementing Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Programs,etc.

Various links are available such as
For cytopathology atlas: http://screening.iarc.fr/atlascyto.php
For histopathology atlas: http://screening.iarc.fr/atlashisto.php
For colposcopy: http://screening.iarc.fr/colpo.php
For visual inspection: http://screening.iarc.fr/viavili.php

4th NATIONAL CME IN PATHOLOGY

The 4th National CME in Pathology will be held at Kottayam, Kerala, on 12th to 14th August 2006. The faculty include eminent Pathologists from India and abroad including Dr. Scheithauer Bernd (USA) on Neuropathology and Dr. Francisco F. Nogales (Spain) on Gynaec Pathology. For further details contact:

Dr. Usha Poothiode
Organizing Secretary, IVth National CME in Pathology - 2006
Professor of Pathology, Medical College,
Kottayam - 686008, Kerala
Tel: Office (0481) 2597234; Residence (0481) 2598193; Mobile: (0) 9847111760
E mail: pathocmektm06@yahoo.co.in

US Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) - Extensive Educational material, proceedings of scientific meetings, etc., are made available on the USCAP website for members of the Indian Division of the IAP. The IAP-ID Newsletter is also featured on this site. The website address is: www.uscap.org