11 May ‒ 17 May 2019
Ivo Leuschner Memorial Advanced Course in Paediatric Pathology
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and has a long history of being the crossroads between Africa and Europe, East and West. Nearly a thousand years ago, Palermo was one of the largest cities in Europe, a multicultural centre, had four official languages, the capital of a state covering Sicily and Southern Italy, ruled by a Scandinavian family, a long history of Greek and Byzantine and 250 years of Arabic rule, with Phoenician, Berber, Lombard and Jewish influences. Greek, Arabic and Byzantine influences are evident in many historical sites.
Ivo Leuschner Memorial Advanced Course in Paediatric Pathology
Professor Ivo Leuschner died on 29 January 2017 in Kiel. He is survived by his wife Sabine, and their three children Johannes, Katharina and Alexander. Ivo was born on 14 June 1959 in Erlanger, Germany. He completed his medical degree at University of Kiel, and after a year of internship in St. Gallen (Switzerland) and London (UK), he returned to Kiel to do his medical thesis in microbiology (1986) before he started training in pathology at the Institute of Pathology, University of Kiel. He was very fortunate to have great teachers including Prof. K. Lennart, Prof. D. Harms, Prof. M. Dietel and Prof. D. Schmidt. He passed a medical board exam in pathology in 1994, and then continued his training in paediatric pathology in Kiel and through the attendance of the IPPA Advanced Courses in Paediatric Pathology (1995 – 1999). He obtained a PhD degree in 2002. In 2007 he was promoted to Professor of Paediatric Pathology at the Medical School of the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, and Head of the Department of Paediatric Pathology at the University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel. The main focus of Ivo’s work was paediatric tumours – having the privilege of training and working in the birth place of the world renowned Kiel Pediatric Tumor Registry, which was founded by Prof. D. Harms in 1974, Ivo became its Chairman and significantly developed it by introducing modern molecular biology techniques. He was a very deeply committed pathologist who worked tirelessly on improving diagnosis and outcome of children with tumours, and was involved in all German paediatric tumours studies, as well as in many international trials and studies, including soft tissue sarcoma, paediatric liver tumours, renal tumours, neuroblastoma, germ cell tumours, malignant endocrine tumours, and LCH. He was a member of the Pathology Panel of the SIOPEL Liver Tumour Study, and co-chair of the Pathology Panel of the SIOP Renal Tumour Study Group. He was involved in the pathology protocol for the new UMBRELLA Renal Tumour Study which has just been launched and in which Ivo was supposed to be one of the key contributors in providing rapid central pathology review not only for Germany, but for many other countries as well. He was a great teacher and lecturer and many pathologists around the world benefited either from their visits and stays in Kiel, or from attending his lectures at many national and international meetings, congresses, seminars and courses. He was an author or co-author of over 250 papers and always made a significant contribution to them by providing immaculate pathological data or meticulously and diligently writing his parts. He was a quiet person who would never lose his temper even during the most heated debates, always presenting his arguments in a calm and composed way, fully acknowledging other people’s views, but not being afraid of disagreeing on something. He had a wry sense of humour and was well known for his mischievous grin, had a very kind heart and was always prepared to listen to other people and help them as much as he possibly could. Over the last 5 years Ivo, with his close friend and colleague Bengt Sandstedt (Sweden), went many times to Vietnam teaching and lecturing, to help that country’s pathologists to improve their diagnostic skills and accuracy and, consequently, treatment and outcome of children with cancer. He was a hugely appreciated person and professional and will be immensely missed by many friends and colleagues around the world.
