This CME activity has been designed to provide a comprehensive and practical review of several topics in surgical pathology, including gastrointestinal, gynecologic, soft tissue, endocrine, genitourinary, and breast pathology. The course includes an overview of diagnostic pearls which allow for accurate diagnosis as well as important clues as to how to avoid the most common diagnostic pitfalls. Discussions focus on appropriate diagnostic immunohistochemical and molecular genetic tests which serve as adjuncts to diagnosis.
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 16.75 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 take a written or online test in order to be awarded credit. All 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 14, 2023.
This CME activity was planned and produced by Educational Symposia, the leader in diagnostic imaging education since 1975.
This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Elements.
At the completion of this CME activity, subscribers should be able to:
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Discuss the most common benign and malignant well-differentiated lipomatous tumor.
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Discuss the key features in recognizing Barrett’s esophagus-related dysplasia.
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Provide an overview of an algorithmic approach that allows for differentiation between primary versus metastatic ovarian mucinous tumor.
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Describe key pathologic features in both low- and high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas.
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Review the key morphologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic findings of intra-abdominal and retroperitoneal spindle cell mesenchymal lesions.
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Define effective work-up strategies for diagnostic scenarios commonly encountered in soft tissue pathology.
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Discuss common pitfalls in bladder pathology and tips to an accurate diagnosis.
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Recognize uncommon challenging prostate cancer subtypes.
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Review recent updates in prostate cancer grading and reporting.
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Discuss diagnostic and management problems in breast core needle biopsies.
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Recognize important inflammatory and reactive lesions of the breast and their differential diagnoses.
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Summarize recent updates in thyroid pathology.
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Characterize the common elements of neuroendocrine neoplasia throughout the body.
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Summarize the spectrum of steroidogenic tissues and their tumors.
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Describe the common variants of ulcerative colitis and UC-related dysplasia.
No special educational preparation is required for this CME activity
Professor, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University
Consultant in Endocrine Pathology, University Hospitals Cleveland
Institute of Pathology
Cleveland, OH
Consultant in Endocrine Pathology, University Health Network, Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Associate Professor
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, MN
Chairman, Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Professor and Division Director of Anatomic Pathology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA
Chief of Breast Oncologic Pathology, Dana Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Associate Director, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Breast Oncology Program
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
