The 2012 ASCP Annual Meeting resulted in more than 140 news articles and broadcast segments that reached 45 million people. Read more

More than 1,500 guests from around the world were inspired by illuminating keynote speakers, a 15-year-old scientific genius, and groundbreaking discoveries at the 2012 ASCP Annual Meeting, Oct. 31–Nov. 3, in Boston. Read more

As a pathologist, Kristin Olson, MD, looks for continuing medical education (CME) that includes maintenance of certification-required self-assessment modules (SAMs) based on relevant, up-to-date, and compelling topics—with regular online delivery throughout the year, allowing for a more leisurely pace of completion. “ASCP Case Reports does just that,” she said. “It meets our needs with intriguing case studies that focus on new issues, important differential diagnoses, and ‘can’t miss’ entities in surgical pathology, cytopathology, forensic pathology, hematopathology, transfusion medicine, microbiology, clinical chemistry, and informatics.” Read more

Five years ago, molecular diagnosis took place mostly in academic centers. Today, even a community hospital pathologist needs to know about molecular diagnostic principles and techniques. “Molecular testing is increasingly done on patients in community hospitals,” said Kirk Heriot, MD, FASCP, author of the new book, Practical Surgical Pathology: Integrating Molecular Pathology into Your Morphologic Practice, published by ASCP Press. “Even if the test is performed at a reference laboratory, the pathologist must interpret the results and help clinicians order the correct test.” Read more