HMS CME Course

Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreatic Pathology 2024
The Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreatic Pathology course provides a broad overview of many areas of gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and hepatobiliary pathology and is presented by Harvard Medical School faculty and selected guest faculty with recognized expertise in the topic areas. The course is designed to update both academic practicing pathologists and those in the community with advances in gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and hepatobiliary pathology, and to provide aids in diagnosis based on conventional morphologic analysis, as well as updates on new staging criteria, new techniques such as novel immunohistochemistry markers, and molecular pathology data. Interactive learning formats, including didactic lectures, case seminars, and frequent discussion periods with extensive time for contact with faculty will be provided. The course will assist the learners in developing new strategies they can use in practice, leading to improved diagnoses, and better patient care.

Monday, May 6, 2024

8:00-8:10 AM - Introduction/Welcome
Jonathan N. Glickman, MD, PhD; Mark Redston, MD

8:10-8:55 AM - Barrett's Esophagus and Associated Neoplasia
Mark Redston, MD

8:55-9:25 AM - Clinician's Perspective - Upper GI Tract
Kunal Jajoo, MD
Barrett's Esophagus Video

9:25-9:35 AM - Q&A

9:35-9:45 AM - Break

9:45-10:15 AM - Gastric Polyps and Precursor Lesions
Stuti Shroff, MBBS, PhD

10:15-10:45 - Celiac Disease and its Differential Diagnosis
Jeffrey Goldsmith, MD

10:45-11:30 AM - Slide Seminar on Upper GI Tract
Miranda Machacek, MD PhD
Presentation

11:30-11:45 AM - Q&A

11:45 AM-12:45 PM - Lunch

12:45-1:15 PM - Biopsy Diagnosis of Colitis
Mark Redston, MD

1:15-1:45 PM - IBD: Controversies and Challenges
Michael G. Drage, MD, PhD

1:45-2:15 PM - Colon Polyps and Polyposis
Jonathan N. Glickman, MD, PhD

2:15-2:25 PM - Q&A

2:25-2:35 PM - Break

2:35-3:05 PM - Molecular Diagnostics in Colon Cancer and Screening for Lynch Syndrome
Jonathan Nowak, MD, PhD

3:05-3:35 PM - Challenges in Colon Cancer Staging
Mark Redston, MD

3:35-4:05 PM - Slide Seminar: Lower GI
Jonathan N. Glickman, MD, PhD
Presentation

4:05-4:15 PM - Q&A

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

8:00-8:30 AM - GIST: From KIT to Succinate Dehydrogenase
Jason L. Hornick, MD, PhD

8:30-9:00 AM - Mesenchymal Tumors and Mesenchymal Polyps (other than GIST)
David Papke, MD, PhD

9:00-9:30 AM - Drug Induced Disorders of GI Tract
Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD

9:30-9:40 AM - Q&A

9:40-9:50 AM - Break

9:50-10:20 AM - GI Lymphomas
Judith A. Ferry, MD

10:20-11:05 AM - Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasms
Joseph Misdraji, MD

11:05-11:50 AM - Anal Pathology: Overview and Update
Jonathan N. Glickman, MD, PhD

11:50 AM-12:00 PM - Q&A

12:00-1:00 PM - Lunch

1:00-1:45 PM - Endocrine Tumors of the Tubal Gut
Raul S. Gonzalez, MD

1:45-2:30 PM - Cytology and Small Biopsy Diagnosis of Pancreaticobiliary Tumors
Lisa Zhang, MD

2:30-2:40 PM - Q&A

2:40-2:50 PM - Break

2:50-3:35 PM - Surgical Pathology of Pancreatic Tumors
Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD

3:35-4:15 PM - Biliary Tract Neoplasia
Stuti Shroff, MBBS, PhD

4:15-5:00 PM - Slide Seminar: Instructive Cases in Pancreatic Pathology
Esther Baranov, MD
Presentation

5:00-5:10 PM - Q&A

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

8:00-8:30 AM - Medical Liver 1 - Diagnostic Approach to Hepatitis
Angela Shih, MD

8:30-9:00 AM - Medical Liver 2 - Fatty Liver
Lei Zhao, MD, PhD

9:00-9:30 AM - Clinician's Perspective on Liver Biopsies
Daniel S. Pratt, MD

9:30-10:00 AM - Break

10:00-10:45 AM - Liver Tumors
Rondell Graham, MBBS

10:45-11:15 AM - Medical Liver 3 - Cholestatic Disorders
Angela Shih, MD

11:15 AM-12:00 PM - Case Seminar: Challenging Liver Cases
Lei Zhao, MD PhD
Presentation

12:00-12:10 PM - Concluding Remarks

12:10-12:15 PM - Course Adjourns