2024 Agenda

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All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Day One
7:45-8:00 AM

Introduction and Welcome!
Vikram Deshpande, MD; Monika Vyas, MBBS

8:00-8:45 AM

To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose: The Crypt Dysplasia Controversy in Barrett's Esophagus
Vikram Deshpande, MD

8:45-9:15 AM

Panel Discussion: Barrett's Esophagus: Case-Based Discussion
Vikram Deshpande, MD; Monika Vyas, MBBS; Tyler Berzin, MD, MS

9:15-9:30 AM

Question Period
Vikram Deshpande, MD; Monika Vyas, MBBS; Tyler Berzin, MD, MS

9:30-9:45 AM

Coffee Break

9:45-10:30 AM

Harvey Goldman Memorial lecture Diagnostic: Approach to Polypoid Gastric Lesions: Recognition, Classification, and Clinical Implications
Elizabeth Montgomery, MD

10:30-11:15 AM

Outsmarting Gastric Cancer: Spotting the Wily Ones and the Congeners
Elizabeth Montgomery, MD

11:15-11:30 AM

Break

11:30-11:45 AM

Questions Period

11:45 AM-12:35 PM

Appendiceal Pathology Pitfalls: Lessons Learned and Practical Tips for the Diagnostic Dilemmas
Raul S. Gonzalez, MD

12:35-1:15 PM

Lunch and Learn
Vikram Deshpande, MD; Monika Vyas, MBBS; Raul S. Gonzalez, MD; Elizabeth Montgomery, MD

1:15-2:15 PM

Making Sense of AI: A Beginner's Guide for GI Pathologists
Fedaa Najdawi, MD

2:15-3:00 PM

Burning Questions in Colorectal Cancer Staging: Practical Challenges and Controversial Issues
Raul S. Gonzalez, MD

3:00-3:15 PM

Question Period

3:15-3:30 PM

Coffee Break

3:30-4:15 PM

Slide Seminar: A Photographic Tour of Small and Large Intestinal Pathology: Pattern Recognition and Diagnostic Pearls
Osman Yilmaz, MD

4:15-5:00 PM

An Interactive GI Pathology Case Conference: Bring Your Challenging Cases to Our Experts
Elizabeth Montgomery, MD; Raul S. Gonzalez, MD; Monika Vyas, MBBS; Vikram Deshpande, MD

Friday, October 4, 2024

Day Two
8:00-8:45 AM

The Pathologist's Role in Diagnosing and Managing Gastrointestinal Cancer Predisposition Syndromes
Monika Vyas, MBBS

8:45-9:30 AM

Navigating Complex Colon Polyps: A Slide-Based Seminar
Jonathan N. Glickman, MD, PhD

9:30-9:45 AM

Questions Period
Monika Vyas, MBBS; Jonathan N. Glickman, MD, PhD

9:45-10:00 AM

Coffee Break

10:00-10:45 AM

Diagnostic Pitfalls and Pearls in Pancreatic Pathology
Vikram Deshpande, MD

10:45-11:15 AM

What's new in Anal Pathology?
Gamze Ayata, MD

11:15-11:30 AM

Questions Period
Vikram Deshpande, MD; Gamze Ayata, MD

11:30 AM-12:15 PM

Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Recent Advances and Ongoing Challenges
Monika Vyas, MBBS

12:15-12:35 PM

Questions Period
Monika Vyas, MBBS

12:35-1:15 PM

Lunch and Learn
Vikram Deshpande, MD; Monika Vyas, MBBS; John Hart, MD

1:15-2:00

Cytology and Needle Biopsies of the Pancreas
Matthew Rosenbaum, MD

2:00-2:45 PM

The Real State of Gastrointestinal Lymphomas
German Pihan, MD

2:45-3:30 PM

Best Practices for Diagnosing Celiac Disease: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Errors
Jeffrey Goldsmith, MD

3:30-3:45 PM

Questions Period

3:45-4:00 PM

Coffee Break

4:00-4:45 PM

Biomarkers in GI, Liver, and Pancreas Neoplasia -Current State and Future Trends
Michael Roehrl, MD, PhD

4:45-5:00 PM

Questions Period
Michael Roehrl, MD, PhD

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Day Three
8:00-8:45 AM

Diagnostic Pitfalls in Liver Tumor Pathology: A 2024 Update
Vikram Deshpande, MD

8:45-9:30 AM

GISTs and Other Mesenchymal Tumors of the Gl Tract
Jason Hornick, MD, PhD

9:30-9:45 AM

Questions Period
Vikram Deshpande, MD; Jason Hornick, MD, PhD

9:45-10:00 AM

Coffee Break

10:00-10:45 AM

NASH in 2024 - What is New for the Surgical Pathologist
John Hart, MD

10:45-11:30 AM

Drug-Induced Liver Disease - Always in the Differential
John Hart, MD

11:30-11:45 AM

Questions Period
John Hart, MD

11:45 AM-12:15 PM

Slide Seminar - Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders
Yuho Ono, MD 

12:15-12:45 PM

Slide Seminar: Liver Pathology
Imad Nasser, MD

12:45-1:00 PM

Closing Remarks
Vikram Deshpande, MD; Monika Vyas, MBBS

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