Dear Colleagues and Friends;
The Chicago Pathology Society (CPS) has been a leading source of continuing medical education for nearly 140 years and provides stellar educational materials and updates to pathologists at all levels of training and experience in the Chicagoland and Wisconsin areas. It is my immense honor and pleasure to serve as the incoming President of the Chicago Pathology Society (Academic year 2024-2025), the second oldest professional pathology society in the US and would like to extend a warm welcome to our new, returning and future members of the society.
Member engagement has gone up by about 10% in the past 4-5 years but is not reflective of our true potential. With nearly three plus years of virtual educational modules, we have realized that our potential is immense and that the virtual attendance especially for the noon IRAP sessions is record high. We hope that many of our virtual attendees make avail of the benefits of being a member of the CPS, mainly claiming easy access to CMEs. PRA category I (CME) credits will be available; one hour for virtual lectures and two hours for the IRAP slide seminars from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for a total of more than 20 hours.
Please pay your dues online at our website, www.chicagopathology.org, by clicking on the Membership tab and then Payments (preferred method). Institutions can make use of the newly instituted “group” registrations to facilitate recruitment of regular members starting this academic year. Membership remains free for emeritus members and trainees.
Please ensure that we have your correct e-mail address, since all correspondence will be sent via e-mail. If you have not paid your dues for the past 2 years, then your name will be removed from the CPS roster and email list. Also, CME credits will be provided only to members of the society.
For this year as well, the CPS lectures and meetings will be conducted via Zoom, and the Zoom link will be sent out in the reminder email prior to each meeting. Illinois Registry (IRAP) meetings will occur at 12:00 P.M., on the second or fourth Monday of the month, from September through April. The regular meetings (CPS lectures) will occur at 12:00 P.M. on the second Monday of the month. Please ensure that the email does not get blocked by institutional firewall or into your spam folders.
Our academic season blasts off with an inaugural IRAP presentation by Rush University Hospital on September 23, 2024. This will be followed by the traditional CPS President’s lecture on October 7th, 2024 by Dr. Vijayalakshmi Ananthanarayanan. The title of the talk will be Diagnostic Approach to Transitional Thoracic Lesions at the Crossroads of Surgical Pathology and Hematopathology and will be moderated by Dr. Aliya Husain
Please find the schedules and add them to your calendar here.
We have a host of great speakers lined up for the academic season and we would like welcome the residents, fellows and faculty from Medical College of Wisconsin to be regular participants of this educational program.
In order to foster in-person interaction between pathologists at different institutions and facilitate resident education and research, the CPS held its first ever, full day program (annual slide seminar and research program) on May 11 2024. The program had an amazing line up of speakers including Drs. Rohit Mehra, Vijaya Reddy and John Hart. For the academic season, 2024-2025, the annual Mary and Donald West King /ISP Lecture and Slide Seminar will be provided by Dr. Jason Hornick.on May 17, 2025. Other key speakers at the venue include, Dr. Michael Pins and Dr. Karen Kaul.
Other exciting events include updating and modernizing the society’s webpages and social media presence for easier access to handouts, webslides and educational materials. Other educational endeavors from CPS members include Renal club (Dr. Anthony Chang), Hemepath slide club (Dr.Bargaje, Dr.Venkataraman) and CoTAP (Consortium for Thoracic Anatomic Pathologists, Dr. Ananthanarayanan).
Residents are strongly encouraged to submit their research projects for the research competition and qualify to win cash prizes. The Judges for the research competition are Drs.Guzman, McMullen and Maniar.
The roster of current BOD/Officers, IRAP and lecture schedule are posted on the website. We welcome your comments and look forward to an engaging academic experience.
On behalf of the CPS BOD
Dr. Vijayalakshmi (Viju) Ananthanarayanan
2024-2025 President,
Chicago Pathology Society
Associate Professor of Pathology
University of Illinois at Chicago and UI Health Systems