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BEST ABSTRACT AWARD

Chinese American Pathologists Association

Dear Members: 

On behalf of the Chinese American Pathologists Association (CAPA) Executive Committee, we are delighted to announce the 2010 Best Abstract Award for pathologists in training of Chinese ethic origin.

The Chinese American Pathologists Association (CAPA) is formerly known as the Hua Tuo Society of Pathology.  Its mission is to promote excellence in practice, education and research, as well as advocacy on behalf of Chinese pathologists. The objective of the Best Abstract Award is to encourage and reward outstanding research contributions by our pathologists in training.

Eligibility:

1)     First-authored abstract(s) accepted for either platform or poster presentation at the 2010 USCAP Annual Meeting;

2)     Pathologists in training (resident or fellow) of Chinese ethnic origin.

Dear fellow doctors:

If you want to chat with your old friends, meet some new friends, and have some intelligent and educational fun, please come to join the Chinese American Pathologist Association (CAPA), formerly Hua-Tuo society, annual meeting and gathering. 

Puzzled by you career decision? Academic versus private practice? Come to listen to what some senior and successful pathologists in both fields will tell you. Mark you calendar please

Time: Saturday, March 20, 2010, starting from 4pm -
Place: Marriott Wadman Park Hotel (Maryland room)

I recently spent some time at Bar Harbor, ME, a beautiful Northeast, tourist spot. Acadia National Park is just 10 miles away, which is the first National Park established by National Park Service (NPS).

The points of interest are Thunder Hole, Jordan Pont and its famous Jordan Pond House (a restaurant facing Jordan Pond), Sea wall, Bass Harbor head light house, and Cadaliac mountain (great for sunset and sunrise). Many more interest spots are reserved for next visit! ^_*

Here come my photos!

2009 ACAP Mock Interview Report

With strong support from Dr. Eng, our attending interviewers and Association of Chinese American Physicians (ACAP) administrative staff, the ACAP Student, Resident and Fellow Committee (SRF) successfully held the 2009 mock interview on Sat. Sept 26, 2009, for 22 Chinese Medical Graduates (CMGs). Some of them came from California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. The session started at 8:15am and was followed by 2 and half hours of group discussion led by me. Our attending interviewers ably covered Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anesthesiology, and Pathology. Each CMG has been interviewed and consulted by 3 or more interviewers in the specialty(ies) of his or her interest.

To: Dr. Xiao, President, CAPA
Dear Dr. Xiao:
 

It’s very nice to talk to you today about volunteer team in China. I have been working in Henan Tumor Hospital, Zhengzhou as a volunteer since last year. I worked there as a volunteer hematopathologist 2 weeks per year. I feel my work was very helpful for them. I had very interesting experience there with clinicians and pathologists. There are many problems in the training of pathologists and severe shortage in qualified pathologists in China due to system problem at current time. I think we can make contributions about it as a pathologists group CAPA in USA. I was inspired by an international volunteer pathologists group working in Ganna, India. They rotate in a large hospital, 2 weeks to one month per pathologist around the year. I am not sure the detail about it. However, I explored the possibility with the director of International Office in Henan Tumor Hospital about it, who was very interesting in the idea.

In the past three months, members of the CAPA Executive Committee and Education subcommittee participated in the web lecture series at IPATHOLOGY.CN, the new academic exchange platform with our colleagues in Mainland China. The activity has been received very well. Based on the overwhelming positive response from our CAPA speakers and audience in China, we have decided with enthusiasms to continue this education platform and introduce it to our general CAPA membership. 

Speakers Sought

The Chinese Society of Cytopathologists is organizing a meeting in Guangzhou in April 2009 (exact dates have not been finalized yet). Three to four speakers are needed to attend this event representing the Cytopathology Club. The speakers will provide updated and practical short courses on GYN cytology, FNA cytology or body fluid cytology. Research related topic will not be encouraged. Each speaker will give a 30-60 minutes presentation. Interested CAPA members should submit their topic to me by August 8th, 2008. The final selection decision will be made by the Chinese Cytopathology Organizing Committee. 

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