First AGM
2001
Seminar & Workshop - Liquid based cytology
Lecture by Prof Peter Russell
Respiratory Workshop
COP companion meeting Oct 4-7, 2001
Cervical Screening Program
2nd AGM
2002
New Cervical Cytology Today
FNA Liver
Cytotechnologist Presentations
FNA Thyroid and Salivary Glands
3rd AGM
2003
    Cytotechnology Forum & Workshop
   
4th AGM
2004

5th AGM
2005
FNA Workshops
Companion Meeting IAP - Beijing
Meet the Expert - Dr Diane Solomon
FNA of Pancreas & Liver - Dr Centeno
6 AGM, Body fluid cytology & workshop

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Seminar and Workshop - Liquid Based Cytology

Speakers: Dr May Chan, Dr Pang Siu Wah & Ms Anita Ng
Date: 9th December 2000
Time: 2.00 - 5.00 pm
Place: Prince of Wales Hospital

About 90 registrants attended the workshop.  The workshop materials of more than 500 cases were contributed by various hospital and private laboratories.

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Inaugural Annual General Meeting

Date: 9th December 2000
Time: 3.00 - 3.30 pm,
Place: Prince of Wales Hospital

More than 100 people attended the annual general meeting.  Election of the first council was held.

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Lecture by Professor Peter Russell

Laboratory Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and the cytopathologist.

Date: 9th February 2001
Time: 6.30 pm
Place: Kwong Wah Hospital

Respiratory Cytology

Speaker: Dr Maria Wong
Date: 10th May 2001
Time: 2.00-5.15 pm
Place: Queen Mary Hospital

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The joint international conference of the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia, Hong Kong College of Pathologists and Hong Kong International Academy of Pathology was held at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine on Oct 4-7, 2001.  The Hong Kong Society of Cytology will hold a companion meeting on FNA cytology of the breast on Oct 7. For more details, click here.

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Cervical Cancer Screening Program - an organised approach

The seminar discussed the setting up of an organised cervical cancer screening program. The presenters were:

  • Dr Margaret Chan, Director of Health, SAR
  • Dr Heather Mitchell, Deputy Director Victorian Cytology Service Inc
  • Professor Hextan Ngan, Queen Mary Hospital
  • Dr May Chan, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital

2nd AGM

The second annual general meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Cytology was held at 3.15 pm on Saturday 1st December 2001 at the Lecture theatre, Hospital Authority Building, Kowloon. Click here for further information.

Programmes for 2002

16th March 2002

Kai Cheong Tong Lecture Theatre, Prince of Wales Hospital Shatin

 

New Cervical Cytology Practices Today

Dr David Wilbur
Director of Cytopathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Conjoint meeting organised by Chinese University, HK - IAP and HKSC

  • Bethesda 2001: New Nomenclature for a New Millenium
  • Preliminary results of Autocyte Prep ThinLayer preparations processed on the AutoPap GS Automated Screening System.
  • Results of the National Cancer Institute ALTS study and the implications on patient management.
22 June 2002

Dept of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology. Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin


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FNA  of Liver lesions

Dr Tsui Man Shan & Dr May Cheng
Caritas Hospital

** Lecture notes available for download.
5th October 2002

Public Health Laboratory Centre (PHLC), 382 Nam Cheong St., Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon


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Cytotechnologist Presentations

Experience with Autocyte Screen - Mr Lin Wai Fong
Digene II HPVDNA testing - Ms Elena Lo

Multihead microscopy session
ASCUS - Ms  Christina Leung
SIL & SCC - Mr Anthony Sham
Glandular Lesion - Ms Janet Chan


7th December 2002

Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, HK


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3rd Annual General Meeting (click for photo)
Seminar and Workshop - FNA of Thyroid and Salivary Gland

Dr Svante Orell, Australia

Programmes for 2003

6th September 2003

Public Health Laboratory Centre, Nam Cheong Road, Kowloon


Forum and workshop for cytologytechnologists.