Course Directors: Prof Gordan M. Vujanic
Dr Michael Ashworth
Accredited by the European Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (EACCME)
Registration from 14.00 – 18.00
18.00 - 19.00 Welcome reception
19.00 - 20.00 Dinner
20.00 - 21.00 - Introductory Lecture by Dr Adrian Charles
Sicily, the crossroads of the world – a millennium
Chair: Gordan Vujanic & Michael Ashworth
08.15 OPENING
08.30 - 09.30 LECTURE 1 - Fetal growth restriction: diagnostic criteria (Y. Khong)
09.30 - 10.30 LECTURE 2 - Uncommon placental lesions including pathogenesis and science as available (B. Rogers)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 12.00 LECTURE 3 - Fresh stillbirth, causes and findings (T. Marton)
12.00 - 13.00 LECTURE 4 - Participants slide seminar – part 1 (P1-P4)
13.00 Lunch
14.00 - 18.00 Catania City Walking Tour
20.00 - Dinner at Materia Prima restaurant - Strolling Trio Folk – live music
Chair: Stefan Dojcinov
08.30 - 09.30 LECTURE 5 - The pathology of cardiomyopathy in childhood (M. Ashworth)
09.30 - 10.30 LECTURE 6 - The impact of molecular diagnostics on classification of sarcomas
(A. Kelsey)
10.30 - 11.30 LECTURE 7 - Fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors in children – not everyone fits the mould (M-A. Brundler)
11.30 - 12.00 Coffee
12.00 - 13.00 LECTURE 8 - Reactive paediatric lymphoproliferations (S. Dojcinov)
13.00 - Lunch
Chair: Adrian Charles
15.00 - 16.00 LECTURE 9 - Hodgkin lymphoma update (S. Dojcinov)
16.00 - 17.00 LECTURE 10 - Digital Pathology – Hands on implementation (A. Charles/F. Alchami)
17.00 - 17.30 Coffee
17.30 - 18.30 LECTURE 11 - Basal villitis (Y. Khong and B. Rogers)
18.30 - 19.30 LECTURE 12 - Measuring your impact: Impact factor, H-index and citation-based indicators (J. Dahlstrom)
19.30 - 20.30 Dinner
Chair: Yee Khong
20.30 - 21.30 LECTURE 13 - Participants slide seminar – part 2 (P5-P8)
08.00 - 13.00 Etna Tour
13.00 Lunch
Chair: Michael Ashworth
14.00 - 15.00 LECTURE 14 - Approach to diagnostic lung biopsy interpretation (M. Dishop)
15.00 - 16.00 LECTURE 15 - Pediatric lung cysts: Acquired cysts and cystic malformations
(M. Dishop)
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee
16.30 - 17.30 LECTURE 16 - Infections involving the placental parenchyma, perinate, and child
(B. Rogers)
17.30 - 18.30 LECTURE 17 - Tutor’s slide seminar (T1-T4) (S. Dojcinov)
19.00 - Dinner
Chair: Beverly Rogers
20.00 - 21.30 LECTURE 18 - Participants slide seminar – part 3 (P9-P13)
Chair: Jane Dahlstrom
08.30 - 09.30 LECTURE 19 - Ying tong diddle I po: asplenia/polysplenia/heterotaxy/isomerism
(Y. Khong)
09.30 - 10.30 LECTURE 20 - The pathology of sudden cardiac death in children (M. Ashworth)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 12.00 LECTURE 21 - Maternal vascular adaptation, atherosis, and maternal vasculopathy
(B. Rogers)
12.00 - 13.00 LECTURE 22 - Pearls in placental pathology (B. Rogers and Y. Khong)
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 Tour of Taormina
19.00 Dinner
Chair: Megan Dishop
20.00 - 21.00 LECTURE 23 - Tutors slide seminar (T5-T8) (B. Rogers)
21.00 - 22.30 LECTURE 24 - Participants slide seminar – part 4 (P14-P19)
Chair: Beverly Rogers
08.30 - 09.30 LECTURE 25 -Pediatric lung neoplasms (M. Dishop)
9.30 - 10.30 LECTURE 26 - Big things and big small-patient lesions – a quiz (Y. Khong)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
11.00 - 12.00 LECTURE 27 - Targeted epigenetic therapy (L. Oligny)
12.00 - 13.00 LECTURE 28 - Tutor’s slide seminar (T9-T11) (Y. Khong)
13.30 - Lunch
Afternoon - Free for personal study and/or recreation
19.30 - 23.55 Course Gala Dinner at Villa La Limonaia
Chair: Luc Oligny
09.00 - 10.00 LECTURE 29 - B-cell NHL in children and young adults (S. Dojcinov)
10.00 - 11.00 LECTURE 30 - Patterns of autoimmune disease and immunodeficiency involving the lung (M. Dishop)
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee
11.30 - 12.30 LECTURE 31 - T-cell lymphomas and LPDs in young patients (S. Dojcinov)
12.30 - 13.30 LECTURE 32 - Tutor’s slide seminar (T12-T15) (M. Dishop)
13.30 Business meeting
Lunch and depart