Monday, April 20, 2015

http://2015.laennecliverpathology.org/

Dear All,
To make the Paris 2015 website easier to remember, I have created a subdomain: http://2015.laennecliverpathology.org/
You could reach the website by using either the newly created subdomain or the link on the upper right of our main website or the link that Luciana supplied.
See you in Paris!
Arief

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Website Laennec Conference - Paris 2015

Dear Laennec Members,

The 2015 Laennec Paris Conference website: https://apps.key4events.com/key4register/?e=403 is now operational. You will find all the information about the venue, preliminary Scientific and Social Programmes, and most importantly, you will be able to make your registration in advance. It is crucial for us that you register in advance specifying if you will be joining alone or accompanied, so we can book the visits & restaurants accordingly.

Just a quick note to remind you that the rooms at the preferential rate are available for reservations until April 23rd. After this date the rooms will be released and you will have to make your booking directly at the Hotel's website depending on availability and at public rates.

The link to book your room still the same: https://aws.passkey.com/event/13014655/owner/7806428/home

Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely yours,

Luciana Berrebi
LuGar Events

HCC and biopsy discussion forum

Dear colleagues,

EASL is launching a new communication network ‘The Community Portal’ at its 50th Annual congress to beheld next week in Vienna.  One of the ‘launch’ topics concerns the role of biopsy in the management of HCC patients. My collaborator, Dr Helen Reeves, Consultant Hepatologist (Newcastle University, UK) and member of EASL GB, is the lead facilitator for this topic.

This is a "hot topic" for the Laennec Liver Pathology Society, so please follow the link below and comment. You will need your EASL ID and password to log in or you can create a new free login/password.

http://www.easl.eu/community/topic/would-routine-biopsy-and-histological-assessment-of-suspected-hcc-alter-patient-management

I will be grateful if you could disseminate the link to your clinical colleagues and other interested pathologists.

I hope to see many of you in Vienna next week!

Best wishes

Dina

Monday, March 30, 2015

Ashley Stueck and Ian Wanless' Paper in Hepatology


Ian and Ashley's beautiful PATHOLOGY PAPER in Hepatology!  REAL PATHOLOGY!!!!

Congratulations to them and to our community  :)))))

Neil Theise

Friday, February 27, 2015

Laennec Meeting Paris 2015 organization

Dear friends,

New Laennec' meeting is coming.
In order to propose the best (extra scientific) organization for all of you, we asked Luciana Berrebi to help us.

If you have any queries, suggestions, ....,  feel free to contact her.

I received several proposals for the scientific sessions, thanks, other can come.

Bises de Paris

Pr Valérie Paradis
UMR 1149 INSERM - Université Paris Diderot
Dpt d'Anatomie Pathologique - Hôpital Beaujon
100 bd du Gal Leclerc, 92110 Clichy
Tel: (+33) 1 40 87 54 63
Fax: (+33) 1 40 87 70 00
e-mail: vparadis@teaser.fr

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Title for Scientific Presentations at Laennec Meeting Paris 2015

Dear friends,

Time is going fast and we received very few titles for scientific presentations.

Following discussion on HCC biopsy, Do we book a specific session ?
If yes, we have to think about a realistic program.
All proposals are welcome.

Best

Pr Valérie Paradis
UMR 1149 INSERM - Université Paris Diderot
Dpt d'Anatomie Pathologique - Hôpital Beaujon
100 bd du Gal Leclerc, 92110 Clichy
Tel: (+33) 1 40 87 54 63
Fax: (+33) 1 40 87 70 00
e-mail: vparadis@teaser.fr

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Editorial on HCC biopsy in Hepatology


Dear Laennec friends,

Please see the Hepatology-Editorial (click here or image), Mike and I fought through regarding the HCC biopsy issue (for the cost of an anti-editorial from Jordi Bruix and Morris Sherman). Any kind of support, for example letter to the editor, more/new arguments, or local activities are certainly very helpful and appreciated. Maybe we could also discuss the issue at the next Laennec meeting again? Best wishes
Peter


Prof. Dr. P. Schirmacher
Director
Institute of Pathology
University Hospital
Im Neuenheimer Feld 224
69120 Heidelberg
T: +49–6221–56–4161
Email: Peter.Schirmacher@med.uni-heidelberg.de



Dear Laennec friends,

as promised, I have collected the comments that have reached me regarding the editorial and have tried to sort them (see attached). It may also be used as a starting point for our discussion in Paris – thus I would also like to hand it over to Valerie by this. Mike and I would certainly be very happy if this discussion evolves further for the aim of getting HCC biopsy and fostering the position of liver pathology. Best wishes


