The UGA College of Veterinary Medicine

The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

Continuing Education

Basic Ultrastructure and Ultrastructural Pathology for Veterinary Pathology Residents and Pathologists

January 23-24, 2010

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Registration Fees:

Non-students — $200
Students — $150
Saturday evening resident pizza party and description writing — $10

Course fee includes continental breakfast, refreshment break, lunch, and instructional materials (course proceedings will be on CDs only).

This course will provide 12.5 CE hours for students and non-students. The pizza party and description writing segment will provide 2.0 CE hours. Full attendance is required to receive total CE credits.

Course Cancellation Policy

Full refunds are available for cancellations made by 5 p.m. ET, January 4, 2010. No refunds will be issued thereafter. If a course is cancelled for any reason, the College of Veterinary Medicine will not be responsible for any charges related to travel.

Summary

The goals of this rigorous course are to provide veterinary pathology residents and pathologists with information needed to understand basic ultrastructural techniques and to identify tissues, interpret changes in tissue, and identify organisms at the ultrastructural level. In addition, veterinary pathology residents will learn how to describe electron micrographs.

Although designed for veterinary pathologists and pathology residents, this course also is appropriate for graduate students and researchers in other disciplines wishing to incorporate electron microscopy into their research.

The course will begin with an overview of transmission and scanning electron microscopic techniques, including special techniques such as negative staining and immunoelectron microscopy. This will be followed by sessions on basic ultrastructure, normal ultrastructure and pathologic changes in individual organ systems, agent identification, and written description of electron micrographs.

Saturday evening will be devoted to residents and practice with description writing.

Instructors

UGA CVM Faculty:

Mary Ard, HT(ASCP), BS
EM Laboratory Coordinator of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Pathology. She has over twenty years of experience in electron microscopy.

Dr. Cathy Brown, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Professor, Department of Pathology. Dr. Brown is an expert in renal pathology with extensive experience in renal electron microscopy.

Dr. Angela Ellis, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology. Dr. Ellis is an expert in ophthamologic pathology.

Dr. Nicole Gottdenker, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology. Dr. Gottdenker's research interests include pathology and infectious diseases of wildlife, zoonoses of wildlife and domestic animals, and vector-borne diseases.

Dr. Elizabeth Howerth, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Professor, Department of Pathology. Dr. Howerth has extensive experience in electron microscopy of infectious diseases.

Dr. Kaori Sakamoto, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology. Dr. Sakamoto's area of expertise is endocrine pathology.

Dr. Elizabeth Uhl, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Professor, Department of Pathology. Dr. Uhl is an expert in skeletal pathology.

Dr. Susan Williams, DVM, PhD, DACPV
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology. Dr. Williams is an avian pathologist.

UGA CVM Pathology Residents:

Dr. Melinda Camus, DVM
Clinical pathology resident.

Dr. Elizabeth Driskell, DVM
PhD student and anatomic pathology resident.

Dr. Susan Knowles, DVM
PhD student and aquatic animal veterinary pathology resident.

Dr. Bala Manickam, DVM, PhD
Aanatomic veterinary pathology resident.

Dr. Rita McManamon, DVM
Aanatomic veterinary pathology resident; former veterinarian for Zoo Atlanta and has expertise in cardiovascular diseases of nonhuman primates.

Dr. Sasmita Mishra, DVM, PhD
Anatomic veterinary pathology resident.

Dr. Janildo Reis, DVM
PhD student and anatomic veterinary pathology resident.

Dr. Leo Susta, DVM
PhD student and anatomic veterinary pathology resident.

Location

All sessions are held at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Please use the ramp entrance to the main Vet Med building. Follow the directions here or contact Melissa Kilpatrick at melissak@uga.edu.

Hotel Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at the

Holiday Inn Express
513 W. Broad St., Athens, GA 30601
Phone: 706.354.6400
Located adjacent to campus, about 1 mile from the CVM. Free parking.
Rate: $85.00
Georgia Center for Continuing Education Center & Hotel
Phone: 706.542.2134 or 888.295.8894
Located on-campus, about 2 blocks from the CVM
Room block code: Vet Med.

Program

January 23, 2010

7:30-8:00 Registration and coffee
8:00-8:10 Course overview
8:10-9:15 Overview of techniques
9:15-10:15 Basic Ultrastructure
10:15-10:30 Refreshment break
10:30-11:10 Renal Ultrastructure
11:10-11:50 Ultrastructure of Respiratory System
11:50-12:50 Lunch
12:50-1:50 Hematopoietic Ultrastructure
1:50-2:50 Ultrastructure of the Gastrointestinal System
2:50-3:20 Ultrastructure of the Liver
3:20-3:35 Refreshment Break
3:35-4:20 Ultrastructure of the Skin
4:20-5:00 Ultrastructure of the CNS
5:00-5:30 Description Writing
6:30-9:00 Pizza dinner with residents and Description Writing (optional)

January 24, 2010

7:30-8:00 Continental breakfast
8:00-8:45 Ultrastructure of the Cardiovascular System and Muscle
8:45-9:15 Ultrastructure of the Eye
9:15-10:00 Ultrastructure of Bone and Cartilage
10:00-10:15 Refreshment break
10:15-10:50 Ultrastructure of the Endocrine System
10:50-11:20 Ultrastructure of the Reproductive System
11:20-12:00 Identification of Agents

Contacts

For further information about this and other continuing education opportunities, contact Melissa Kilpatrick, Continuing Education: 706.542.1451 or melissak@uga.edu

This page was last updated August 31, 2009.