This comprehensive review is designed to update your clinical knowledge base and advance your ability to contribute to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of individual patients as well as to 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, 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
Leslie Turner MD
University of South Florida Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery Chief, Dermatopathology
Dermatopathology
Archana Shenoy MD
Clinical Assistant Professor University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville
Pediatric
Anwar S. Raza MD
Loma Linda University Professor of Clinical Pathology
Breast, Female Reproductive, Endocrine, Cytopathology, Pancreas, Anatomic Pathology Review
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Vijayalakshm Ananthanarayanan MD
Assistant Professor
Loyola University Medical Center
Pulmonary
Nicole A. Cipriani MD
The Univ of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Pathology
Head and Neck, Bone, Soft Tissue
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Qinwen Mao, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology Northwestern University
Neuropathology
Stephanie Powers, MD Assistant Medical Examiner Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office
Forensic
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Maria Picken, MD, PhD
Loyola University Medical Center Chicago
Cardiac, Electron Microscopy, Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Michael Feely, DO
Assistant Professor Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine
The University of Florida, College of Medicine
Gastrointestinal
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David Hernandez Gonzalo MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
University of Florida
Liver and Gallbladder
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Aaron Auerbach MD
AIP Laboratories Staff Pathologist
Lymph Node, White Blood Cells, Red Blood Cells, Platelets, and Coagulation
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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
Release Date: 18th May 2021
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