PSC Annual Business Meeting 2014
Welcome
Zubair Baloch MD
President Reports
 PSC
involvement in various committees.
 Cytotechnology Education and
Technology Consortium (ASC, ASCP, CAP,
ASCT, IAC) – PSC represented by David
Chhieng
 ASC & PSC Utilization of Molecular Tests
in Cytology Specimens Task Force – lead
by Michael Roh, MD & Amy Clayton, MD
 ASC & PSC representation at the
Fellowship Directors Ad Hoc Committee –
Association of Pathology Chairs
President Reports
PSC
Sponsored Companion
Session with ASC (Eva Wojcik)
Slide seminar at ASCP 2014 Surprises and Conundrums
During the Daily Practice of
Cytopathology ": A Slide
Seminar (accepted)
Standards of Practice
Guidelines Committee
Zubair Baloch, M.D. (Chair)
Lester J. Layfield, MD
John S. Abele, M.D.
Miguel A. Sanchez, M.D.
Rana Hoda, MD
Martha Bishop Pitman, MD
Maureen Zarkowski, M.D.
Treasurer’s Report
Britt-Marie Ljung MD
Income Sheet
EXPENSES
INCOME

Donation from Dr. Tao
$1000

Donation from Dr. Oertel
$1,000

Donation from Dr. Abati
$1,000

Donation from Abbott
$1,000

Donation from Dr. Suba
$1,045


Membership dues
Total Income
$24,520
$30,565
Net Income: $(3,374.78)

Wiley
$17539.55

2013 PSC Board luncheon
$651.90

2013 P,SC AV equipment
$658.60

2013 PSC cocktail reception
$5808.05

Resident research award
$750

Tao Award
$1000

Oertel Award
$1000

Lifetime Achievement Award
$1000

Visual Flair Design (website)
$840

FOCUS newsletter fees
$1284

Cytopathology Foundation
$1500

PSC Cervical Cancer Delphi
$1045

Others
$632.68

Total Expenses
$33,307.10
Balance Sheet
 Cash
Balance (as of 12/31/12)
$20,437.30
 2012
Incomes
$30,565.00
 2012
Expenses
$33,307.10
 2012
Net Incomes
$(3,374.78)
 Liabilities
 End
None
of year balance (12/31/13) $17,062.52
Secretary’s Report
David Chhieng MD
Election of officers
 2 Vacant
position
for 2014-2015
 1 Secretary
 1 Member at large
 Nominating
Committee
 Lester J. Layfield, M.D.
(chair)
 Andrea Abati, M.D
 Kim R. Geisinger, M.D
 Anjali Saqi, M.D.
 Ricardo Lastra, M.D.
The Nominating Committee received and
placed in nomination three names for
secretary and four names for member at
large. Following discussions with the
nominees, only one candidate remained for
each position.
Election of officers
 Candidates
standing
for election
 Secretary:
 Mommin Siddiqui
 Board
member at
large:
 Claire Michael
 63
(~one third of all
voting members) votes
were received
 Each
candidate
received >95% of votes
approval
 The
results are:
 Secretary
 Momin Siddiqui
 Members-at-large
 Claire Michael
Executive Board 2014-2015
 President
Zubair Baloch
 President-Elect
Tarik Elsheikh
 Treasurer
Britt-Marie Ljung
 Secretary
Momin Siddiqui
 Past
President
Lester Layfield
 Members-at-large
Bill Faquin
Phillipe Viel
Matthew Zarka
Fernando Schmitt
Beatrix Cochand-Priollet
Laura Tabatabai
Claire Michael
Membership Committee
Momin T. Siddiqui M.D. (Chair)
Angelique W. Levi M.D.
Tamar Giorgadze M.D.
Esther D. Rossi M.D.
Beatrix Cochand-Priollet M.D.
Michael Yang M.D.
Membership 2013
 Total
Members 2013 - 160 Members
USA (130), Canada (8), Australia (5), Puerto Rico
(3), Belgium (2), Italy (2), China (1), France (1),
Finland (1), India (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand
(1), Portugal (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa
(1), Spain (1)

