2022
Spring Newsletter
Volume 32, Number 2

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98th Annual Meeting
Important Items
Exhibitors
On the Horizon
AANP Education Updates and Reminders
AANP Fall 2021 Membership Survey
AANP Membership Benefits
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
Upcoming Meetings of Interest
AANP Organization

98th Annual Meeting
The AANP is looking forward to the 98th Annual Meeting, which will again be a hybrid meeting! The meeting isset to occur in Bonita Springs, FL at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, while the virtual live-stream portion will behosted via the vendor Blue Sky eLearn.
The 2022 meeting features a one-day Special Course focusing on the "Part I: Pondering Sudden versus Prolonged(Brain) Death; Part II: WHO CNS5 – Practical Implementation: Approach and Discussion of Controversial Topics",
followed by two days of scientific sessions (platform and poster) in which members present original research, anevening Diagnostic Slide Session, and a half-day Presidential Symposium titled, "Pituitary Tumors: New Insights inPathology, Molecular Genetics, and Clinical Features."This year the AANP is pleased to offer three satellite meetings as outlined below. While held the day prior to the2022 Annual Meeting, each meeting is a separate activity, and you will be required to claim credit separately foreach. As the meetings occur concurrently you are only eligible to register for one as part of the 2022 Annual
Meeting registration.
Forensic Neuropathology Symposium
June 8, 2022, from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT. The Course Directors are Ross Reichard, MD and Rebecca Folkerth,
MD. This activity is accredited for continuing medical education (CME) credit.
Implementing DNA Methylation Profiling in Neuropathology Practice Symposium
June 8, 2022, from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT. This meeting is only offered in-person on-site and has already hit the50-registrant capacity cap. The Course Directors are Matija Snuderl, MD and Ken Aldape, MD. This activity isaccredited for continuing medical education (CME) credit.

Neuromuscular Pathology: Insights for General Academic Practice Symposium
June 8, 2022, from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT. This meeting is limited to 50 registrants and is only offered in-personon-site. The Course Directors are Steve Moore, MD, PhD and Kara Jones, MD, PhD. This activity is accredited forcontinuing medical education (CME) credit.
Additionally, as part of the abstract submission process, submitters had the opportunity to apply for travel awards
offered by the AANP. The AANP is pleased to fund the following awards to attend this year’s Annual Meeting
which will be awarded based on trainee abstract submissions:
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4 – ISN Travel Awards
3 – $1,000 AANP Trainee Travel Awards
3 – $1,000 Richard Davis Trainee Travel Awards
10 – $500 Women & Diversity Trainee Travel Awards
10 – $500 R13 Trainee Travel Awards

The AANP will continue to update membership and meeting registrants as we plan the meeting, both via officialcommunications and through the AANP website at www.neuropath.org.
We look forward to a successful hybrid Annual Meeting!

Countdown to 98th Annual Meeting: 72 Days

Important Items
Reminders• Register for the 98th Annual Meeting Member of AANP: $600.00
 Non-Member: $650.00
 Trainee (e.g. post-doc, fellow): $500.00
Mark Your Calendars!
• Abstracts:
 May 16, 2022: Travel Award Notifications will be sent.
th• 98 Annual Meeting: June 9-12, 2022: Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, Bonita Springs, FL• 99th Annual Meeting: June 8-11, 2023: Hyatt Regency Monterey, Monterey, CAExhibitors
The AANP has secured five exhibitors for this year’s Annual Meeting. During the meeting, please plan to set aside
time to visit the Exhibit Hall, both virtually and in-person, to discuss product(s) and/or service(s). We give oursincerest “thanks” to each of these supporters, as they each help in advancing the neuropathology profession
through the support of the meeting.
Exhibitors:• Elsevier, Inc.

••••Illumina – Also sponsoring the hotel keycards!
Invenio Imaging

NMS Labs
ZEISS

If you have suggestions for exhibitors/sponsors that you would like to see at the Annual Meetings, pleasecontact aanp@aoeconsulting.com.

On the Horizon
Diagnostic Slide Session
Don’t miss out on the Diagnostic Slide Session (DSS) at this year’s Annual Meeting! This year 11 cases will bepresented on Saturday, June 11th, at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neuropathologists in
Bonita Springs, FL. In early May 2022, whole slide images (scanned at x40) and protocols will be placed on theDSS website.

AANP Education Updates and Reminders
AANP Teaching Rounds
The American Association of Neuropathologists is proud to offer Teaching Rounds, a monthly, regularly scheduled
series to occur the fourth week each month, alternating between Monday and Wednesday. The series will occur
from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern Time/11:00 am – 12:00 pm Central Time/10:00 am – 11:00 am Mountain
Time/9:00 am – 10:00 am Pacific Time. For more information visit www.neuropath.org/teaching-rounds
To register for this series, please go to https://aanp.memberclicks.net/2022TeachingRounds#/. The cost is asfollows:• AANP Members: Free of charge; registration still required• Non-Members: $50.00/year• Trainee (Non-Member): $5.00/year
Please note: Registration is capped at 445 attendees due to platform capacity.

2022 Schedule
DatePresenter

Topic

Wednesday, April 27th

Jeffrey Golden, MD

Neural Tube Defects

Monday, May 23rd

John Donahue, MD

General Neuroanatomy/Staining

Wednesday, June 22nd

Karra Jones, MD, PhD

High-Yield Congenital Myopathy Pathology

Monday, July 25th

Arie Perry, MD

Hereditary Tumor Syndrome

Wednesday, August 24th

Jason Huse, MD, PhD

Rare Gliomas

Monday, September 26th

Edward Lee, MD, PhD

Alzheimer's Disease and Common Co-Morbidities

Wednesday, October 26th

Anat StemmerRachamimov, MD

Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors

Monday, November 28th

Thomas J Cummings,MD

The Pathology of Glaucoma

Wednesday, December
21stNora Laver, MD

Retinal disease: AMD, Diabetes, Arterial andVenous occlusions and Hypertensive changes

AANP Fall 2021 Membership Survey
The Fall 2021 Membership Survey, conducted between mid-October through late November of 2021, wascompleted by 112 AANP members. Responses drive AANP development of educational activities, including Annual
Meeting content, and help document professional practice gaps and subsequent areas of education need, which
is an ACCME requirement for CME. The survey is NOT a test; instead, it is a tool to illuminate topics or areas forwhich education might be appropriate.
The primary focus of the survey is clinical assertion statements which are developed by the Education Committeeand focus on identified areas. This year the survey focused on the following topic areas:• Eye Pathology• New Treatments/Emerging Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disease• Ethics• Coma/Brain Death• Psychiatric Disorders/Mental Health• Metabolic Injury• Autism• Neuromuscular – Changes in Inflammatory Myopathies• Genomics ((Developmental/Inherited Diseases)
Past membership survey summaries are posted on the AANP website at www.neuropath.org/survey.

AANP Membership Benefits
What are the benefits of being a member of the AANP? As a member of the AANP, you are part of the onlyassociation in the U.S. that is exclusively focused on research, training, and the clinical practice of neuropathology.
Your membership includes:
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Free online subscription to the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, waived pagecharges and a reduced open access rate
Reduced registration at the Annual Meeting
Access to and listing in the online directory of members (optional)
Ongoing AANP communication via e-mail and newsletters (optional)
Opportunities for committee involvement
Opportunity to network with an international community of neuropathologists and neuroscientists

Not a member? Know someone who could benefit from being a member? (e.g. graduate student or neuroscientist
studying diseases that affect the nervous system, neuropathology fellow, young clinician or physician involved in research
and/or the practice of neuropathology) Visit the AANP membership webpage at https://www.neuropath.org/join for

more information.

