SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Here you will find the timetable for the events programmed during the meeting
SATURDAY, MAY 22
MORNING SESSION: GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOLOGY
09:00-09:30 AM Gastritis: beyond Helicobacter pylori
Dr. Gregory Lauwers
09:30-10:00 AM Pathology and genetics of familial gastric cancer
Dr. Fátima Carneiro
10:00-10:30 AM Small intestinal pathology: Topics and pitfalls
Dr. Elizabeth Montgomery
10:30-11:00 AM Coffee break
11:00-11:30 AM The biological meaning of intestinal metaplasia of the gastroesophageal junction
Dr. Paula Chaves
11:30-12:00 AM Biopsy diagnosis of non-IBD colitis
Dr. Gregory Lauwers
12:00-12:30 PM Molecular pathology tools in gastrointestinal pathology
Dr. Fátima Carneiro
12:30-01:00 PM Colorectal polyps: Sporadic and syndromic
Dr. Elizabeth Montgomery
1:00-02:30 PM Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION: SKIN, SOFT TISSUES AND BONE
02:30-03:00 PM New knowledge of fibro-osseous lesions of bone
Dr. Howard Dorfman
03:00-03:30 PM Morphologic clues in vascular tumors
Dr. Juan Rosai
03:30-04:00 PM Morphologic clues in dermatopathology
Dr. José Luis Rodríguez-Peralto
04:00-04:30 PM The spectrum of benign osteoblastic tumors
Dr. Howard Dorfman
04:30-05:00 PM GIST and its mimics
Dr. Juan Rosai
05:00-05:30 PM Emergency dermatopathology
Dr. José Luis Rodríguez-Peralto
05:30 PM End of Session
MONDAY, MAY 24
MORNING SESSION: GENITO-URINARY PATHOLOGY
09:00-09:30 AM Kidney: Rereading the renal cell tumors
Dr. Ferrán Algaba
09:30-10:00 AM What is new in renal pathology?
Dr. María Merino
10:00-10:30 AM Pseudotumors of the urinary bladder
Dr. Robert Young
10:30-11:00 AM Coffee break
11:00-11:30 AM Diagnosis and classification of flat, papillary and invasive urothelial carcinoma
Dr. Jonathan Epstein
11:30-12:00 AM Grading of urologic tumors: Is it still useful?
Dr. Ferrán Algaba
12:00-12:30 PM Radical prostatectomy: Processing, staging and prognosing
Dr. Jonathan Epstein
12:30-01:00 PM The problematic testicular tumor
Dr. Robert Young
1:00-02:30 PM Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION: HEMATOLOGY AND SEROUS MEMBRANES
02:30-03:00 PM Differential diagnosis of classic Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Dr. Jerónimo Forteza-Vila
03:00-03:30 PM Advances in the molecular morphology of hematopathology
Dr. Fabio Facchetti
03:30-04:00 PM Tumors of serous membranes: An update on the role of immunohistochemistry
Dr. Héctor Battifora
04:00-04:30 PM Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse aggressive B-cell lymphoma
Dr. Jerónimo Forteza-Vila
04:30-05:00 PM Tumors of the spleen
Dr. Fabio Facchetti
05:00-05:30 PM Diagnostic telepathology: A consultant’s experience
Dr. Héctor Battifora
05:30 PM End of Session
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26
MORNING SESSION: BREAST AND GYNECOLOGIC PATHOLOGY
09:00-09:30 AM Will molecular classification replace traditional breast pathology?
Dr. Stuart Schnitt
09:30-10:00 AM Correlation between gene GEP-based molecular and conventional morphologic classification of breast cancer
Dr. Fattaneh Tavassoli
10:00-10:30 AM Identifying therapeutic targets in clinical practice: Lessons learned from the HER2/Herceptin story
Dr. Stuart Schnitt
10:30-11:00 AM Coffee break
11:00-11:30 AM Lobular neoplasia: Evolution of its significance and morphologic spectrum
Dr. Fattaneh Tavassoli
11:30-12:00 AM Problems and pitfalls in the interpretation of endometrial biopsies
Dr. Robert Kurman
12:00-12:30 PM Malignant mesothelioma mimicking ovarian cancer
Dr. María Merino
12:30-01:00 PM Serous borderline tumors of the ovary: Beyond the border of the borderline
Dr. Robert Kurman
1:00-02:30 PM Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION: THYROID AND CYTOPATHOLOGY
02:30-03:00 PM Hot topics in papillary thyroid carcinoma
Dr. Manuel Sobrinho-Simões
03:00-03:30 PM The pathologist’s role in familial non-medullary thyroid tumors
Dr. José Cameselle-Teijeiro
03:30-04:00 PM Thyroid cytology: Is FNA still the best first diagnostic approach?
Dr. Fernando Schmitt
04:00-04:30 PM Uncommon tumors of the thyroid gland
Dr. José Cameselle-Teijeiro
04:30-05:00 PM Molecular pathology: Diagnostic and prognostic relevance
Dr. Manuel Sobrinho-Simões
05:00-05:30 PM Demystifying molecular cytopathology
Dr. Fernando Schmitt
05:30 PM End of Session
FRIDAY, MAY 28
SURGICAL PATHOLOGY SEMINAR
10:00-10:20 AM CASE 1
Dr. Juan Rosai
10:20-10:40 AM CASE 2
Dr. Jerónimo Forteza-Vila
10:40-11:00 AM CASE 3
Dr. Juan Rosai
11:00-11:20 AM CASE 4
Dr. Manuel Sobrinho-Simões
11:20-11:40 AM CASE 5
Dr. Juan Rosai
11:40-12:00 AM Coffee break
12:00-12:20 PM CASE 6
Dr. Jerónimo Forteza-Vila
12:20-12:40 PM CASE 7
Dr. Juan Rosai
12:40-01:00 PM CASE 8
Dr. Juan Rosai
CLOSING LECTURE
01:00-02:00 PM Closing lecture
Dr. Jerónimo Forteza-Vila