Hello Histonetters,
The Louisiana Society for Histotechnology is pleased to announce the 26th Annual Symposium/Convention: "Your Histeaux Surplus Package" June 12 & 13, 2009 at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel 717 Orleans St. New Orleans, LA 70117 www.bourbonorleans.com The LSH block of rooms will be held until May 11, 2009. For those attendees who may want to visit the beautiful sights and sounds of New Orleans, the Bourbon Orleans Hotel will honor the room rates for three days prior and three days after the meeting. Special on-site parking rates for LSH attendees are available as well as public parking around Jackson Square. For reservations call 1-504-523-2222 or 1-866-513-9744 and mention you are with the LSH group. Do to relocation of many of our members we would ask everyone who would like to receive a brochure/membership form in the mail, email or fax, to please contact Tina Van Meter at 225-603-0953, vanme...@pbrc.edu or Dixie Benoit at 337-233-1951, dixiehistoch...@bellsouth.net. Walk-ins are always welcome, but pre-registrants will receive a complimentary buffet lunch each day! Please make additional copies of your registration form for co-workers in your lab or facility that might be interested in attending. The LSH would also like to extend the invitation to our fellow technologists and pathologists from surrounding states. We encourage everyone to attend in order to build our networking potential, earn those valuable CEU's and enjoy the beautiful city of New Orleans. We have a variety of topics presented by experienced speakers that promises to benefit everyone. The attendees will have access to several scientific vendor exhibits during the entire symposium. I have listed the workshops below and encourage y'all to come on down to the Bourbon Orleans Hotel in the French Quarter! 2009 LSH State Meeting Workshops: WS#1 - Am I Really Ready for this CAP Inspection? WS#2 - Mouse to Horse: Differences in working with human and animal tissue WS#3 - Breast Cancer and the Standardization of HER2/neu Testing WS#4 - Contemporary Trends in Immunohistochemistry WS#5 - Troubleshooting Routine Special Stains WS#6 - Which Code Do I Use? (CPT Coding) WS#7 - Are You REALLY Ready for the Next Catastrophic Event That Will Affect Your Hospital or City? WS#8 - 2 Crazy Cat Ladies Give Their Opinions of Life, Liberty, and Lab Management Hope to see you in June! Tina Van Meter Montina J. Van Meter, HT (ASCP) Lab Manager Autonomic Neuroscience Pennington Biomedical Research Center 6400 Perkins Rd. Baton Rouge, LA 70791 225-763-2564 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet