Courses in Surgical Pathology 2006

Dear Colleagues

This is an announcement of courses offered by Pilsen pathologists, which will take place at the Bioptical Laboratory in Pilsen, the Czech Republic between March 31^st (10:00 a.m.) and April 2^nd 2006 (5:00 p.m.). The courses will be done at a multihead microscope. Because the multihead microscope has altogether 22 seats, there is a capacity of only 21 seats for participants.

Within these 3 days the participants will take 6 courses, each of which will take approximately 3 hours each. There will be 2 courses every day. Slides from many hundreds of interesting cases will be shown. The topics of the courses will be: Pathology of the Head and Neck (Dr. A. Skálová), Pathology of the Skin (Dr. D. Kazakov), Pathology of the Breast (Dr. Z. Kinkor), Pathology of the Urogenital Tract (Dr. O. Hes), Pathology of the Lymphatic Tissue and Bone Marrow (Dr. L. Boudová) and Selected Problems in Surgical Pathology (Dr. M. Michal). The only spoken language during the courses will be English.

For interested participants we are planning a short trip to Prague including a dinner in a Prague restaurant on the Royal Road on March 31^st. The dinner will be paid by sponsors of the course. The course will end on April 2^nd in the evening.

The whole course will cost 50 Euros. The cost of accommodation amounts to around 40 Euros per night and will be arranged by the organizers in the city pensions. For pathologists from Eastern Europe and Latin America there may be a discount on the fee. This discount will be discussed after payment and arrival in Pilsen. Registration will be based on the rule "First come (paid) first served". After mid- February 2006 fee money will not be paid back in case of cancellation.

Please send your registration to the following address: courses@medima.cz.

Any important additional information concerning the courses will be posted on the WebPages of the Pilsen pathologists www.patologie.cz.

For pathologists arriving to Prague airport we can arrange for free transfers if the exact date, time and flight details will be provided at least one week before arrival.

The term of the course: March 31 - April 2, 2006

With best regards

• Prof. Alena Skálová, M.D., Ph.D. - Pathology of the head and neck
• Zdeněk Kinkor, M.D., Ph.D. - Pathology of the breast
• Dmitry Kazakov, M.D., Ph.D. - Pathology of the skin
• Prof. Michal Michal, M.D. - Selected problems in surgical pathology
• Assoc. Prof. Ondřej Hes, M.D., Ph.D. - Pathology of the urogenital tract
• Ludmila Boudová, M.D., Ph.D. - Pathology of the lymphatic tissue