Membership 2012 – 204 Members

Membership 2011 – 135 Members

Membership 2010 – 256 Members

Membership 2009 – 235 Members
Membership Committee Charges
1. Flyer distributed at the
IAC, ASC, ASCP and
CAP 2013 Meetings
2. Email list compilation
3. Communication with
membership regarding PSC
initiatives and
announcements
4. Membership updates for
renewal of membership
5. Journal subscription
Award Committee
Lester J. Layfield, M.D. (Chair)
Oscar Lin, MD
Maureen F. Zakowski, M.D.
Philippe Vielh, M.D., Ph.D.
Fernando Schmitt, MD
Andrea Abati, M.D.
Dan Kurtycz, M.D.
Paul Wakely, M.D.
Yolanda Oertel Interventional Cytopathologist
of the Year Award
Hormoz Ehya, M.D.
L.C. Tao Educator of the Year Award
Marluce Bibbo, MD
PSC Lifetime Achievement Award
Research Committee
Claire W. Michael, M.D. (Chair)
Edmund Cibas, M.D.
Phillip Bomeisl, D.O.
Jennifer Brainard, M.D.
Vinod Shidham, M.D., Ph D.
Philippe Veilh, M.D.. PhD.
Qing Kay Li, M.D.m Ph.D.
Paolo Gattoso, M.D.
Jay Wasman, MD
Criteria for Inclusion

Abstracts submitted by residents in training as first author

Resident submits an application to committee chair by fax or
email verifying the training status
Review Process

Abstracts were rendered anonymous and scored by
committee members (total 8 members participated)

Reviewers abstained from scoring their own abstracts
Awards
First
Award:
[475] A Minimum Volume of 50 mL Is Necessary to Ensure
That a Pleural Effusion Is Benign: A Retrospective Review
of 2,536 Cases
Lisa Rooper, Syed Z Ali, Matthew T Olson. The Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Awards
Second
Award:
[384] Cytomorphologic Correlates with Molecular
Analyses in Thyroid Fine Needle Aspirates with
Indeterminate Cytology – An Institutional Experience
Stephen J Bloechl, Krigman Hannah, Khalid Amin.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Scientific Program
Committee
Matthew A. Zarka, M.D. (Chair)
Zubair Baloch, MD
Britt-Marie Ljung, MD
Rana Hoda, MD
Susan D. Rollins, MD
Esther Diana Rossi, MD, PhD
Nicole A. Massoll, MD
Fulvio Basolo, MD
Andre L. Moreira, M.D., Ph.D.
Liron Pantanowitz, MD
Scientific Programs: 2013
 USCAP
2013: “Algorithmic Approach to
Pancreaticobiliary Cytology:
A Step Towards Recommendations and
Guidelines”. Day 1 session.
 William R. Brugge, MD
 Barbara A. Centeno, MD
 Syed Z. Ali, MBBS.
 Ralph H. Hruban, MD
PSC-USCAP Companion Session:
Evaluations
•
Number of evaluations: 176. 103 attendees claimed a total of 295 CME hours.
29 attendees claimed a total of 81 SAM hours.

Session met my educational objective
 Total positive responses very good/excellent: 90% (average of all
registrants’ positive responses for this type of session: 94%

Was timely and will influence how I practice
 91% positive (av 91%)

Enhanced my current knowledge base
 91% positive (av 93%)

Addressed my most pressing questions
 85% positive (av 85%)

Addressed competencies identified by my specialty
 89% positive (av 91%)