Peter

Monday, February 2, 2015

In Memoriam Boris H. Ruebner, MD, 1923-2014


Boris H. Ruebner, MD, 1923-2014
Boris, a long time member of the Laennec Liver Pathology Society, passed away June 11, 2014 at the age of 90. Boris was born in Düsseldorf. He recalled to me that, at the age of 13, he attended the 1936 Berlin Olympics with his father. He moved to England in the late 1939 where he attended Winchester College, followed by the University of Edinburgh Medical School. After graduation in 1946, he studied and practiced pathology at Hammersmith Hospital in London and the University of Heidelberg. He emigrated to Canada where he was a member of the pathology staff of Dalhousie University in Halifax from 1957 to 1959. He was married on campus in King’s College Chapel. Together, we visited the same chapel during the 2007 Laennec meeting, shortly before his 50th wedding anniversary.

Boris was on the staff of Johns Hopkins University for a decade before being recruited, in 1968, to the inaugural staff of the University of California (Davis). During his long career, he published more than 180 peer-reviewed articles. He was well known for his textbook “Pathology of the Liver and Biliary Tract”, co-authored with Carolyn Montgomery (1982 and 1991). Although Boris officially retired in 1994, he maintained a consultation practice and continued to teach into his late 80s. He was a popular and award-winning teacher. In recognition of his contribution, the Division of Gastroenterology created the Ruebner-Rosenquist Outstanding Teaching Award in 2010.

I was first acquainted with Boris through his writings. While pursuing a project at Johns Hopkins in the 1980s, I reviewed all the autopsy liver slides on file from a period of 80 years and assembled some data. Afterwards, I discovered that Boris had reviewed the same liver slides and had already published similar data.  Boris was always a step ahead of me! We finally met in person at the inaugural planning for the Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society during a USCAP meeting. A few years later, he became one of the founding members of the Laennec Liver Pathology Society. He was present at the first summer meeting in 2000 and every subsequent annual meeting until he was 88. He was a committed traveller and made the Laennec meetings a reason to get about, scrambling over rocks and roots with the fittest. He suffered a ruptured tendon in his mid-80s but continued to press on with the help of great personal tenacity and a stout cane. One memorable summer, at the age of 84, he visited the Hermitage in St Petersburg and returned, travelling alone, with a stop in Nova Scotia to attend the Laennec meeting. From there he took a bus to New York where he boarded his return flight to Davis. He still had the strength to attend 4 annual meetings after that. Travel was a tonic for him, just as his determination was a tonic for us. He was always with us, and now we miss him.

Ian R. Wanless, M. D.
Department of Pathology,
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Friday, January 16, 2015

Invitation to Laennec 2015 Paris



Dear friends,

Pleased find enclosed the invitation letter for the next Laennec meeting in Paris.
I know that some of you need this letter for their faculty.

Tell me if you have any problem with the hotel like to book your room.

As soon as you know the subject of your presentation, please let me know.

Best regards

Pr Valérie Paradis
UMR 1149 INSERM - Université Paris Diderot
Dpt d'Anatomie Pathologique - Hôpital Beaujon
100 bd du Gal Leclerc, 92110 Clichy
Tel: (+33) 1 40 87 54 63
Fax: (+33) 1 40 87 70 00
e-mail: vparadis@teaser.fr

Monday, January 5, 2015

Booking Laennec Paris 2015

Dear Friends,

Following previous email regarding Laennec Meeting in Paris / 2015, find enclosed the link to book hotel rooms at a negotiated rate.
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/ReservationLaennecLiverEvent


Be free to contact me if you need any help or have any questions.

BONNE ANNEE

Pr Valérie Paradis
UMR 1149 INSERM - Université Paris Diderot
Dpt d'Anatomie Pathologique - Hôpital Beaujon
100 bd du Gal Leclerc, 92110 Clichy
Tel: (+33) 1 40 87 54 63
Fax: (+33) 1 40 87 70 00
e-mail: vparadis@teaser.fr

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Dear friends, 

Our orchid is in full bloom in my mum's garden. Picture taken by Judy. 
Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year, 

Aileen, CN, Judy and family 

Vanda Laennec Liver Pathology Society

Aileen Wee, MBBS, FRCPA, FRCPath
Professor and Senior Consultant
Department of Pathology,
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore,
National University Hospital, National University Health System,
5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074.