Pathology

To identify areas of diagnostic difficulties and challenges in everyday surgical pathology and cytopathology practice, and to provide expert insight on selected topics through didactic lectures, tutorial sessions and interactive reviews.\

This coursse is designed to teach attendees how to describe gross and microscopic lesions in a variety of major organs in numerous animal species. Both written and oral descriptive techniques will be taught.

To present the audience a hands-on experience in diagnostic problems in everyday cytopathology practice and an update on recent developments in the use of special techniques in cytopathology. At the end of the cytopathology course, the learner will be able to identify common problem areas in cytopathology practice, recognize potential pitfalls and develop a differential diagnosis and a management plan.

The impressive course covers general and specialized area of anatomic pathology. An intensive session inflammatory, infectious, and tumor-related diseases, this five-day course reviews all fields in surgical pathology, cytology and forensics.

The objective of this five-day course is to provide pathologists and cytotechnologists with a comprehensive overview of and update on diagnostic cytology. The emphasis is on light microscopic criteria, with the incorporation of immunochemistry, molecular biology, and automation as they apply to cytology.

Scientific recovery, analysis and identification of human remains in the medicolegal context. Forensic anthropologists frequently apply their knowledge of human remains to victim identification, remains search and recovery and the interpretation of skeletal trauma.

The primary focus of the course is to expose the experienced forensic scientists, and to introduce the novice, to state-of-the-art techniques for forensic endeavors, with an emphasis on mass disaster and dental identification.

Correlation of molecular/gene expression based and morphofunctional classification of breast carcinomas. Lobular intraepithelial lesions that mimic ductal proliferations. Diagnostic approach to spindle cell tumors of the breast. Pathologic findings in sentinel node.

Unique histologic features of steatohepatitis in pediatric patients. New immunostains in the evaluation of liver tumors. Current guidelines on the use of liver biopsy in the management of patients with chronic HCV hepatitis.

Medicolegal implications of diagnosis and misdiagnosis. New thinking in preneoplastic and neoplastic lymphoid infiltrates of the skin. Molecular strategies for diagnosis of melanoma. Anti-melanoma vaccination. Direct immunofluorescence microscopy.

Essentials of the revised WHO Classification system for leukemias, lymphomas, and myeloproliferative/ myelodysplastic disorders. Incorporation of molecular diagnostics into the practice of hematopathology.

This course is designed to provide updated knowledge for practicing surgical pathologists, academicians, and residents. It addresses the resolution of diagnostic problems relative to each of the major organ systems.

In its 15th year, the reputation of the Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management increases annually. It is a unique two-day program with a single objective: to help lab administrators and pathologists learn practical methods for improving the organizational performance and financial success of their laboratories.

This 3-day course will focus on current practices of molecular pathology, with an emphasis on case-based examples, technologies, and clinical applications.

Molecular subsets and HER2 testing guidelines in breast carcinoma. Prophylactic thyroid surgery decision-making based on Ret mutation screening in MEN II. EGFR, KRAS, and BRAF mutation screening in non-small cell lung carcinomas and colorectal carcinomas.

This course is designed to enhance the basic education of ophthalmologists (residents, general practitioners, and specialists) with respect to the normal and pathologic structure of ocular tissues.

Immunohistochemistry do’s and don’ts. Principles of molecular testing - when do you want it and what does it tell you? Changing – and controversial – criteria for differentiating benign from malignant diseases. Important tumor variants.

Recognize newly recognized dermatological entities. Understand diagnostic criteria for discussed inflammatory and neoplastic conditions. Use updated diagnostic terminology and diagnostic classification schemes in their routine practice.

This course is designed to provide updated, pragmatic, problem-solving information for practicing anatomic pathologists. It will focus on the resolution of diagnostic pitfalls in an array of difficult areas of surgical pathology including endocrine, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, gynecologic and obstetric, and hematopathology.

Classification and unusual forms of gastritis. Diagnosis of small bowel disease. Mimics of Crohn’s disease. Indeterminate colitis. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Diagnosis and follow-up of MALT and other lymphomas. Use of new antibodies in diagnosis and prognosis.

The 17th International Surgical Pathology Symposium addresses unique challenges and problems encountered in today’s practice. Participants will simultaneously review case histories, examine images by virtual microscopy, and formulate diagnoses. The unique subtleties and differentiating characteristics of each diagnosis will then be highlighted. Participants will also discuss the patient management strategy used in each case.

Participants will learn the current classifications and diagnostic criteria for tumors and tumor-like lesions of the selected subspecialty areas, including both common and unusual entities.

Recent updates in interstitial lung disease classification. NEW THIS YEAR – Molecular diagnostic techniques in pulmonary and mesothelial tumors. The latest knowledge about unusual infections. New considerations in the diagnosis of lymphoproliferative lung disorder.