2018 Pathology Update Agenda

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Friday November 2, 2018

07:15 Registration and Breakfast
08:10 Welcome

Session 1

Moderator: Richard Kirsch

08:15 Approach to Barrett’s esophagus and related dysplasia
Rish Pai
09:00 New issues and challenges in appendiceal neoplasia
Corwyn Rowsell
09:30 New issues and challenges in CRC pathology reporting
David Driman
10:00 Panel discussion
10:15 BREAK

Session 2

Moderator: Cathy Streutker

10:30 Medication related injury in the GI tract
Richard Kirsch
11:15 Sprue-like conditions of the small bowel
James Conner
11:45 New and challenging colitides and mimics of IBD
Robert Riddell
12:15 Panel discussion
12:30 LUNCH

Session 3

Moderator: Jay Conner

13:30 Diagnostic challenges in liver pathology: Selected cases from consultation practice
Oyedele Adeyi
14:15 Problematic colorectal polyps
Rish Pai
15:00 Approach to inflammatory disorders of the stomach
Catherine Streutker
15:30 Panel discussion
15:45 BREAK

Session 4

Moderator: Elzbieta Slodkowska

16:00 Interesting cases

  • Dr. Rish Pai
  • Dr. Iram Siddiqui
  • Dr. Sara Hafezi-Bakhtiari
  • Dr. Aoife McCarthy
17:00 Adjourn for the day

Saturday November 3, 2018

Session 1

Moderator: Runjan Chetty

08:30 Update on molecular testing in GI cancers
Aaron Pollett
09:00 Challenges in pancreaticobiliary neoplasia
Eugene Hsieh
09:30 Cytology of pancreatic lesions
Jelena Mirkovic
10:00 Panel discussion
10:15 BREAK

Session 2

Moderator: Eugene Hsieh

10:30 Unusual polyps of the upper GI tract and small bowel
Runjan Chetty
11:15 Classification of hepatocellular neoplasms
Sandra Fischer
11:45 Panel discussion
12:00 Evaluation and adjournment