The Annual Alvord Lecture in Neuropathology

This Lectureship honors and recognizes Emeritus Professor Ellsworth Alvord as an important pioneer in the field of neuropathology. 
Ellsworth Alvord, MD, served as Chief of Neuropathology at University of Washington for 42 years from 1960 to 2002. He is now semi-retired as an Emeritus.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
4:30pm, UW Health Science Center, Room K069
BERNARDINO GHETTI, MD
Professor, Indiana University, Director of Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indianapolis, IN
Deciphering the hereditary prion protein amyloidoses

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Past Speakers
Arie Perry, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.  "Molecular Diagnostics of Gliomas"
Jean Paul Vonsattel, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY.  "Chorea vs. Parkinsonism: The Search for Primary Centers of Degeneration"
Harry Vinters, MD, University of California Los Angeles, CA.  "Neurovascular dementia: How abnormalities of cerebral blood vessels and brain parenchyma complete"
John Rubenstein, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, CA.  "Patterning of Cortical Regions and Connections"
Samuel Ludwin, MD, Queen's University Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.  "Studies in the Pathology and Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis"
Peter Burger, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.  “Oligodendrogliomas and Mixed Gliomas: An Epidemic”