Keynote Speaker
Ashley Cimino-Mathews MD
Ashley Cimino-Mathews, M.D., is an internationally recognized expert and educator in diagnostic breast pathology, the breast cancer tumor immune microenvironment, and immune biomarker testing. She is the inaugural Leela and Belur S. Bhagavan, M.D., Professor in Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and she is the Director of the Breast Pathology Division and Fellowship. Dr. Cimino-Mathews received her B.S. from Emory University, where she studied breast cancer tumor vaccine development, followed by her M.D. from Weill Cornell Medical College. She completed her residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she subspecialized in surgical and breast pathology.
Dr. Cimino-Mathews is a dedicated and passionate educator and has received numerous resident teaching awards. She has published extensively in the fields of surgical and breast pathology and the tumor immune microenvironment; co-authored three books on diagnostic pathology; and authored multiple book chapters related to breast pathology. Dr. Cimino-Mathews is the coordinator for Interactive Microscopy Breast Courses at the USCAP Interactive Center, and she previously served on the USCAP Board of Directors and the USCAP Education Committee. Dr. Cimino-Mathews is currently the Associate Editor for breast pathology for Modern Pathology.
Planning Committee
Lina Chen MD, FRCPC
Staff Pathologist, Director of Autopsy and Director of Fellowship Programs
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
University of Toronto
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Director of Education, Ontario Association of Pathologists
Elan Hahn MD FRCPC
Head and Neck and Molecular Pathologist
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Mount Sinai Hospital
Sandy Lou MD FRCPC DRCPSC
Conference Chair
Assistant Professor
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Staff Cytopathologist
University Health Network
Dr. Marosh Manduch
Department of Laborataory Medicine & Pathology
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