Elizabeth A. Montgomery, M.D. Expert Series - Gastrointestinal Pathology on Cruise Control: Navigating from the Esophagus to the Anus

This CME teaching activity is designed to provide a practical review of current topics in gastrointestinal pathology. Dr. Elizabeth Montgomery discusses basic to advanced topics, pitfalls and pearls to gastrointestinal pathology diagnosis. Topics range from iatrogenic pathology to polyps throughout the gastrointestinal tract to mesenchymal lesions.

This CME activity is primarily intended and designed to educate pathologists.

Educational Symposia

Physicians: Educational Symposia is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Educational Symposia designates this enduring material for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

All activity participants are required to complete the credit application in order to be awarded credit. Course participants will also have the opportunity to critically evaluate the program as it relates to practice relevance and educational objectives.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM for these programs may be claimed until August 31, 2028.

This program is planned and organized by Educational Symposia, a leader in accredited continuing education since 1975.

This activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Elements.

At the completion of this CME teaching activity, you should be able to:

• Discuss iatrogenic forms of gastrointestinal tract injury.
• Recognize, assess and diagnose gastric polyps, dysplasia and their clinical correlations.
• Address various types of neoplastic and non-neoplastic small intestinal pathology, including mast cell disorders.
• Recognize various types of syndromic and sporadic polyps of the colorectum.
• Recognize several pitfalls in immunolabeling of various types of gastrointestinal tract lesions.
• Develop an approach to gastrointestinal mesenchymal lesions.
• Explain the importance of location within the layers of the gastrointestinal tissues to better classify various tumor types.
• Evaluate and understand biomarkers in gastrointestinal pathology.
• Describe newly recognized anal lesions.

No special educational preparation is required for this CME activity.