This comprehensive Anatomic Pathology Online Review is designed to update your clinical knowledge base, advance your ability to contribute to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of individual patients, and 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, and 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

Maria Picken, MD, PhD

Loyola University Medical Center Chicago

Cardiac, Electron Microscopy, Renal pathology

Qinwen Mao, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology
Northwestern University

Neuropathology

Stephanie Powers, MD

Assistant Medical Examiner
Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office

Forensic

Anwar S. Raza MD

Loma Linda University
Professor of Clinical Pathology

Female Reproductive, Endocrine, Cytopathology

Leslie Turner MD

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

Dermatopathology

Nicole A. Cipriani MD

The Univ of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pathology

Head and Neck, Bone, Soft Tissue

Ashwin S Akki MD, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor,
GI/Liver and Surgical Pathology, UF Health

Pancreas

Justin Kerstetter, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology
Loma Linda University Medical Center

Inflammation and Repair

Andras Khoor, M.D., Ph.D.

Pathologist
Chair, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology,
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

Pulmonary

Archana Shenoy MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville

Pediatric

Vikas Mehta, MBBS, MD, FCAP

Director, Surgical Pathology
Assistant Professor OF Clinical Pathology
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

Genitourinary

Ruth Asirvatham, MBBS

Assistant Professor Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine
The University of Florida, College of Medicine

Breast

Michael Feely, DO

Assistant Professor Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine
The University of Florida, College of Medicine

Gastrointestinal

David Hernandez Gonzalo MD

Associate Professor of Pathology
University of Florida

Liver and Gallbladder

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