The 2025 USCAP Annual Meeting will be held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston MA. from March 22 – March 27, 2025. The History of Pathology Companion Meeting will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2025, from 4:30PM – 6:30PM, Room 205A of the Convention Center..
Serendipity: Unplanned Lucky Discoveries in Medical Sciences
Chance, luck, and serendipity have played a part in several breakthroughs across the health disciplines. However, even the most fortunate circumstances would have been worth little if there had not been alert minds to understand what had unexpectedly been offered to them. Unraveling these stories is a fascinating journey into the past that brings to light the lives of talented and inspired scientists. In this course, the History of Pathology Society has invited renowned pathologists to illustrate some intriguing accidental medical discoveries and the brilliant personalities who stumbled upon fortuitous answers to challenging scientific questions.
- The Discovery of the Epstein Barr Virus
- Yasodha Natkunam, MD., PhD., Stanford
- The History of Angiostongylus Costaricensis: How a Pathology and Parasitology Collaboration Expanded the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis
- Rafael Jimenez, MD., Mayo Clinic
- The Story of Large Eosinophilic Cells, What’s in a Name? The True Hurtle Identity.
- Ester Diana Rossi, MD., PhD.,Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Roma, Italy
- How Did we Pathologists Function before we had H. Pylori?
- Henry Appleman, MD., University of Michigan.