07:30 – 08:00 Registration, dues, and breakfast (provided)
08:00 – 09:00 Pulmonary Cytopathology: Challenges and Possibilities in the Era of Personalized Medicine.
Peter Illei, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Update on biopsy technique
- Update on specimen handling and processing for optimizing tissue volume
- Update on biomarkers testing using cytology samples
09:00 – 10:00 Update on Lung Tumors: Uncommon and Recently Defined Tumor Types
Peter Illei, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Describing histologic features and molecular alterations of uncommon tumors
- Histologic characteristics of recently defined tumor types
10:00 – 10:10 Break
10:10 – 11:10 Pathology update on carcinomas of the lung
Allen Burke, MD, Professor of Pathology, University of Maryland
- Pathology update on carcinomas of the lung
- Attain proficiency at staging carcinomas of the lung with emphasis on multiple nodules; pleural, chest wall, and vascular invasion; and treatment effect
- Learn how to classify carcinoma into the four major groups and the role of immunohistochemistry
- Learn the latest about classification of neuroendocrine carcinomas
- Attain proficiency at diagnosing AIS, MIA and mucinous adenocarcinoma
- How do deal with molecular testing
11:10 – 12:10 Pathology update on pleural mesothelioma
Allen Burke, MD, Professor of Pathology, University of Maryland
- Pathology update on pleural mesothelioma
- Learn what is known about molecular genetics of mesothelioma
- What is important to report, and is there a role for grading
- Learn what is current in immunohistochemical and molecular techniques in differential diagnosis from benign lesions and other malignancies
- Become familiar with the role of pathology on staging of mesothelioma
12:10 – 1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00 – 2:00 TBD
Tabari Baker, PhD, Scientific Affairs Manager, Roche Diagnostics Corporation
TBD
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday, October 7, 2019 (marylandpathology.org)
Registration Fees: Pathologist (member): $100, Pathologist (Non-member): $200, Pathologist Assistant/Cytotechnologist: $75, Resident/fellow (member): $40, Resident/fellow (non-member): $55
