Category Archives: Past SCVP Meetings

Vancouver

SCVP’s excursion to the true north was widly successful. The SCVP held Saturday night, Sunday morning and Sunday night events. The Sunday event featured our Young Investigator Talks and our second annual Open Mic(roscope) Night. A number of interesting topics were covered including ARVC, myocarditis+amyloid, AMR, vulnerable plaques, Fabry’s disease and others. The festivities were held at St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver. An excellent spread of food and beverages were supplied by the host Michael Seidman.

The Sunday morning sessions were billed as “Myocardial Maladies: An update on congenital and acquired diseases of the myocardium.” It featured excellent presentations covering myocardial toxins, cancer therapy-associated cardiotoxicity, lysosomal storage disorgers and a clinical perspective on myocarditis. The speakers were Stephen Cohle, Rick Mitchell, Vidhya Nair, Les Cooper and Kricket Seidman. The keynote talk was given by one of our two Distinguished Awardees, Christine (Kricket) Seidman. Her talk covered the efforts of Kricket and her spouse Jon on tackling genetic forms of cardiomyopathy. Excellent talks all around.

Sunday evening’s banquet was held at The Loft at Earls Yaletown. They served a lovely family-style spread of great food. Attendees took in each other’s great company and Rick Mitchell enjoyed roasting the Seidmans. In addition, Carolyn Glass was given our young investigator award.

The 2019 SCVP Companion meetings will be held in National Harbor, Maryland which is a stone’s throw south of Washington, DC (and not particularly close to Baltimore). We look forward to seeing many of you there. Pictures of Vancouver 2018 are below. Clicking on one will start a swipeshow.

San Antonio

Once again, the SCVP held two excellent companion meetings. Each offered a new twist for the society. The Saturday evening session was held at the campus of the University of San Antonio. The event consisted of two parts. The first part was the Young Investigator Day presentations. The second part was our first ever attempt to open the floor to anyone. It was our Open Mic(roscope) Night and it was a huge success.

The second event was our first ever joint companion meeting with the Binford-Dammin Society of Infectious Disease Pathologists. This meeting was comprised of four outstanding talks by Drs. Castonguay, Pritt, Milner and Padera. These talks were followed by our Distinguished Achievement Awardee Jay Fallon. Dr. Fallon’s keynote lecture pertained to his recent work in using deep RNA-sequencing to find novel infectious agents in cardiac tissues.

The Sunday evening awards banquet was at Biga on the Banks. A delicious meal preceded our hearty congratulations to Jay Fallon and the announcement of our young investigator awardee, Melanie Bois.

During the USCAP meeting, there were excellent presentations during the poster session, the oral session and the evening specialty conference. With the exception of a drenching rain storm on Saturday, San Antonio was warm and inviting to all attendees.

We look forward to another excellent meeting with great topics at the 2018 USCAP meeting to be held in Vancouver, Canada.

Seattle

The SCVP staged two enormously successful companion meetings. The Saturday evening session was held at the South Lake Union campus of the University of Washington (UW) and was hosted by Chuck Murry. The event was entitled “Heart Regeneration and Tissue Engineering.” It featured a number of UW faculty who are working on problems related to preparing stem cells for heart regeneration. The Sunday morning sessions were a line up of topics related to sudden cardiac death. Talks by Heather MacLeod, Michael Ackerman, and Barbara Sampson and our young investigators set the stage for the Distinguished Achievement Awardee Jeff Saffitz. Dr. Saffitz’s keynote lecture pertained to his career’s work in understanding arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies.

The Sunday evening awards banquet was at Ponti Seafood Grill. A delicious meal preceded our hearty congratulations to Jeff Saffitz and the announcement of our young investigator awardee, Charles LeDuc.

During the USCAP meeting, there were excellent presentations during the poster session, the oral session and the evening specialty conference. Seattle was temperately mild, occasionally rainy but a wonderful host city.

Everyone is looking forward to another excellent meeting at the 2016 USCAP meeting to be held in San Antonio, Texas.

Boston

The Society for Cardiovascular Pathology companion meetings were quite successful and well-attended. The Saturday evening session was held at the Ether Dome on the campus of Massachusetts General Hospital. The event was entitled “Molecular Investigation into a Familial Cardiomyopathy: Perspectives from Cardiology, Pathology, and the Family” and featured a unique experience of a report of a novel mutation causing familial atrial fibrillation and a variety of other cardiovascular findings. The Sunday morning sessions were a line up of topics related to amyloidosis. Talks by Joseph Maleszewski, John Burke, Mark Semigran and our young investigators set the stage for the Distinguished Acheivement Awardee Mike Fishbein. Mike Fishbein’s keynote lecture revisted the fact and fiction of arteriosclerosis.

The Sunday evening awards banquet was at Mamma Maria’s in the North Square. An excellent dinner preceded our hearty congratulations to Mike Fishbein.

During the USCAP meeting, there were excellent presentations during the poster session, the oral session and the evening specialty conference. Boston was cold, but friendly and most of the snow had melted away in the downtown area.

Everyone is looking forward to another excellent meeting at the 2016 USCAP meeting to be held in Seattle, Washington.

San Diego

The Society for Cardiovascular Pathology had another outstanding collection of companion meetings at the USCAP meeting in San Diego. The Saturday evening session entailed a pro/con discussion on the merits of viral molecular studies for working up myocarditis. The Sunday morning sessions were a line up of topics related to prognostic cardiac pathology. Talks by Gerald Berry, Mike Fishbein, and Jim Stone discussed the prognostic value of C4d staining, diagnosing cardiac allograft vasculopathy and markers in congestive heart failure. These talks were followed by 5 excellent young investigator talks. Finally Jagdish Butany gave the keynote lecture on the four faces of prosthetic heart valves.

The Sunday evening awards banquet was at Roy’s Hawaiian fusion restaurant. This was a lively event that included a raffle for several copies of “Cellular and Molecular Pathology of Cardiovascular Disease.” followed by the hearty congratulations to Jagdish Butany.

During the USCAP meeting, there were excellent presentations during the poster session, the oral session and the evening specialty conference. The warm San Diego weather was an added bonus to anyone who had traveled from the cold and snowy Northeast or Midwest.

Everyone is looking forward to another excellent meeting at the 2015 USCAP meeting to be held in Boston, Massachusetts.