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 AAPA Annual Conference

Long Beach 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to all the attendees at the 2008 AAPA Long Beach conference for helping make it a success.  Attendance this year was stellar with over 400 participants.  There were a few changes this year to the conference structure-most notably the new business meeting format.  The business meeting this year was shorter and all attendees were entered in a drawing with the grand prize being a free round-trip ticket on Jet Blue airlines. Throughout the week, quite a few prizes and awards were handed out and here’s a run-down of the winners:

 

AccuPlace

· Borders Gift Card – Gina Raftery

AAPA

· 1 free registration to the 2009 conference dinner – Melinda Kral

· 2 complimentary room nights at the 2009 conference for the weekend immediately prior to or following the conference – Annie Sj

Aptia:

· iPod Nano – Bob Younes

· 2 - $50 iTunes giftcards – Karen Deal & Ryan SJ

· GPS System – Susan Stillman

Cancer Diagnostics

· 5 Galileo Thermometers – Michelle Schwartz, James Barry, Tina Rader, Annie SJ, Myra Zucker

Evergreen Scientific

· 5 cooler bags – Michelle Costas, George Follmer (won 2), James Romnes, Annie SJ

Mopec

· QlickSmart Blade Remover – Dana Apter

PathologyOutlines.com

· 2 - $25 Amazon Gift Cards – John Eckman, Brooke Montgomery

ReNew Body & Skin Centre

· 30 minute massage or facial – John Eckman

Student drawing for iPod shuffle – Cinthia Prouty, Rochester, MN

Skillpath Workshop A – Michelle Proctor, Kathleen Little

Skillpath Workshop B – Eva Osborne, Lisa Gleason
Skillpath Workshop Skillpath Workshop H – Moses Barget, Narciso Reyes

ASCP Survey drawing (2 iPods) – Patricia Holton, Renee Todoroff

 

2008 Chair Award

Tisa Lawless of the Newsletter Committee and Michelle Rosenow of the Education Committee

1st Annual AAPA/Surgipath Scholarship $2500

Heather Gaburo, QuinnipiacUniversity

As you can see by the extensive prize list above, our exhibitors and sponsors really stepped up this year and we would like to extend our gratitude to them for helping make the conference truly special. All of our sponsors this year were platinum level and we would like to give them a big thanks for their continued support of our profession.  The exhibitors this year were:

 

Mopec, Inc.

Medical Staffing Network

Sakura Finetek USA, Inc.

Merrick, Inc.

Surgipath Medical Industries, Inc.

Evergreen Scientific

PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

Isensix

Cancer Diagnostics

American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)

Statlab Medical Products

Diagnostic Instruments, Inc.

Thermo Scientific

AccuPlace

WebPathLab

Biomedical Products for Educational Photography

American Association of Pathologists' Assistants (AAPA)

Photodyne Technologies

Mar-Med, Inc

Milestone Medical

Aptia Systems, Inc.

 

 

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We had a great turnout for the scheduled activities this year and here are a few pics and a recap:

 

Thank you to all of the participants and volunteers for the 10^th Annual AAPA Fun Run and Walk.  We enjoyed a scenic path along the Pacific Ocean as the sun was rising.  Unfortunately we were without a few members that were unable to arrive in time due to Hurricane Ike.  We missed you!  I would like to also thank the AV committee for getting out early to take pictures of the race.  Check out the photos on the website.  My goal for the future is to put as much information about upcoming races on the conference page of the website.  Thanks again to all who participated and volunteered.  I look forward to another scenic run along the water in Baltimore!

 

Lisa Ware

 

Winners:

     Female                                                 Male

1. Allison Miller                                    1. Stephen Holmes

2.  Erin Surette                                    2. Chet Sloski

3. Wendy  Rieger                                3. Matt Welch

 

The Winners of the Golf Tournament were:

 

 1st - Tom Weninck, John Rider, Mary Schalk & Bill Schalk

 

 

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Pics of the Welcome Party 

 

 

 

 

If you have any photos from the Dodgers game, Price is Right taping, Dinner with Strangers or any other activity that you would like to post, please email Linda Pepe at lbummie@yahoo.com with a brief write-up and attach the pics.

 

 

 

The conference could not take place without the hard work of the Conference and A/V Committee members that attended this year.

 

Conference Committee:  Jana Sovereign, Elizabeth Claus, Lisa Ware, Rich Pucci, Renee Acra, Bridgette Adair, Bob Bladek, Maureen DeArmond, Brad Skilton, Nancy Chimara, Danielle Dermer, Lisa Dionisi, Lara Goldberg, Lester Grant, Doreen Hebert, Heather Hoff, Michele Kowalczik, Louis Litsas, Tara Mann, Heather Manternach, Larry Marquis, James & Kristine McCluskey, Linda Pepe, Natosha McKinney, Eva Osborn, Channon Rider, Audra Simons, Laura Welsh, and Myra Zucker.

 

A/V Committee: Annie and Ryan Schniederjan, Ben Farmer, Dick Dykoski, John Mitchell, L.J. Atieh, Larry Marquis, Michelle Proctor, Rita Johnson and Steve Suvalsky

  

  

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 After Baltimore in 2009, the annual conference will be headed to Indianapolis in 2010 (dates Sat. 9/25/10 to Fri 10/1/10) and San Francisco in 2011 (dates Sat 8/27/11 to Fri 9/2/11).

  

The Indianapolis conference will be held at the Marriott Downtown, 250 West Maryland St, Indianapolis, IN46225. 

Phone:317-822-3500.

 

Here are some links that you might find helpful for the Indianapolis area:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/indcc-indianapolis-marriott-downtown/

http://www.indy.org/indianapolis/web/jsp/index.jsp?p=1&x=1224679252804

http://www.indianapolis.com/

http://www.discoverourtown.com/IN/Indianapolis/Shopping-640.html

http://www.indplsartcenter.org/

http://www.10best.com/Indianapolis,IN/

http://attractions.uptake.com/indiana/indianapolis/77340245.html

http://indianapolis.citysearch.com/browse_roundups/list.html

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/indianapolis/

 

 

 

The San Francisco conference will be held at the Westin St. Francis, 335 Powell St, San Francisco, CA94102.

Phone 415-774-0149. 

 

Below are some links to get you started:

 http://www.westinstfrancis.com/

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/sanfrancisco/

http://www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com/

http://www.sfgov.org/

http://www.sanfrancisco.com/

http://www.sanfranmag.com/

http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g60713-Activities-San_Francisco_California.html

http://www.sftravel.com/sftodo2.html

http://www.unionsquareshop.com/

http://www.sanfranciscoshop.com/

 

 

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Hope to see you in Baltimore.  Thanks for making the AAPA Annual Conference your choice for your CME credits.  If you have any suggestions for future conferences, please contact Jana Sovereign or the Central Office.  Also, we are still in dire need of keynote speakers.  If you know of any pathologist that fits the bill, please let Jana Sovereign know asap.