Michigan Pathology at USCAP 2018: Your Complete Guide to this Year's Annual Meeting

By Dustin Johnston | March 12 2018

USCAP 2018 is quickly approaching and our Department of Pathology has dozens of faculty, residents, and fellows who will be in attendance. It is the 107th Annual Meeting for USCAP and this year it is in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, beginning on Saturday, March 17th and going until Friday, March 23rd.

Our presence at the conference covers poster sessions, society meetings, platform sessions, evening conferences, and more. Some of the highlights to look forward to are:


Dr. Jeffrey Myers will be part of the Arthur Purdy Stout Society Meeting which is covering “What You See Is What You Get: Let the Gross Examination Be Your Guide.” On Sunday, March 18, Dr. Myers will be teaching, “The Importance of Gross Examination in Lung Cancer Staging and Diagnosis of Non-Neoplastic Diseases.” His course will begin at 10:40 a.m. in the VCC West Ballroom AB.

 

Dr. Lina Shao will take part in a Platform Session “Potpourri: Pediatric Pathology, Education, Infectious Disease Pathology” sharing her presentation titled, “Clinical Application of Whole-Genome Arrays in Diagnostic Studies of Pediatric Solid Tumors.” This will take place on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. in room VCC West 224.

 

Dr. Aleodor Andea will be the moderator for “Pitfalls in Dermatopathology: When Things are NOT What They SEEM to Be.” On Tuesday, March 20 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. in VCC West 220-222. Dr. May P. Chan will also be part of faculty panel for the Specialty Conference. The learning objectives of the conference will be to describe cases that are prone to misdiagnosis, identify histological features that are useful in preventing pitfalls, as well as determining ancillary studies that help arrive at the correct diagnosis.

 

Dr. Maria Westerhoff will be one of the faculty on the panel for the Liver Pathology Evening Conference. Their topic will be “Secrets from the Consult Files: Puzzling Cases Solved Piece by Piece.” The conference is designed to help describe the clinical significance of histological findings, identify the key histological features of liver disease patterns, and measure the role of immunostains and other ancillary testing in liver pathology. This specialty conference will be from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, 2018 in VCC West 301-305.

 

Dr. Rohit Mehra will take part in the Genitourinary Pathology Specialty Conference, teaching “Diagnostic Pitfalls in Genitourinary Pathology.” They will be focusing on describing morphologic differences between benign and malignant lesions in the GU tract, identifying the usefulness and limitations of biomarker studies, and measuring the ability to distinguish secondary tumors from primary lesions. This specialty conference will be 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, 2018 in the VCC West Ballroom C.

 

Dr. Laura Lamps will be one of the Course Directors of “How to Get Started and Succeed in Academics: Mistakes We Made and What We Wish We’d Known on Day One.” She will take part in the panel discussions “Before Taking the Job”, “Getting Started in the Department”, “Getting Started in Research”, and “Getting Promoted… and Beyond.” Dr. Lamps will also be giving a lecture on the topic of “Getting Started in the Department.” This Special Course will be on Monday, March 19, 2018 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. in VCC West 302-304.


Our department also has faculty teaching three separate Short Courses, all at the same time. Dr. Rajiv Patel will be covering “Cutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors” (Course number 15), Dr. Thomas Giordano will be covering “Surgical and Molecular Pathology of Thyroid Neoplasia” (Course number 23), and Dr. Scott Tomlins will also be part of a short course titled, “From Base to Apex: The Past, Present, and Future of Prostate Pathology” (Course number 41.) All three short courses are on Thursday, March 22, 2018 from 1:00 – 4:30 p.m.”

The Alumni Society (UMPAS) will also be hosting a U-M Department of Pathology sponsored reception at USCAP. It will be held at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Oceanview Suite 7 & 8, on Monday, March 19 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The society will also hold a brief business meeting at the reception.

Michigan residents and fellows will also be presenting over 30 posters at USCAP 2018. For a complete list, please refer to the table below.

MLabs will also be present at USCAP this year. You can learn more about their diagnostic services by visiting their booth, #506.

We are excited about our strong presence at this year’s USCAP 2018. If you are unable to make it to this year’s meeting, we encourage you to follow along with us on Twitter at @UMichPath and on our Facebook page here.