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Click for survey report

13th December 2003

Department of Pathology
University of Hong Kong
Queen Mary Hospital


4th Annual General Meeting


Seminar and Workshop - Glandular Lesions of the Cervix
Dr Annabelle Farnsworth, Australia

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Programmes for 2004

29 May 2004 - 19 June 2004

Public Health Laboratory Centre, Nam Cheong Road, Kowloon

or

Queen Elizabeth Hospital'
Gascoigne Rd, Kowloon


FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY - Multihead Microscopy Workshop.

Salivary Gland - Dr W Y Lam
FNAC of Thorax - Dr Alexander C L Chan
Breast FNAC - Dr Nancy W F Yuen



4th December 2004

Kai Cheong Tong,
Prince of Wales Hospital

Annual General Meeting click here for photo

Slide Seminar - Diagnostic Pitfalls in Gynecologic Cytology (8 cases with audience participation).

Workshop - Challenges in GYN cytology
with multi-head microscopy sessions conducted by Drs S Y Lam and W K Ng

Programmes for 2005

March 5, 19
April 9, 30

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FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY - Multihead Microscopy Workshops on breast, thorax, thyroid and salivary gland.

 
 
Aug 22-26, 2005
Beijing



Companion Society Session (Aug 26) - 4th Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology Congress, Beijing.

Fine needle aspiration cytology of the liver: problematic and unusual lesions (Dr. Wilson M.S. Tsui)

Fine needle aspiration cytology of the breast: diagnostic issues and controversies (Dr. U.S. Khoo)

Click here for  detail of companion session  or  visit  IAP2005
Aug 30, 2005


Meet the Expert

Seminar -

The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology and Patient Management Guidelines.

HPV in Cervical Cytology Screening and Prevention.

Dr Diane Solomon, NIH, Bethesda, USA

September 9 & 10

Conjoint Meeting with the Hong Kong College of Pathologists


Fine needle aspiration cytology of the pancreas

Dr Barbara Centeno, USA
December 3, 2005

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Annual General Meeting

Slide Seminar & Workshop - Body Fluid Cytology

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Programmes for 2006

March 18
April 1, 8,22

FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY - Multihead Microscopy Workshops on breast, lymph node, salivary gland, and thyroid

Dr. Nancy W.F. Yuen, Dr. Alexander C.L. Chan, Dr. Lam Wing Yin, and Dr. Louis Chow

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June 9
Kwong Wah Hospital.
Lecture on Non-gynaecology cytology on liquid-based preparations

Professor Rana Hoda                        

South Carolina, USA

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December 9

Prince of Wales Hospital

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Annual General Meeting

Lecture and workshop on " Recent Developments in Gynaecologic Cytology"

Dr. Ritu Nayar

Chicago, USA

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Programmes for 2007

March 24
April 21, 28

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List of Successful applicants

FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY - Multihead Microscopy Workshops on lymph node, breast, and salivary gland

Dr. Alexander C.L. Chan, Dr. Nancy W.F. Yuen, Dr. Lam Wing Yin

photo of FNA workshop on lymph node

photo of FNA workshop on Salivary Gland

25 August 2007 

Shaw Auditorium, PWH

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Conjoint event held by the HKIAP and the HK Society of Cytology

Speaker: Professor David Chhieng

Topic: CSF and effusion fluid cytology

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December 8, 9

Prince of Wales Hospital

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Multhead microscopy draw list

Poster abstracts

Lecture notes:

     Molecular

     Thyroid FNA

     Thyroid Algorithm

      Thyroid FNA template

Annual General Meeting and Scientific Meeting 

  • Molecular techniques on clinical cytopathology on 8th December.by Dr Douglas Clark

  • Poster presentation

  • Lecture on Thyroid FNA on 9th December by Dr. Douglas Clark

  • Workshop

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 Update on 5/3/2008