Joint BAGP and ISGyP Meeting: Challenges in Gynaecological Pathology

The British Association of Gynaecological Pathologists warmly invites you to the vibrant city of London for its first joint meeting with the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists.

This 2-day meeting on June 27-28 2013 includes a wide range of topics from all areas in the female genital tract covering areas of diagnostic difficulty, discussion of newly described entities and the expanding role of ancillary techniques in diagnosis and disease classification, which are of interest to practicing pathologists in district and teaching hospitals, as well as trainees in pathology and clinicians and researchers in gynaecology and gynaecological pathology.

In addition to the listed lectures, there will be a series of case presentations, a trade exhibition and a course dinner to allow you to meet with peers and experts from different countries around the world.

This course has been accredited with 10 CPD points from the Royal College of Pathologists.

Date:

27th & 28th June 2013

Location:

Kennedy Lecture Theatre

UCL Institute of Child Health, London.

List of Topics


  • The Origins of Ovarian Cancer

Robert J Kurman, Professor of Gynecologyand Obstetrics, Oncology and Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

  • Difficult Differential Diagnoses in Gynaecological Pathology – Role and Limitations of Immunohistochemistry

W Glenn McCluggage, Professor of Pathology, Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

  • Molecular Changes Underlying Gynaecological Malignancies – Impact on Pathological Diagnosis and Disease Classification

Xavier Matias-Guiu, Professor of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain

  • Precancerous Changes in the Lower Female Genital Tract

C Simon Herrington, Professor of Pathology and Head of Cancer Research, University of Dundee School of Medicine, Dundee, UK

  • Pathology of Gastric-Type Cervical Glandular Lesions

Yoshiki Mikami, Department of Pathology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medical Science, Sendai, Japan

  • Diagnosis of Endometrioid Precancerous Changes – How to arrive at a clinically relevant diagnosis

Lora Hedrick Ellenson, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA

  • The Pathologist’s Role in Conservatively Managed Premalignant and Malignant Endometrioid Proliferations of the Uterus – How to Report the Effects of Progesterone Therapy

Teri Longacre, Professor of Pathology, Stanford School of Medicine, CA, USA

  • Diagnostic Challenges in Uterine Mesenchymal Tumours

Esther Oliva, Associate Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  • Update on the Pathological Diagnosis of Molar Pregnancy

Brigitte Ronnett, Professor of Pathology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

  • The Subclassification of Ovarian Epithelial Neoplasms – Pitfalls and Tips for Making an Accurate Morphological Diagnosis

Jaime Prat, Chairman, Department of Pathology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, and Professor of Pathology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Day 1: Thursday 27th June 2013

09.00 – 09.30 Registration  
09.30 - 09.45 Welcome address BAGP President:     Dr Laurence Brown, Leicester, UK
Morning Session Chair: Professor W Glenn McCluggage  
09.45 -10.30 The Subclassification of Ovarian Epithelial Neoplasms - Pitfalls and Tips for Making an Accurate Morphological Diagnosis Jaime Prat, Barcelona, Spain
10.30 - 10.50 New Approaches in the Management of Ovarian Cancer Subtypes Jonathan Lederman, London, UK
10.50 - 11.20

Tea Break

  
11.20 - 12.05 The Origins of Ovarian Cancer Robert Kurman, Baltimore, USA
12.05 - 12.50 Molecular Changes Underlying Gynaecological Malignancies - Impact on Pathological Diagnosis and Disease Classification

Xavier Matias-Guiu, Lleida, Spain
12.50 – 14.15

Lunch

BAGP AGM 12.50 – 13.10

  
Afternoon Session Chair: Professor Mike Wells  
14.15 – 14.35 Case presentation 1 Dr Lynn Hirschowitz, Brimingham, UK
14.35 – 15.20 Diagnostic Challenges in Uterine Mesenchymal Tumours Esther Oliva,   Boston, USA
15.20 – 15.40 Case presentation 2 Dr Nafisa Wilkinson, Leeds, UK
15.40 – 16.10

Tea Break

  
16.10 – 16.55 Update on the Pathological Diagnosis of Molar Pregnancy Brigitte Ronnett, Baltimore, USA
16.55 Close of day 1 Professor Mike Wells, Sheffield, UK

Day 2: Friday 28th June 2013

09.30 - 09.45 Morning address ISGyP President: Professor Simon Herrington,    Dundee, UK
Morning Session Chair: Dr Laurence Brown  
09.45 -10.30 Pathology of Gastric-Type Cervical Glandular Lesions Yoshiki Mikami, Sendai, Japan
10.30 - 10.50 Case presentation 3 Eduardo Calonje, London, UK
10.50 - 11.20

Tea Break

  
11.20 - 12.05 Precancerous Changes in the Lower Female Genital Tract Simon Herrington, Dundee, UK
12.05 - 12.50 Diagnosis of Endometrioid Precancerous Changes – How to arrive at a clinically relevant diagnosis Lora Hedrick Ellenson, New York, USA
12.50 – 14.15

Lunch

  
Afternoon Session Chair: BAGP President elect  
14.15 – 14.35 Conservative Management of Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia and Endometrial Carcinoma – Challenges for the Surgeon Adam Rosenthal, London, UK
14.35 – 15.20 The Pathologist’s Role in Conservatively Managed Premalignant and Malignant Endometrioid Proliferations of the Uterus – How to Report the Effects of Progesterone Therapy Teri Longacre, California, USA
15.20 – 15.40 Case presentation 4 Mike Wells,   Sheffield, UK
15.40 – 16.10

Tea Break

  
16.10 – 16.55 Difficult Differential Diagnoses in Gynaecological Pathology – Role and Limitations of Immunohistochemistry Glenn McCluggage, Belfast, UK
16.55 Close of meeting BAGP President elect

This course has been accredited with 10 CPD points from the Royal College of Pathologists

Faculty list will be available shortly.

Early Bird fees (book by 30/04/2013):

Trainee: £180

Member (BAGP and ISGyP): £200

Non-member: £260


Standard fees (book after 30/04/2013):

Trainee: £225

Member (BAGP and ISGyP): £260

Non-member: £300

Dinner £45

A course dinner will be held on Thursday 27th June 2013 at a venue near the Institute.  Please note that there is an extra charge of £45 if you wish to book a place.

Registration

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