This comprehensive review is designed to update your clinical knowledge base and advance your ability to contribute to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of individual patients as well as to help you pass your Pathology AP written exams (Certifying and Continuous Certification). The course includes didactic lectures with embedded review questions for all topics covered in the AP exams including an extensive unknown slide review and coverage of laboratory management, lymph node, molecular and cytogenetic pathology.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this course participants should be able to:
• Use the evidence-based information and practice tools presented to better formulate differential diagnoses for most clinical scenarios
• Effectively apply current practice guidelines published by CAP, ASCP and other major medical and governmental agencies
• Recognize common patterns of test results and recommend additional tests, as needed, to characterize the etiology and prognosis of individual patient conditions
• Identify indications and contraindications for transfusion and problems that might arise to better advise attending physicians
• Apply strategies for integrating molecular and genetic testing into routine clinical practice
• Describe the basic technique and pitfall avoidance of fine needle aspiration biopsy performance
• Apply increased knowledge of pathology in order to achieve specialty board certifications

Faculty and Topics

Farah Khalil MD
University of South Florida Associate Professor Oncologic Sciences / Pathology & Cell Biology

Cardiac, Neoplasia, Inflammation, and Repair

Leslie Turner MD
University of South Florida Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery Chief, Dermatopathology

Dermatopathology

Archana Shenoy MD
Clinical Assistant Professor University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville

Pediatric

Anwar S. Raza MD
Loma Linda University Professor of Clinical Pathology

Breast, Female Reproductive, Endocrine, Cytopathology, Anatomic Pathology Review

Andras Khoor MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Jacksonville Associate Professor of Pathology Mayo Medical School Department of Pathology

Pulmonary

Nicole A. Cipriani MD
The Univ of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Pathology

Head and Neck, Bone, Soft Tissue

Qinwen Mao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology Northwestern University

Neuropathology

Stephanie Powers, MD Assistant Medical Examiner Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office

Forensic

Jasreman Dhillon, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology University of South Florida

Male Reproductive, Renal Cell Carcinoma

Neha Varshney, MD
Section Leader in GI and HPB Pathology University of Mississippi

Gastrointestinal

David Hernandez Gonzalo MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
University of Florida

Liver and Gallbladder

Ashwin S Akki MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology University of Florida, Gainesville

Pancreas

Aaron Auerbach MD
AIP Laboratories Staff Pathologist

Lymph Node, White Blood Cells, Red Blood Cells, Platelets and Coagulation

Carolyn Jones, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology Rush University

Molecular

Madina Sukhanova Ph.D., FACMG
Assistant Professor of Pathology Northwestern University

Cytogenetics

D. Robert Dufour MD
George Washington University Emeritus Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology

Laboratory Management