This month, the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) hosts its 108th annual meeting March 16-21, 2019, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, where many of our Department faculty, residents and fellows will present recent work. It is the largest world meeting of pathologists.
On Sunday March, 17, Chairman and Professor George Netto, M.D., will kick things off with a talk on "Liquid Biopsy in Precision Oncology: Plasma and Beyond!" at the College of American Pathogists' companion meeting. That evening at 5:30-7:30pm, our team will host a booth at the Fellowship Fair, featuring information about our fellowship opportunities, giveaways and more. The coursework and poster sessions continue throughout the week until the conference conclusion on Thursday, March 21.
Monday throughout the day our faculty will present posters and talks, including a Genitourinary Platform presentation, "Is MRI/US Fusion-Targeted Biopsy Alone Adequate for Detecting Prostate Cancer in Patients with a Prior Negative Prostate Biopsy?" featuring Maria del Carmen Rodriguez Pena, M.D., Marie-Lise Eich, M.D., and Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D. That evening the Department will host a reception for all current and former faculty, staff and students, 5-7:30 p.m. in the National Harbor Room 8. Poster sessions will feature 10 posters in categories ranging from cytopathology to hematopathology to genitourniary pathology.
Tuesday morning's highlights include a lecture by Anna Yemelyanova, M.D., Professor, on "Molecular Testing of Solid Tumors: Anatomic Pathologist in Charge of Pre-Analytics." It is part of the Molecular track, which Netto will introduce with a talk on "Molecular Diagnostic and Genomic Applications in Cancer: A Primer for the Pathologist." Poster sessions will include five UAB faculty posters. In the afternoon, Deniz Peker, M.D., will present "Characterization of Cancer Immune Profiles in Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma," during the Neuropathology Platform, at 2:15 p.m.
On Wednesday Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., Division Director, Anatomic Pathology, Presents in the Genitourinary Pathology Short Course, and gives a "Hot Topic" talk on "Prostate Cancer Pathology: Grading, Reporting, Diagnosis." Nine more posters throughout the day, in the genitourinary, breast cancer, quality assurance categories, lead up to the Evening Specialty Conference in Genitourinary Pathology, in which Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D., Associate Professor, presents, "Poor Prognostic Findings in Genitourinary Pathology, What Not to Miss," at 8:30 p.m.
Click here for a comprehensive listing of UAB Pathology presentations at the USCAP Conference. Look forward to conference coverage on our Twitter account, @UABPathology.