USCAP Modern Pathology 2020

Learning Objectives

•  Upon completion of this educational activity, learners will be able to:
•  Understand fundamental concepts in molecular pathology, including their role in surgical pathology diagnoses and what pathologists should be able to communicate to clinicians
•  Become conversant with informatics concepts that modern pathologists should know
•  Improve diagnostic skills when assessing surgical specimens by interactive mentoring at multi-head microscopes with established experts in subspecialty areas, referencing new information in genetics and molecular pathology
•  Comprehend and be able to communicate the clinical relevance of pathology in the era of personalized medicine
•  Maximize peer-reviewed published papers as a resource for practice excellence

Topics/Speakers: 

• Basic Molecular Pathology That Will Blow Your Mind and Grow Your Practice – George J. Netto, MD
• Implications of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment for Staging and Therapeutics – Robert A. Anders, MD, PhD
• Innovations in the Diagnosis of Bone & Soft Tissue Lesions – How Molecular Science Influences Morphology – Julia A. Bridge, MD
• Genetics and the Classification of Renal Neoplasia: One Pilgrim’s Progress in the Slough of Despond – John N. Eble, MD
• Nonivasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-like Nuclear Features: A Review for Pathologists – Peter M. Sadow, MD, PhD
• What’s Hot in Gynecologic Surgical Pathology? – Russell S. Vang, MD
• Head and Neck Surgical Pathology – Peter M. Sadow, MD, PhD
• What’s Hot in Dermatopathology? – Steven D. Billings, MD and Thomas Brenn, MD, PhD, FRCPath
• The Clinical Relevance of Pathology in the Era of Personalized Medicine – Rohit Mehra, MD
• What Informatics Means to the Modern Pathologist – Liron Pantanowitz, MD
• Surgical Pathology of the Kidney – John N. Eble, MD
• Headaches in Dermatopathology – Thomas Brenn, MD, PhD, FRCPath