Was free of commercial bias
 94% positive (av 96%)
PSC Sponsored ASC Panel Luncheon
2013
 Personalized
Genomic Medicine and
Bioinformatics: Changing Today’s Practice
of Cytopathology
 Sara E Monaco, MD
 Anna B. Berry, MD
 Liron Pantanowitz, MD
PSC Sponsored Session at 2013 ASCP
 Training
in Cytopathology: Effective
Strategies for Teachers and Practical Goals
for Trainees”
 Gordon H. Yu, MD
 Richard C. Szumel, MD
USCAP PSC Companion Meeting 2014
 Reinventing
Our Profession: Challenges and Experiences
 Britt-Marie Ljung, MD : “Ultrasound Guided FNA by
Pathologists in an Academic Setting”
 Susan D. Rollins, MD: “Nuts and Bolts of Running a
USFNA Clinic in the Community Setting”
 Yuri E. Nikiforov, MD, PhD: “Emerging Technologies for
Molecular Analysis of FNA Samples: Next Generation
Sequencing for Cancer Diagnosis in Thyroid Nodules”
 Dara L. Aisner, MD, PhD: “Current and Emerging
Molecular Markers in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
Applications in Cytopathology”
 Liron Pantanowitz, MD: Next Generation Sequencing
and Current Biomedical Informatics Challenges”
ASC 2014 Roundtable Discussion
Proposal
 Approach
to Pancreaticobiliary Cytology: A
Step Towards Recommendations and
Guidelines
 Martha B. Pitman, MD
 Lester J. Layfield, MD
Education Committee
Aylin Simsir, MD (Chair)
Rana Hoda, MD
Gordon Yu, MD
Darshana Jhala, MD
Joan F. Cangiarella, M.D.
Guoping Cai, M.D.
Armando Filie, M.D.
Anna B. Berry, M.D.
Andre L. Moreira, M.D., Ph.D.
Malini Harigopal, MD
Accomplishments

The committee oversees the “case of the month” section of
the PSC website at http://papsociety.org/cotm.html

Total of 4 cases were published on the web site
Contributers and Cases

Metastatic small cell carcinoma- transformed from primary prostatic
adenocarcinoma
 Hangjun Wang, MD
Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
 Oscar Lin, MD, and Natasha Rekhtman, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Esophageal Granular Cell Tumor
 Joseph Hatem, MD and Gordon Yu, MD
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania,
Metastatic Goblet Cell Carcinoid of the Ovary
 Jena Hudson, M.D and Brian T. Collins, M.D.
Washington University in St. Louis

Extramedullary Hematopoesis in Thyroid FNA
 Jay C. Zeck, M.D.
Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C.
 Anne Busseniers, M.D.
Metropolitan Fine Needle Aspiration Services, Washington, D.C.
Charge #1

Evaluates the effectiveness of the overall PSC CME and CE
Programs with scientific program committee.

This was not done as there was no communication sent to our
committee about PSC CME and CE Programs
Charge #2
 Responsible
for reviewing the evaluations
from the PSC educational activities and
relaying any topics, changes, or
improvements for the overall CME Program
to scientific program committee.
 This
was not done as no communication was
received about any PSC educational activities
Charge #3
 Responsible
for soliciting educational
content for pathology trainees (residents
and fellows) for the PSC newsletter
A
case report was submitted to the newsletter
and published
Web-Site Committee
Dan Kurtycz, M.D. (Chair)
Liron Pantonowitz, MD
Sara Monaco, MD
Scott Anderson, MD
Sepi Mahooti, MD
Brian Collins, MD
Site: www.papsociety.org

Committee reviews and maintains site with changing content
using VisualFlair® for hosting and coding.

