National Conferences
2003 1st National Histology Conference (hosted by NSW)
2005 2nd National Histology Conference (hosted by VIC)
2007 3rd national Histology Conference (hosted by QLD)
2009 4th National Histology Conference (hosted by SA)
2011 5th National Histology Conference (hosted by NSW)
2013 6th National Histology Conference (hosted by VIC)
2015 7th National Histology Conference (hosted by QLD)
2017 8th National Histology Conference (hosted by Hobart)
2019 9th National Histology Conference (hosted by SA) May
2021 10th National Histology Conference/ Joint Conference with IAP (hosted by NSW) – Cancelled due to Covid-19
NSW State Conferences
1989 Albury/Woodonga
1991 Thredbo
1993 Medlow Bath
1995 Dubbo
1997 Leura
1999 Leura
2001 Jambaroo
2004 Mudgee
2006 Mudgee
2008 Canberra
2010 Toukley
2014 Orange
2016 Port Macquarie
2018 Rooty Hill
Workshops
2012
November – IHC & FISH Technique by Jane Radford, Dako
2013
May – IHC & Troubleshooting by Emma Jones, Roche
September – Cryotomy & Frozen Section Techniques by Tony Henwood & Linda Prasad
November – Light Microscopy by Ron Oldfield, Philip Ramsden, Trevor Hinwood & Luke Wensing, Microscopic Society
2014
October – Antibody Optimisation by Emma Jones, Roche
2015
April – Cutup Workshop by Penny Whippy & Anne Prins, Canberra
July – Silver Stains by Penny Whippy & Anne Prins, Canberra
September – Cutup Workshop by Penny Whippy & Anne Prins, Canberra
October – Microtomy, Demonstration & Issues Relating to Microtomy by Leah Simmons & team of HTSNSW committee
November – MacroPath Digital Imaging at Gross Cutup Station by ABACUS ALS
2016
March – Tissue Recognition Leah Simmons, Bill Sinai & Grant Taggart
April – Cutup Workshop by Penny Whippy & Anne Prins, Canberra
May – H&E staining and Troubleshooting by Tony Henwood, QAP & Leah Simmons
July – Microtomy by Leah Simmons & team of HTSNSW committee
September – Cutup Workshop by Penny Whippy & Anne Prins, Canberra
2017
March – Tissue Recognition & Basics by Leah Simmons & Bill Sinai
April – Cutup Workshop by Penny Whippy & Anne Prins, Canberra
May – Processing & Embedding by Leah Simmons & Bill Sinai
July – Connective Tissue Stains by Penny Whippy & Anne Prins
August – Haematoxylin & Eosin Staining by Tony Henwood, Linda Prasad, Jacky Mayfield & Leah Simmons
September – Cutup Workshop by Penny Whippy & Anne Prins, Canberra
2018
February – Advanced Tissue Recognition by Leah Simmons & Bill Sinai
2019
March Fixation – Planning, Principles & Preparation for Histology by Dr Tamara Sztynda & UTS team
July – Micro-organisms Staining by Dr Tamara Sztynda & UTS team
September – Advanced Tissue Recognition – Gastrointestinal Tract by Dr Tamara Sztynda & UTS team
COVID-19 interfered with workshops after this point – hoping to reintroduce them again soon.
Scientific Presentations
2011
August – Body Farm by Dr Kendall Bailey
November – Tour de France by Dr Tolmont
2012
February – Establishing Histological tissue parameters of Normal Skeletal muscle for a Better Diagnosis by Dianne Reader
April – Histology Hypotheticals by Tony Henwood
July – Viruses & breast cancer by Jim Lawson
August – Coeliac Disease: A common condition affecting many Australians by Dr Geoff Hall
November – Handwriting Analysis by Craig Pebbles
2013
March – Body Farm by Dr Kendall Bailey
August – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Laboratory by Lawrence Young
October – Bones & Decal by Grant Taggart
November – Astronomy in Antarctica by Michael Ashley
2014
April – Pituitary Tumours by Dr Ann McCormick
August – The Zoo of the Body & Special stains 4 by Dr Esther Myint
September – Haematoxylin & Eosin Staining by Grant Taggart
November – Pompeii & Mount Vesuvius 2014 by Dr Estelle Lazer
March – Body Farm by Dr Kendall Bailey
May – Recycling in Histology by Concord Hospital
August – Obstructive Pathology by Dr Esther Myint
2015
December – Medieval Astrology & Health by Ian Whitchurch
2016
August – Pathology-Outside of the Box by Dr Fiona Maclean
2017
September – Cutup experience by Penny Whippy & Anne Prins
2018
October – An insight into the Life of an Olympian & a Socceroo by Bill Henderson
2019
September – Microscope Slides – The Old & The New by Trevor Hinwood & Alex Anderson from Trajan
October – Immersive Virtual Reality in Education by Leah Simmons
2020
March – Tissue Processing- Pitfalls & Solutions by Dr Tamara Sztynda & UTS Team
May – Tissue Processors – Means & Ways to achieve Tissue Processing by Ewen Sutherland, Bio-strategy
July – Stratified Squamous Epithelia by Dr Tamara Sztynda
August – Digital imaging by Leica Biosystems & Roche
October – Skin Pathology- Part 1 by Dr Tamara Sztynda
November – Skin Pathology- Part 2 by Dr Tamara Sztynda
2021
March – Embedding by Dr Tamara Sztynda
May – Embedding Waxes by Leica Biosystems, Abacus Dx & Bio-strategy
July – Lymphoreticular Organ Histology by Dr Tamara Sztynda
September – Surgical Cut-up National Consultation by Leah Simmons
2022
March – Urinary system histology by Tamara Sztynda
April at Doltone House Sydney – The Body Farm and Forensic Histology by Dr Kendall Bailey & Dr Sascha Maistry
May – Introduction to Surgical Cut-up by Carlee Hill
July – Quality Control for Accurate Pathological Diagnosis & Keeping ABREAST of your EQA results: Immunohistochemistry Breast Markers Review by Neeta Lal & Zenobia Haffajee
September – Molar Pregnancies and IHC Pre-analytical Issues by Joanne To and Tony Henwood
October – Introduction to IHC by Kylie McDonald
November – Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Deep Learning in Anatomical Pathology by Dr Melissa Tadros
2023
February – The value of cytology in pathological diagnoses + Purpose of the mobile cytology lab – ROSE Dr Elizabeth Salisbury & Joanne La Malfa
March – Surgical cut up, Benign gynaecology specimens by Carlee Hill
April – Hirschsprung Disease Dr Joanne To
June – What’s so SPECIAL about Special Stains? and IHC staining – Not just any BROWN stain! Neeta Lal & Zenobia Haffajee, RCPAQAP
July at Noah’s on the Beach in Newcastle – IHC & Biobanking, Skin biopsies – there is more than one way to skin a cat and Forensics on the foreshore, Megan Clarke, Dr Alison Potter and Dr Allan Cala
August – Total Eclipse of the Heart (Forensics) – Hearts under attack: the spectrum of ischaemic cardiac disease, Owner of a Broken Heart: unusual cardiac infiltration and Enlarged but normal: can the microscope tell us more? Unusual systemic infiltration by Dr Lena Quinto, Dr Donovan Loots and Dr Lenѐ Burger
October – Getting abreast of your breast specimens by Carlee Hill
November – Macroscopic Triage and Cut Up of Placentas by Dr Joanne To