THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR DERMATOPATHOLOGY

hope you'll be able to join the next BSD trainees' session –this Friday 25th April at 12pm. The session will be delivered by Dr Arti Bakshi, Secretary of the British Society for Dermatopathology and Consultant Dermatopathologist at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories. Dr Bakshi's talk is titled "A slide seminar on hair follicular tumours", and will consist of a short presentation followed by a live case discussion. Look forward to seeing you there.

We are pleased to announce that Dr Bipin Matthews of Leeds Teaching Hospitals will be ushering in spring and delivering March’s educational lecture entitled ‘T-time’. We’ll leave you to guess as to what this most exciting topic will be about. Bring your own cookies and Earl Grey.

Educational session with Dr Asok Biswas on the topic of "Psoriasiform dermatoses: Diagnostic approach and Clinicopathological correlation."

Education session with Dr Yu-Hung Wu on the topic "How to approach papulonecrotic disorders?"

Educational session with Prof. Dieter Metze on the topic of 'Palmoplantar keratodermas'.

We are delighted to have Professor Franco Rongioletti from University Vita Salute S.Raffaele, Milan, Italy delivering November’s educational lecture on ‘New Entities in Dermatology and Dermatopathology’. Please note the start time of 1 pm.

The next BSD trainees' session – 24th October at 12.30pm - will be delivered by Dr Richard Carr, Consultant Dermatopathologist at Warwick Hospital. Dr Carr is an internationally recognised dermatopathologist, lectures frequently and has an active research interest, in particular in squamoproliferative lesions.

Dr Gerardo Ferrara, Dermatopathologist, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy will update on ’Sentinel node biopsy in melanoma’.

Dr Angelo Cassisa, Dermatopathologist, Head of Pathology Unit of Florence, USL Toscana centro, Florence, Italy will inform on "Unusual combinations in dermatopathology".

I'm pleased to announce the next session in the BSD Trainees' Series, which will take place on Wednesday 10th July at 12.30pm.