January 29 – 31, 2016

Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

This symposium will focus on practical discussions of commonly encountered dilemmas in surgical pathology, dermatopathology, and cytology.  The goal is to provide evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and management of challenging cases in esophageal disease, inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal polyps, prostate, kidney, and bladder lesions, melanocytic and inflammatory skin lesions, cutaneous soft tissue and vascular tumors, endometrial adenocarcinoma, ovarian serous carcinoma, and breast lesions. This symposium will help practicing pathologists, fellows, and residents maintain, develop, and increase their knowledge, competence, and professional performance with the intent to improve patient care and reduce disease impact.

Who Should Attend?

Pathologists, Pathology Residents, and Fellows

By Attending, You Will Be Able To:

• Recognize Barrett’s-related dysplasia and become familiar with unusual patterns of ulcerative colitis.
• Distinguish unusual variants of prostate cancer, uncommon urinary bladder lesions, and recently described renal tumors.
• Develop a systematic approach to the diagnosis of melanocytic lesions, vascular neoplasms, and inflammatory diseases of the skin.
• Apply current diagnostic criteria to columnar cell and papillary lesions of the breast and recognize key features of radial scars.
• Describe optimal use of sampling at EBUS/ENB and immunohistochemical stains for lung tumor diagnosis.
• Discuss new developments in the pathogenesis of ovarian serous carcinomas and recognize morphologic variants of endometrial adenocarcinoma.

Co-Directors

John Goldblum, MD
Chairman, Department of Pathology
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute

Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, MD, PhD
Department of Anatomic Pathology
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute

Cleveland Clinic Department of Anatomic Pathology Faculty

Steven Billings, MD
Jennifer Brainard, MD
Benjamin Calhoun, MD, PhD

Visit www.ccfcme.org/2016pathology for complete registration information or view our Event Overview.

Dates & Times

Friday, January 29, 2016

7:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am Welcome Remarks
Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, MD, PhD
John Goldblum, MD

Gastrointestinal

8:10 am Controversies in the Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus and Barrett’s-Related Dysplasia
John Goldblum, MD
9:00 am IBD and IBD-related Dysplasia: One Pathologist’s Perspective
John Goldblum, MD
9:45 am Question and Answer Period
10:00 am Refreshment Break/Exhibits

Genitourinary

10:30 am Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (PIN) and Atypical Small Acinal Proliferation (ASAP)
Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, MD, PhD
11:15 am Intraductal Carcinoma of the Prostate and Variants of Prostate Cancer
Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, MD, PhD
12:00 pm Question and Answer Period
12:15 pm Lunch

Dermatology

1:15 pm Practical Approach to Melanocytic Tumors
Steven Billings, MD
2:00 pm Inflammatory Dermato-pathology for the Surgical Pathologist
Steven Billings, MD
2:45 pm Question and Answer Period
3:00 pm Refreshment Break/Exhibits

Cytology

3:30 pm Advanced Bronchoscopy: Getting Everything You Need from a Small Sample
Jennifer Brainard, MD
4:15 pm Interesting Cases from Advanced Bronchoscopy with Emphasis on Ancillary Testing
Jennifer Brainard, MD
5:00 pm Question and Answer Period
5:15 pm Adjourn

Saturday, January 30, 3016

7:15 am Continental Breakfast/Exhibits

Genitourinary

8:00 am Diagnostic Pitfalls and Unusual Lesions in Bladder Pathology
Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, MD, PhD
8:45 am Renal Carcinoma: An Update
Cristina-Magi-Galluzzi, MD, PhD
9:30 am Question and Answer Period
9:45 am Refreshment Break/Exhibits

Breast

10:15 am Histologic Markers of Breast Cancer Risk: Columnar Cell Lesions and Flat Epithelial Atypia
Benjamin Calhoun, MD, PhD
11:00 am Immunohistochemistry in Breast Pathology: Selected Applications
Benjamin Calhoun, MD, PhD
11:45 am Question and Answer Period
12:00 pm Lunch

Gastrointestinal

1:00 pm Nomenclature of Colorectal Polyps: Controversies and Confusion
John Goldblum, MD
1:45 pm An Approach to Mesenchymal Tumors of the GI Tract
John Goldblum, MD
2:30 pm Question and Answer Period
2:45 pm Refreshment Break/Exhibits

Soft Tissue

3:15 pm Deceptive Cutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors
Steven Billings, MD
4:00 pm Vascular Tumors: An Update
Steven Billings, MD
4:45 pm Question and Answer Period
5:00 pm Adjourn

Sunday, January 31, 2016

7:15 am Continental Breakfast/Exhibits

Gynecology

8:00 am Endometrioid Endometrial Adenocarcinoma: Variants and Role of Molecular Testing
Jennifer Brainard, MD
9:00 am What’s New in Ovarian Serous Carcinogenesis
Jennifer Brainard, MD
9:45 am Question and Answer Period
10:00 am Refreshment Break/Exhibits

Breast

10:30 am Histologic Markers of Breast Cancer Risk: Papillary Lesions and Radial Scars
Benjamin Calhoun, MD, PhD
11:15 am Molecular Subtyping of Breast Cancer: Implications for Pathologists
Benjamin Calhoun, MD, PhD
12:00 pm Question and Answer Period
12:15 pm Closing Remarks
12:30 pm Adjourn