Developed and sunseted Pancreaticobiliary Forum site

Have developed improved forum/survey web tools for the
future

Plan to add 60 more reviewed images to PSC Thyroid Atlas
Maintain PSC Facebook Page
Site for news and conference images
For the membership, remember that
the site offers:
The Presidential Message
Meeting announcements
Focus Newsletter
Case of the Month
Discounts to select Wiley Titles
Access to listserve
Membership Renewals.
International Scientific Program
and Relations Committee
Fernando Schmitt –Chair – (Canada)
Andrew Field (Australia)
B.Cochand-Priollet (France)
Eric J Suba (US)
Philippe Vielh (France)
Salwa el Haddad (Egypt)
Lester J Layfield (US)
Zubair Baloch (US)
Guido Fadda (Italy)
Binnur Onal (Turkey)
Ravi Mehrotra (India).
International Scientific Program and
Relations Committee
• This committee will focus on developing companion scientific
programs with international pathology societies and
organizations.
• It will also foster strong relationships with pathology
organizations as well as organizations which focus on
providing/improving the quality of much needed basic cytology
screening services and education.
International Scientific Program and
Relations Committee
• This committee will focus on developing companion scientific
programs with international pathology societies and
organizations.
• It will also foster strong relationships with pathology
organizations as well as organizations which focus on
providing/improving the quality of much needed basic cytology
screening services and education.
CM02 -COMPANION MEETING
PAPANICOLAOU SOCIETY OF CYTOLOGY (PSC): THE PAPANICOLAOU
SOCIETY OF CYTOPATHOLOGY GUIDELINES FOR PANCREATIC AND
BILARY TRACT
• CM02.1 PANCREATOBILIARY CYTOPATHOLOGY: TERMINOLOGY PROPOSAL FOR STANDARDIZED
REPORTING
Martha Pitman (USA)
• CM02.2 ANCILLARY TESTION
Lester Layfied (USA)
• CM02.3 MANAGEMENT AND FOLLOW-UP AFTER PANCREATIC/BILIARY CYTOLOGY: CONSENSUS
OF COMMITTEE V, PAPANICOLAOU SOCIETY PANCREATIC-BILIARY GUIDELINES
Daniel Kurtycz(USA)
International Scientific Program and Relations
Committee
2014
SATELITTE SYMPOSIUM
ROLE OF CYTOPATHOLOGY IN THE PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF
PLEURO-PULMONARY NEOPLASIA
• ANCILLARY TESTING FOR LUNG CANCER
Lester Layfield(USA)
• DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN NSCL AND MESOTHELIOMA
Claire Michael(USA)
• INTERVARIABILITY OF DIAGNOSING MM IN CYTOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
Ambrogio Fassina(Italy)
• CYTOMORPHOLOGY AND IHC AS ADJUNCTS TO MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN THE MANAGEMENT
OF MM
Carlos Bedrossian (USA)
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8, 3 to 5 PM
PROPOSAL FOR STANDARDIZED TERMINOLOGY AND NOMENCLATURE
FOR PANCREATOBILIARY CYTOLOGY FROM THE PAPANICOLAOU SOCIETY
OF CYTOLOGY
Martha Pitman (USA)
Lester Layfied (USA)
International Scientific Program and
Relations Committee
• This committee will focus on developing companion scientific
programs with international pathology societies and
organizations.
• It will also foster strong relationships with pathology
organizations as well as organizations which focus on
providing/improving the quality of much needed basic cytology
screening services and education.
PSC Book Series Task Force
Kim Geisinger, M.D.
David Chhieng, M.D.
Martha B. Pitman, M.D.
Lester J. Layfield, M.D.
PSC Book Series


Published books:
Cytohistology: Essential and Basic

Unpublished books:

Michael et al Cytohistology of the
Serosal Membranes

Raab et al - Uterine
Cytohistology

Centeno et al – Pancreatic
Cytohistology

Tambouret et al - Urinary
Tract and Kidney
Cytohistology
Concepts - February 2011
Musculoskeletal Cytohistology February 2012
Lung and Mediastinum
Cytohistology - April 2012
Breast Cytohistology - September
2013
Head and Neck Cytohistology February 2014
Lymph Node and Spleen
Cytohistology - March 2014
Cytohistology of Focal Liver Lesions
- March 2014
Publication Committee
Vinod B. Shidham, M.D. (Chair
and Editor of Focus)
Oscar Lin, MD
Paul N. Ohori, M.D.
Adebowale J. Adeniran, M.D.
Aziza Nassar, MD
Ricardo Lastra, MD
PSC Reception
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Hotel
Room Idigo 206
5:00 pm right after the
business meeting