Dermatopathology: Contemporary Diagnostic Criteria and Strategies

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Nowhere else will you have such an opportunity to benefit from the knowledge of a faculty with a combined experience of one million skin biopsy interpretations. You’ll increase your confidence in approaching pigmented lesions, nonmelanoma skin cancer, and inflammatory dermatoses. And you’ll be better able to provide clinicians with the critical information needed to address patient problems. New on faculty this year is Dr. Carlos Garcia, formerly head of dermatologic surgery at the University of Oklahoma who will discuss a general clinical approach to inflammatory and neoplastic skin disease and introduce attendees to the issues of orientation of Mohs surgical specimens, always problematic to dermatopathologists and general anatomic pathologists.

You’ll start with an overview of problematic melanocytic and nonmelanocytic neoplasms and benefit from tips for avoiding errors in interpretation and reporting. You’ll gain new understanding of mechanisms and patterns of inflammatory lesions of the skin and inflammatory dermatoses. And you’ll stay on the cutting edge with new information about medicolegal implications of diagnosis and misdiagnosis, anti-melanoma vaccination,targeted molecular therapy of melanoma, direct immunoflurescence microscopy, and much, much more! Bring your challenging slides for discussion with the faculty and evaluate your knowledge with self-assessment options.

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Following this course, you will be able to:

Differentiate and apply powerful criteria for diagnosing inflammatory and neoplastic conditions in the skin.
Discriminate between malignant neoplasms and their mimics.
Distinguish benign from neoplastic lymphoid infiltrates and formulate algorithmic approaches to lymphoid infiltration.
Interpret subtle and complex findings in neoplastic and dysplastic melanocytic neoplasms of the skin.
Apply appropriate criteria to make specific treatment and diagnostic recommendations in the fields of connective tissue disease and neoplasia in the skin.
Coordinate clinical laboratory findings with anatomic pathology findings at the microscopic level.
Communicate results effectively and clearly to clinicians.

Core competencies: PC, MK, ICS, PBL, SBP

Intended Audience: Pathologists, Pathology Residents, Dermatopathologists, Dermatologists, Dermatology Residents, and Pathologists’ Assistants.

Course Fee:
List Price:                 $1624
Member Price:         $1249
Residents:                $625

Cancellation Policy: A full refund will be issued for cancellations received in writing no later than one week prior to the start date of the meeting. Refunds are not issued for cancellations received after that date. ASCP reserves the right to cancel a program due to circumstances beyond its control or for insufficient registration. Registrants will be notified immediately and allowed to substitute a session or obtain a full refund. The Society is not responsible for penalties incurred as a result of cancelled transportation. For further information, contact ASCP Customer Service at 800.267.2727, option 2; international callers: 312.541.4890; or www.ascp.org/feedback.

Director:

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP, FRCPC
University of Oklahoma and St. John Medical Center

Faculty:

Carlos Garcia, MD

Walter L. Lamar, MD, FASCP
University of Oklahoma

Cynthia M. Magro, MD
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Medical College and Cornell University

Martin C. Mihm, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School

Wednesday, June 5

8:00am–12:00pm

Normal Anatomy of the Skin

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP

Clinical Approach to diagnosis in the Patient with Inflammatory Skin Disease

Carlos Garcia, MD

Clinical Approach to diagnosis in the Patient with Neoplastic Skin Disease

Carlos Garcia, MD

1:30–6:00pm

Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Neoplasms

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP

Eccrine Appendage Tumors

Martin C. Mihm, MD

Pilosebaceous Neoplasms

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP

Surgical & other Therapeutic Approaches to Cutaneous Neoplasms Including MOHS Micrographic Surgery

Carlos Garcia, MD

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP

6:00–10:00pm

Glass Slide Self-Study Session - (optional)

Thursday, June 6

8:00am–12:00pm

Lentiginoses and Benign Nevi Including Nevi of Peculiar Anatomic Sites

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP

Dysplastic Nevi

Cynthia M. Magro, MD

Melanocytoses

Martin C. Mihm, MD

Spitz Nevi and Their Differential Diagnosis

Cynthia M. Magro, MD

Melanoma: Standard Subtypes

Martin C. Mihm, MD

1:30–6:00pm

Melanoma: Unusual Variants

Cynthia M. Magro, MD

Prognosticators of Melanoma and the Sentinel Lymph Node

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP

Melanoma: Adjuvant Therapy

Martin C. Mihm, MD

Friday, June 7

8:00am–1:00pm

Spongiotic Dermatitis

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP

Pityriasiform Dermatitides: PR, PLEVA, PLC and Pityriasiform Drug

Cynthia M. Magro, MD

Psoriasiform Dermatitis 1: Psoriasis and Its Variants; Reiters Disease

Martin C. Mihm, MD

Psoriasiform Dermatitis 2: Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris; Nutritional Dermatoses

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP

Interface Dermatitis: Lupus Erythematosus; MCTD; Dermatomyositis; Erythema Multiforme

Cynthia M. Magro, MD

1:00–5:00pm

Glass Slide Self-study Session - (optional)

Saturday, June 8

8:00am–12:00pm

Lichenoid Tissue Reactions

Martin C. Mihm, MD

Cutaneous Lymphoid Infiltrates

Cynthia M. Magro, MD

Cutaneous Neutrophilic Infiltrates: Sweet’s Syndrome; Pyoderma Gangrenosum; Etc

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP, FRCPC

Cutaneous Histiocytopathies: Granuloma Annulare, Necrobiosis Lipodica

Martin C. Mihm, MD

1:30–6:00pm

Dermal Fibrosing Reactions

Cynthia M. Magro, MD

Panniculitis

Martin C. Mihm, MD

Immunobullous Diseases

Cynthia M. Magro, MD

Vasculitis

Cynthia M. Magro, MD

Sunday, June 9

8:00am–12:00pm

Cutaneous Drug Reactions

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP, FRCPC

Alopecia

Walter L. Lamar, MD, FASCP

Medicolegal Aspects of Neoplastic Dermatology

A. Neil Crowson, MD, FASCP, FRCPC

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