 

Date Time Session Location Presenter Poster #

3/18

10:40AM-11:15AM

Arthur Purdy Stout Society Meeting

VCC West Ballroom AB

Jeffrey Myers

 

3/19

8:00AM-8:15AM

Pediatric

VCC West 224

Lina Shao

 

3/19

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster II

Exhibit Hall

Ellen East

274

3/19

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster II

Exhibit Hall

Milad Webb

237

3/19

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster II

Exhibit Hall

Osman Yilmaz

197

3/19

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster II

Exhibit Hall

Sarah Rooney

156

3/19

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster II

Exhibit Hall

Sarah Rooney

157

3/19

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster II

Exhibit Hall

Tanmay Shah

107

3/19

9:30AM-12:00PM

Stowell-Orbison

Exhibit Hall

Amanda Kitson

345

3/19

9:30AM-12:00PM

Stowell-Orbison

Exhibit Hall

Emily McMullen

29

3/19

9:30AM-12:00PM

Stowell-Orbison

Exhibit Hall

Nathan Charles

172

3/19

9:30AM-12:00PM

Stowell-Orbison

Exhibit Hall

Nicholas Zoumberos

58

3/19

9:30AM-12:00PM

Stowell-Orbison

Exhibit Hall

Reena Singh

18

3/19

9:30AM-12:00PM

Stowell-Orbison

Exhibit Hall

Steven Van Norman

178

3/19

9:30AM-12:00PM

Stowell-Orbison

Exhibit Hall

Steven Weindorf

170

3/20

1:45PM-2:00PM

Dermatopathology

VCC West 202-204

May Chan

 

3/20

2:15PM-2:30PM

Dermatopathology

VCC West 202-204

Michael Carter

 

3/20

7:30PM-9:30PM

Dermatopathology Evening Conference

VCC West 220-222

May Chan

 

3/20

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster III

Exhibit Hall

Amanda Kitson

293

3/20

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster III

Exhibit Hall

Cody Carter

230

3/20

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster III

Exhibit Hall

Drew Pratt

311

3/20

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster III

Exhibit Hall

Jerome Cheng

276

3/20

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster III

Exhibit Hall

Keluo Yao

274

3/20

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster III

Exhibit Hall

Lisha Wang

175

3/20

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster III

Exhibit Hall

Stephanie Skala

183

3/20

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster III

Exhibit Hall

Todd Hollon

323

3/20

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster III

Exhibit Hall

Yulei Shen

111

3/20

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster IV

Exhibit Hall

Caroline (Libby) Simon

187

3/20

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster IV

Exhibit Hall

Jonathan Mowers

120

3/20

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster IV

Exhibit Hall

Lauren Stanoszek

92

3/20

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster IV

Exhibit Hall

Lauren Stanoszek

93

3/20

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster IV

Exhibit Hall

Rajan Dewar

246

3/20

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster IV

Exhibit Hall

Zaid Mahdi

213

3/21

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster V

Exhibit Hall

Caroline (Libby) Simon

64

3/21

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster V

Exhibit Hall

Emily McMullen

238

3/21

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster V

Exhibit Hall

Jonathan Mowers

95

3/21

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster V

Exhibit Hall

Rajan Dewar

242

3/21

9:30AM-12:00PM

Poster V

Exhibit Hall

Shohreh Eliaszadeh

246

3/21

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster VI

Exhibit Hall

Emily McMullen

127

3/21

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster VI

Exhibit Hall

John Kennedy

230

3/21

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster VI

Exhibit Hall

Jonathan Mowers

164

3/21

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster VI

Exhibit Hall

Mark Ettel

189

3/21

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster VI

Exhibit Hall

Osman Yilmaz

187

3/21

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster VI

Exhibit Hall

Sarah Choi

320

3/21

1:00PM-4:30PM

Poster VI

Exhibit Hall

Stacy Arnold

63

3/22

7:30PM-9:30PM

Liver Evening Conference

VCC West 301-305

Maria Westerhoff

 

3/22

7:30PM-9:30PM

Genitourinary Evening Conference

VCC West Ballroom C

Rohit Mehra