Learn from Experts

Current Concepts in Surgical Pathology presents a broad overview of key areas of surgical pathology and intends to update both academic and community pathologists with new advances in the field. Lead by a renowned pathologist, this CME program includes case-based lectures on topics like lymph node diagnosis, gestational trophoblast disease, DLBCL, inflammatory bowel disease, and more. It will help you to better:

• Apply new criteria for pathologic diagnoses in multiple areas of surgical pathology
• Recognize unusual entities
• Assess the decision making process used to arrive at specific diagnoses
• Utilize contemporary tumor classification systems
• Apply IHC and/or molecular studies judiciously to establish or confirm diagnoses

IOM Competencies

The course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine (IOM) Competencies:

• Provide Patient-Centered Care
• Employ Evidence-Based Practice

ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)/Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

• Medical Knowledge
• Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
• System-Based Practices

Learning Objectives

After viewing this program, participants will be better able to:

• Apply new criteria for pathologic diagnoses in multiple areas of surgical pathology
• Recognize unusual entities
• Evaluate the decision making process used to arrive at specific diagnoses
• Utilize contemporary tumor classification systems
• Apply immunohistochemistry and/or molecular studies judiciously to establish or confirm diagnoses

Target Audience

This course is targeted to physicians who specialize in pathology.

• Deceptive Patterns and Mimics of Invasive Breast Cancer – Melinda J. Lerwill, MD

• Approach to Lymph Node Diagnosis – Judith A. Ferry, MD

• Non-Invasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasms with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features and Thyroid Tumors with a Follicular Pattern – William C. Faquin, MD, PhD

• Problems in Ovarian Tumor Interpretation – Mistakes that May Cause Harm to the Patient or Embarrass the Pathologist: Part I – Robert H. Young, MD

• Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Problems and Peculiarities in Diagnosis – Aliyah R. Sohani, MD

• Placental Pathologies that Necessitate Intervention – Drucilla J. Roberts, MD

• lnflammatory Bowel Disease: Challenges and Controversies – Joseph Misdraji, MD

• Problems in Ovarian Tumor Interpretation: Part II – Robert H. Young, MD

• Myelodysplasia and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms – Robert P. Hasserjian, MD

• Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ: Diagnostic Evaluation and Problematic Patterns – Melinda J. Lerwill, MD

• Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal and Pancreaticobiliary Tracts – Vikram Deshpande, MD

• Gestational Trophoblast Disease – Drucilla J. Roberts, MD

• Pancreaticobiliary Neoplasms and their Mimics – Vikram Deshpande, MD

• Interstitial Lung Disease – Lida P. Hariri, MD, PhD

• Classification and Genetics of Familial Thyroid Carcinoma – Vania Nosé, MD, PhD

• Polyps and Other Precursors Lesions in the Colon – Lawrence R. Zukerberg, MD

• Mesenchymal Neoplasms of the Uterus – Esther Oliva, MD

• Update on Gastritis – Lawrence R. Zukerberg, MD

• Approach to Ancillary Testing in Epithelioid Soft Tissue Tumors – Ivan A. Chebib, MD

• Lung Carcinoma: Selected Issues in Histologic Classification – Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD

• Practical Aspects of Meningioma Diagnosis – David N. Louis, MD

• Neuropathology Frozen Section Interpretation: Problems and Pitfalls – Maria Martinez-Lage, MD

• Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Its Differential Diagnosis – Judith A. Ferry, MD

• The Application of Immunohistochemistry in the Differential Diagnosis of Ovarian Tumors – Esther Oliva, MD

• Common Problems in Liver Biopsy Interpretation – Joseph Misdraji, MD

• Salivary Gland Pathology – Peter M. Sadow, MD, PhD

• Mucinous Lesions of the Breast – Veerle I.J. Bossuyt, MD

• Vasculitis – James R. Stone, MD

• Follicular Lymphoma – Abner Louissaint, Jr., MD, PhD

• Renal Tumors: An Update – Kristine Cornejo, MD

• Clinically Important Diagnoses in Sinonasal Pathology – William C. Faquin, MD, PhD

• Adrenal Pathology – Peter M. Sadow, MD, PhD

• Grading and Staging of Urologic Cancers: An Interactive Exercise – Chin-Lee Wu, MD, PhD

• Pleomorphic Lobular and Variant Forms of Mammary Carcinoma In Situ – Travis L. Rice-Stitt, MD

• Evaluation of Treatment-Related Changes in Breast Cancer – Elena F. Brachtel, MD

• Instructive Cases – William C. Faquin, MD, PhD; Judith A. Ferry, MD; and Melinda J. Lerwill, MD