HMS CME Course

Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreatic Pathology 2025
The course is conducted by HMS faculty who are recognized experts in their respective fields and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of gastrointestinal, pancreas and liver pathology, with emphasis on new entities and recent advances in the discipline that will be of interest to trainees in pathology, and to community and academic pathologists. Selected guest speakers will also participate. Systematic approach to interpretation of biopsy and resection specimens, using standard gross and microscopic techniques, will be emphasized along with judicious use of ancillary methods, such as immunohistochemistry, and molecular pathology. The CME format includes didactic lectures, slide seminars and interactive learning sessions, with ample time for interaction with faculty and course directors. The course will assist participants in developing awareness about new entities, diagnostic tools and biomarkers of clinical significance, and assist them in using diagnostic strategies they can put in to use in their daily practice with the eventual goal of improved patient diagnosis, and management.

Monday, May 12, 2025

8:00-8:10 AM - Introduction/Welcome

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

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

9:35-9:45 AM - Break

9:45-10:15 AM - Upper GI Inflammatory Conditions
Jonathan N. Glickman, MD, PhD

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

10:45-11:15 AM - Celiac Disease and its Differential Diagnosis
Jeffrey Goldsmith, MD

11:15 AM-12:00 PM - Slide Seminar on Upper GI Tract
Miranda Machacek, MD, PhD

12:00-12:10 PM - Q&A

12:10-1:00 PM - Lunch

1:00-1:30 PM - Biopsy Diagnosis of Colitis
Mark Redston, MD

1:30-2:00 PM - IBD: Controversies and Challenges
Michael G. Drage, MD, PhD

2:00-2:30 PM - Colon Polyps and Polyposis
Jonathan N. Glickman, MD, PhD

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

2:40-2:50 PM - Break

2:50-3:20 PM - Challenges in Colon Cancer Pathology and Staging
Mark Redston, MD

3:20-4:05 PM - Surgical Pathology of Pancreatic Tumors
Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD

4:05-4:50 PM - Slide Seminar: Lower GI
TBD

4:50-5:00 PM - Q&A

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

8:00-8:30 AM - GISTs
Jason L. Hornick, MD, PhD

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

9:00-9:45 AM - GI Lymphomas
Judith A. Ferry, MD

9:45-9:50 AM - Q&A

9:50-10:00 AM - Break

10:00-10:45 AM - Molecular Diagnostics in GI Tract Malignancies
Jonathan Nowak, MD, PhD

10:45-11:15 AM - Anal Pathology: Overview and Update
Jonathan N. Glickman, MD, PhD

11:15 AM-12:00 PM - Appendiceal Tumors
Michael G. Drage, MD, PhD

12:00-12:10 PM - Q&A

12:10-1:00 PM - Lunch

1:00-1:45 PM - Intraoperative Consultations in GI Pathology
Stuti Shroff, MBBS, PhD

1:45-2:30 PM - Endocrine Tumors of the Tubal Gut
Michael G. Drage, MD, PhD

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

2:40-2:50 PM - Break

2:50-3:35 PM - Cytology and Small Biopsy Diagnosis of Pancreatic Neoplasms
Hannah H. Chen, MBCHB, PhD

3:35-4:20 PM - Slide Seminar: Instructive Cases in Pancreatic Pathology
Esther Baranov, MD

4:20-5:05 PM - Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Pathology
Miranda Machacek, MD, PhD

5:05-5:15 PM - Q&A

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

8:00-8:30 AM - Approach to Chronic Hepatitis
Angela Shih, MD

8:30-9:00 AM - Drug-related Liver Injury
Lei Zhao, MD, PhD

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

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

9:40-10:00 AM - Break

10:00-10:45 AM - Updates in Primary Hepatic Neoplasms
Lei Zhao, MD PhD

10:45-11:15 AM - Granulomatous Disease in the Liver
Angela Shih, MD

11:15 AM-12:00 PM - Case Seminar: Challenging Liver Cases
Hannah H. Chen, MBCHB, PhD

12:00-12:10 PM - Conclusion and Farewell