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UM Annual Pathology Conference 2024

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Monday, January 22, 2024

Time Topic and Speaker
7:00 AM
BREAKFAST WITH EXHIBITORS
7:45 AM

Morning Announcements
Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, M.D.

Moderator: Merce Jorda, M.D. Ph.D., MBA

8:00 AM Things That Matter Are Not Easy: Pitfalls in GU Pathology
Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D.
8:45 AM Unusual Histological Patterns and Subtypes of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma   
Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D.
9:30 AM “Flat” and “Deceptively Bland” Urothelial Lesions
Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D.
10:15 AM BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS (45 MIN)
11:00 AM Ancillary Testing for Precision-Based Management of Prostate Cancer
Oleksandr Kryvenko, M.D.  
11:45 AM A Multidisciplinary Approach to Bladder Cancer
Merce Jorda, M.D., Ph.D., MBA
12:30 PM

MEETING ADJOURNS FOR THE DAY

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Time Topic and Speaker
7:00 AM
BREAKFAST WITH EXHIBITORS
7:45 AM

Morning Announcements
Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, M.D.

Moderator: Elizabeth Montgomery, M.D.

8:00 AM Gastrointestinal pathology: A Few Bloopers and How to Avoid Them
Elizabeth Montgomery, M.D.
8:45 AM Biomarkers in GI Cancer: What's new in 2024?
Rhonda Yantiss, M.D.
9:30 AM GI  AJCC Staging: Most Common Challenges and Updates
Monica Garcia-Buitrago, M.D.
10:15 AM BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS (45 MIN)
11:00 AM Liver Pathology and Oncotherapeutic Agents
Nemencio Ronquillo, M.D.
11:20 AM Divergent Pancreatic Carcinomas
Oliver McDonald, M.D.
11:45 AM Abnormal Liver Enzymes  
Jonathan England, M.D.
12:05 PM

GI Tract Lymphomas
Julio Poveda, M.D.

12:25 PM
 MEETING ADJOURNS FOR THE DAY

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Time Topic and Speaker
7:00 AM
BREAKFAST WITH EXHIBITORS
7:45 AM

Morning Announcements
Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, M.D.

Moderator: Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, M.D.

8:00 AM The Challenges of Follicular-Patterned Thyroid Tumors: NIFTP and More!
William C. Faquin, M.D., Ph.D.
8:45 AM The Spectrum of Squamous Dysplasias and Squamous Cell Carcinomas in the Head and Neck
William C. Faquin, M.D., Ph.D.
9:30 AM An Integrated Cytologic and Molecular Approach to Salivary Gland Neoplasia
William C. Faquin, M.D., Ph.D.
10:15 AM BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS (45 MIN)
11:00 AM From Guidelines to Practice: Case Studies Demonstrating Milan System's Role in Routine Salivary Gland Diagnosis
Jaylou Velez Torres, M.D. and Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, M.D.
11:45 AM Immunocytochemistry of Predictive Biomarkers 
Mehrdad Nadji, M.D.
12:30 PM
MEETING ADJOURNS FOR THE DAY
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Location: Sea Green Lawn

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Time Topic and Speaker
7:00 AM
BREAKFAST WITH EXHIBITORS
7:45 AM

Morning Announcements
Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, M.D.

Moderator: Yanyun Wu, M.D. Ph.D.

8:00 AM Common Citations in Laboratory Inspections
Yanyun Wu, M.D., Ph.D., David Andrews, M.D.
8:45 AM Rules and regulations in LDT
David Andrews, M.D., Derek Waggoner, Ph.D., Yi Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.
9:30 AM HER2 FISH Testing- Current Guidelines and Criteria in Breast, Gastric, Colon Cancers, and Endometrial Serous Carcinoma.
Ping Yang, Ph.D.
10:15 AM BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS (45 MIN)
11:00 AM Biomarkers Interpretation in Gynecologic Pathology
Andre Pinto, M.D.
11:45 AM Case Presentation (GYN)
Andre Pinto, M.D.
Mehrdad Nadji, M.D.
12:30 PM
MEETING ADJOURNS FOR THE DAY

Friday, January 26, 2024

Time Topic and Speaker
7:00 AM
BREAKFAST WITH EXHIBITORS 
7:45 AM

Morning Announcements
Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, M.D.

Moderator: Rhonda Yantiss, M.D.

8:00 AM The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence in Breast Pathology
Stuart Schnitt, M.D.
8:45 AM HER2-low and ER-low Breast Cancers
Stuart Schnitt, M.D.
9:30 AM Invasive Lobular Carcinomas: Diagnostic Problems and Possible Solutions    
    
Stuart Schnitt, M.D.
10:15 AM
BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS (45 MIN)
11:00 AM A Primer for Avoiding Frozen Section Nightmares in Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Andrew Rosenberg, M.D.
11:45 AM
Lessons We've Learned from Interesting Bone and Soft Tissue Cases
Elizabeth Montgomery, M.D.
Andrew Rosenberg, M.D.
Jaylou Velez Torres, M.D.
12:30 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
Carmen Gomez-Fernandez, M.D.