President's Welcome Message

I would like to welcome PPS members from all countries. After my involvement in the Steering Committee of International Thoracic Societies like ERS (European Respiratory Society ; Cell & Molecular Assembly Head), IASLC (International Association of the Study of Lung Cancer ; chair of the Pathology Committee), I am hoping to provide my best services to the PPS members with the help of the Council Committee Officers.

I would like to continue the PPS’s strong commitment to the setting of standards and best educational programs in thoracic pathology. I am also committed to foster the international dimension of the PPS. I am excited to organize the next PPS Biennial Meeting, 2013, in my home city of Grenoble, France, at the frontier of the French, Swiss and Italian Alps. We look forward to the continued
participation of speakers and attendees from many different countries.

Professor Elisabeth Brambilla (Chief of the Department of Pathology of Grenoble University Hospital ; Head of an INSERM Research team involved in lung cancer progression), formally accepted the position of President of the Pulmonary Pathology Society on August 18, 2011 during the PPS Biennial Meeting in New York

The 2011 PPS Biennial Meeting at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York had more than 250 participants from all countries and was a huge success with a superb scientific program. Thanks to all the co-directors of the course, Donald Guinee, William Travis, Phil Cagle, Kevin Leslie, Timothy Allen, Mary Beth Beasley and Helmut Popper .

I am grateful to the members of the new PPS council in assisting me to meet our new challenges - Mary Beth Beasley as Secretary, Aliya Hussain as Award Committee Chair, Keith Kerr as Program Committee Chair, Alain Borczuk and Sanja Dancic as North American Councillors , Eric Thunissen as European Councilor , Junya Fukuoka as Asian Councilor and Vera Capelozzi as South American Councilor . Many thanks to our Past President Don Guinee who will now continue on as PPS Webmaster. Dr Kevin Leslie, Vice President ,will transition to President at the 2013 PPS biennial meeting in Grenoble, France .

We welcome all pathologists with a special interest in advancing the field of pulmonary and molecular thoracic pathology to join the PPS at our companion meeting at USCAP 2012 in Vancouver, as well as at the 2013 PPS biennial meeting in Grenoble!

With best regards,

Elisabeth Brambilla, MD

President, Pulmonary Pathology Society