International Society of Neuropathologists (ISN)
Did you know that by being a member of the AANP, you are automatically a member of the ISN? The ISN wasfounded to encourage the exchange of ideas and information between those societies and individuals interested
in neuropathology. The neuropathology field has become global, making the ISN an ideal platform tocommunicate and network with others worldwide. For more information about the ISN, visit their website.

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
As a member of the American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP), you can access the Journal ofNeuropathology and Experimental Neurology (JNEN) directly from the members-only area of the AANP’s
website! Follow the steps outlined below.
Accessing the JNEN via the AANP Members-Only Area:
1. Log-in to your MemberClicks profile using the “Member Login” in the top right corner of the AANP
Homepage.
2. Once logged in, click “My AANP” from the blue menu bar on the far right.
3. Under your nametag, on the right, select “Access JNEN”. You will be taken directly to the JNEN webpage
with access to all content.
Please Note: If you do not access the JNEN via the AANP members-only area of the website, you will need tolog-in via the Oxford University Press website using your credentials specific to that account.
JNEN Email Alerts
1. At the bottom of the “Access JNEN’ page (see above), we encourage you to sign up for the Email alerts.
2. Register to receive table of contents Email alerts from Oxford University Press as soon as new issues of
Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology are published online.
3. Sign up by using “Sign in” under “Personal Account”.
Don't forget that as an AANP member, you benefit from waived page charges and a reduced open access rate
to the JNEN. Please submit your manuscripts to JNEN—remember, it is our journal.
If you have any questions or feedback regarding the JNEN, please contact Dr. Jack Lee, Editor-in-Chief at
jlee9@northshore.org.

Upcoming Meetings of Interest
Meeting
Society for Pediatric Pathology Fall Meeting
World Muscle Society (WMS) Pre-Congress Teaching
CourseAssociation for Molecular Pathology 2022 Annual
Meeting

Meeting Dates and Location
October 5-9, 2022 – Rochester, NYOctober 9-11, 2022 – Halifax, Canada
November 1-5, 2022 – Phoenix, AZ

AANP Organization

American Association of Neuropathologists
8156-ES. Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 197
Littleton, CO 80128
Phone: (720) 372-0888; Fax: (303) 568-0406
E-mail: aanp@aoeconsulting.com

Officers
President: Maria Beatriz S. Lopes, MD, PhD
President-Elect: Eric Huang, MD, PhD
Vice President: Rebecca Folkerth, MD
Vice President Elect: Douglas Anthony, MD, PhD
Vice President for Professional Affairs: Eyas Hattab, MD
Secretary – Treasurer: Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM
Asst. Secretary- Treasurer: Edward Lee, MD, PhD

Other Executive Council Members
John (Jack) Lee, MD, PhD
Peter T. Nelson, MD, PhD
Mark Cohen, MD
Daniel Brat, MD, PhD
Matthew P. Frosch, MD, PhD
R. Ross Reichard, MD
Caterina Giannini, MD, PhD

Committee Chairs
Awards: Sonika Dahiya, MD
Constitution: Joanna Phillips, MD, PhD
Education: Edward Lee, MD, PhD
Finance & Investment: Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD, MHCM
Membership: Jane Uyehara-Lock, MD
Neuropathology Fellowship Program Directors:
Sandra Camelo-Piragua, MD
Nominating: R. Ross Reichard, MD
Professional Affairs: Eyas Hattab, MD
Program: Carrie Mohila, MD, PhD
Website: Michael Punsoni, MD

Councilors to the International
Society of Neuropathology
Umberto De Girolami, MD
M. Beatriz Lopes, MD, PhD
Fausto Rodriguez, MD
Tarik Tihan, MD, PhD
Hannes Vogel, MD

Official Journal
Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
John (Jack) Lee, MD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief
Eileen S. Healy, Managing Editor
E-mail: jnen@pathology.wisc.edu

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