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Volume 6 Issue 5(Suppl) J Clin Exp Pathol
ISSN: 2161-0681 JCEP, an open access journal
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Digital Pathology & Pathologists 2016
December 05-06, 2016
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December 05-06, 2016 Madrid, Spain
9th World Digital Pathology & Pathologists Congress
Dongfeng Tan, J Clin Exp Pathol 2016, 6:5(Suppl)
Digital pathology: Update of digital pathology in practice in USA and China
Digital pathology practices in USA and China will be presented and discussed. It covers three tracks – clinical services and
education and research topics. Examples and models of digital pathology practice will be shared, including international digital
pathology consultation. Industry standards and their contributions to the advancement in patient care as well as integration of
digital pathology into multi-disciplinary are to be discussed.
Biography
Dongfeng Tan has received his Medical training from Tongji Medical University (1978-1987) in China and Essen University (1987-1990) in Germany. He did his
Postdoctorship at Columbia University Medical Center in New York (1990-1994). After Pathology Residency at Yale University Medical Center (1994 to 1998), he
completed an Oncologic Surgical Pathology Fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He has joined Roswell Park Cancer Institute as
an Assistant Professor of Pathology in 1999 and was promoted to an Associate Professor of Pathology at The University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at
Houston. He has joined the Faculty of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2006 and he is currently a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine and Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. He holds joint Professorship in more than 20 universities in the world. He is a Consultant at
KingMed Diagnostics.
Dongfeng Tan
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA