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About us… Forpath

Forpath has been set up as an unceremonious association of Belgian Pathologists in 1988.
It was well ahead of the trend of its time when continuing education in Pathology laid in infancy around the globe and represented a mere word in Belgium.
However, Forpath was met by an increasing success among Pathologists who felt books, publications and even international jamborees were not enough to remain afloat with the rapidly growing flow of new concepts.

Forpath’s structure has been designed to adapt itself to those needs.
Kindly hosted by CMP Laboratory which provided the infrastructure: multi-head microscopes, state-of-the–art audio and video devices. (www.labocmp.be)
National and international experts have generously bitten upon their spare time to share their skills in various subtopics in Pathology. Most of these courses are freely available for download at this very Forpath website.

With time, the pressure from Health Authorities in Belgium for compulsory continuing has gathered pace; Forpath has chosen to move from an informal association of Pathologists (almost a club of friends) to a legal non-profit association. In 2002 Forpath ASBL was founded.
To the best of our ability, we managed to run a five-a-year workshops which meets the criteria for a legal continuing education program in Belgium, which itself fits those required in the EU and the US.

Besides these Workshops, Master Classes have been designed to meet the need trainees in Pathology from all Belgian Universities who wants to share difficult cases with fully-trained experts and other trainees. We thought it a good thing to make it possible for young colleagues to meet each other in a relaxed atmosphere while setting up a network of expertise.
This endeavor has proved also to be a major achievement for Forpath which strives to engulf the upcoming generations of Pathologists into a thriving inter-generation association.

The Forpath “high command”
President : Dr Herwig Van Dijck MD
Treasurer : Dr Bernard Vanden Heule MD
Secretary : Dr Marie-Françoise Dehou MD



Membership

Needless to say that a scientific association needs the support of its members.
Good news: the membership fee is once again unchanged for this year.
It gives you as you know two interesting opportunities:

- Priority to the registration for the Workshops (they are very quickly fully booked)
- Free participation to the Masterclasses (Haematopathology, Gynecopathology, Soft Tissues Pathology, Dermatopathology, Hepatopathology, Uropathology, Endocrine Pathology, Thoracopulmonary Pathology, Breast Pathology, -Thyroid Pathology, etc)

The program of the Workshops and the Masterclasses for the next academic year will be circulated in June (in priority to the members).

We ask you to pay your fee as usual on the bank account of FORPATH:
IBAN BE66 0682 3335 4543

- Adherent Membership: 150€
- Effective Membership*: 250€
- Trainee Membership: 35€

* Only full members may vote at the General Assembly or be Administrator

Do not forget to mention your name if the fee is paid by an organization or hospital!
 



Workshops

A participation fee is mandatory to attend a workshop. The amount of the fee may vary among workshops (see the agenda).

The prefered way to enroll for a Workshop is through our website www.forpath.org. Payment of the participation fee is due within 7 days of the enrollment.

Please pay the fee to account IBAN BE66 0682 3335 4543 of FORPATH, mentioning the date of the Workshop and the name of the participant if payment is made by an institution.
 



Masterclasses

Participation is free for the members of ForPath.

There is no further fee to attend the Masterclasses. The only way is to become member of Forpath (see Membership fees hereabove).

The prefered way to enroll for a Masterclass is through our website www.forpath.org. When required the payment of the Membership fee is due within 7 days of the enrollment.
 


Agenda 2021-2022

Workshops:

Sat 16 Oct 2021, Sat 27 Nov 2021, Sat 19 May 2022
Register online! -  Program (PDF, 130 Kb)

Masterclasses:

Soon to be informed
Register online!

Minutes of last Workshop:

  • Slide Seminar February 2020 :
    What s new in Inflamamtory Bowel Disease?
    Prof. Dr. G. DE HERTOGH (UZ/KU Leuven)

All Available Minutes of Past Workshops

Honorary members (Workshops):

  • Dr Y. ALLORY (Paris, FR)
  • Dr C. BAILLY (Lyon, FR)
  • Dr M. BATTISTELLA (Paris, FR)
  • Dr N. BERGER (Lyon, FR)
  • Prof. N. BROUSSE (Paris, FR)
  • Dr P. CAMPARO (Amiens, FR)
  • Dr F. COLLlN (Dijon, FR)
  • Dr F. DELACRETAZ (Lausanne, CH)
  • Prof. G. DELSOL (Toulouse, FR)
  • Prof. G. DE PINIEUX (Tours, FR)
  • Prof. M. DEVOUASSOUX (Lyon, FR)
  • Prof. J. DIEBOLD (Paris, FR)
  • Dr JP. DUVILLARD (Villejuif, FR)
  • Prof. C.W. ELSTON (Nottingham, UK)
  • Prof. Fabio FACCHETTI (Brescia, IT)
  • Prof. C.D. FLETCHER (Boston, US)
  • Prof. A. GOUW (Groningen, NL))
  • Prof. P. HOGENDOORN (Leiden, NL)
  • Dr L. JASPARS (Amsterdam, Hilversum, NL)
  • Dr W.J. MOOI (Amsterdam, NL)
  • Prof. K. MOHKTARI (Paris, FR)
  • Prof. P. NIKKELS (Utrecht, NL)
  • Dr M. POLL PATEY (Reims, FR)
  • Prof. Alan RAMSAY (London, UK)
  • Prof. Esther ROSSI (Roma, IT)
  • Prof. M. SOBRINHO SIMOES (Porto, PT)
  • Prof. O. TSYBROVSKYY (Linz, AT)
  • Dr Siebe WOUDA (NVVP-Utrecht, NL)
  • Prof. Judy WYATT (Leeds, UK)

Minutes of last Masterclass:

  • Gynaecopathology, 10 February 2020:
    Placental Evaluation in Clinical Practice
    Dr Marcella BALDEWIJNS (UZ Leuven)
    Placenta Pathologie
    Dr Cecile COLPAERT (UZ Leuven)

All Available Minutes of Past Masterclasses

Our Experts (Masterclasses):

  • Dr Marcella BALDEWIJNS
  • Dr Claire BOURGAIN
  • Dr Philippe CAMPARO
  • Dr Cecile COLPAERT
  • Dr David CREYTENS
  • Dr Marie-Françoise DEHOU
  • Dr Carine DE PREZ
  • Dr Nicolas DE SAINT AUBAIN
  • Dr Barbara DESSARS
  • Dr Giuseppe FLORIS
  • Dr Annick FOUCART
  • Dr Gerd JACOMEN
  • Pr Louis LIBBRECHT
  • Dr Lola MARTIN MARTINEZ
  • Dr Martine POLL-PATEY
  • Pr Myriam REMMELINK
  • Pr Raf SCIOT
  • Dr Ivan THEATE
  • Dr Anne THEUNIS
  • Dr Mieke VAN BOCKSTAL
  • Dr Hilde VANDE WALLE
  • Dr Herwig VAN DIJCK
  • Pr Birgit WEYNAND

The Forpath Prize Laureates:

  • 2018: Dr Marc RASSY (Institut Bordet)
  • 2017: Dr Glenn BROECKX (UZA)
  • 2016: Dr Jasper BRUYNEEL (UGent)
  • 2015: Dr Maud MERTENS DE WILMARS (UCL)
  • 2014: Dr Julie LEMAHIEU (KUL)
  • 2013: Dr Joan SOMJA (ULg)

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