Category: Seminars

Evolving Concepts in Soft Tissue Pathology

Andrew L. Folpe, M.D.
Professor and Consultant
Division of Anatomic Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, California, 94111
Phone: (415) 788-1234

December 4, 2016
8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Seminar Objectives:

1. Recognize the clinical and morphological features of newly or more completely described entities in soft tissue tumor pathology

2. Effectively apply established and new immunohistochemical markers to the workup of soft tissue tumors

3. Appreciate the impact of advances in molecular pathology to the differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumor

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Gynecology Pathology Update: Selected Topics with Diagnostic Approach

Brigitte M. Ronnett, M.D.
John Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Westin Hotel South Coast Plaza
686 Anton Blvd
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 540-2500

June 5, 2016
8:30AM – 4:45 PM

Objectives include:

1. Improvement in the use of modern diagnostic techniques, including IHC and molecular genotyping
2. Knowledge of current criteria for diagnosis of mucinous tumors both primary and metastatic
3. Learning the criteria for serous tumors including borderline and peritoneal lesions.
4. Being aware of challenges of diagnosing invasion for HPV-related endocervical lesions
5. Understanding the utility of IHC for distinction of endocervical and endometrial adenocarcinomas

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Updates in the changing world of breast pathology

Laura C. Collins, MD
Stuart J. Schnitt, MD

Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcardero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 788-1234

December 6, 2015
8:30 am – 4:45 pm

Seminar Objectives: At the conclusion of this seminar, attendees will be able to:
1. To discuss the diagnostic features and differential diagnosis of several commonly encountered problems in breast pathology.
2. To describe the diagnostic features and clinical significance of a variety of breast lesions with particular reference to the implications of these diagnoses in core needle biopsy specimens.
3. To discuss the molecular classification of breast cancer and the uses and limitations of immunohistochemical surrogates to determine molecular subtype.
4. To describe the current role of ancillary molecular testing in breast pathology.

Pitfalls and pearls in lymph node and spleen pathology

Dennis P. O’Malley MD
with special guest Peter Banks, MD

Westin Hotel South Coast Plaza
686 Anton Boulevard
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 540-2500

June 7, 2015
8:30 am – 4:45 pm

Seminar Objectives: At the conclusion of this seminar, attendees will be able to:
1. Improve your skills in identifying lymphomas including use of the appropriate immunohistochemical stains, flow cytometry and other ancillary tests.
2. Become familiar with in situ lymphoid lesions as well as new and important benign lesions that may mimic lymphoma.
3. Survey pathologic lesions of the spleen and become familiar with important and difficult splenic pathology.

<a href=”http://www.cttr.org/forms/Montgomery Registration Form CME.doc”>Some Adventures in Gastrointestinal and Soft Tissue Pathology</a>
December 7, 2014
San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth A. Montgomery, MD
Director of Clinical Gastrointestinal Pathology
Johns Hopkins University

December 7, 2014
8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, California, 94111
Phone: (415) 788-1234
Seminar Objectives:
At the conclusion of this seminar, attendees will be able to:
1. Become acquainted with new or newly reclassified entities in gastrointestinal pathology.
2. Emphasize the importance of hollow viscus wall layers from which various neoplasms typically arise.
3. Discuss molecular and immunolabeling pitfalls that arise in diagnosis of both gastrointestinal and soft tissue tumors.
4. Discuss situations in which molecular testing can be useful in the diagnostic workup process.

Materials: (“Attendance Only” includes items 1 and 2)
1. 6 hour lecture (Cover seminar objectives, correlate clinical histories, discuss the role of special studies in diagnosis, therapy, and counseling, and project photographs of the study cases and other illustrative materials)
2. Comprehensive syllabus that includes diagnoses, discussion, and appropriate references from pertinent medical literature
3. Glass slides of representative tumors