Description:

The course will explore a spectrum of tumors and diseases of the skeleton. It will stress the approach to morphological analysis of bone, the generation of a differential diagnosis using an algorithmic approach, and the integration of immunohistochemical, genetic, clinical, and radiological findings. The structure will be foundational in progression, beginning with the common and ending with the rare. Attendees will be encouraged to be engaged – asking questions, proposing answers, and having a fun dialogue with humor.

Objectives:

• Optimize the process of identifying key morphological features essential to precise diagnoses
• Understand the indispensable role of integrating clinical and radiological findings
• Appreciate the importance of genetic advances in bone neoplasia.
• Learn your limits and how to deal with them

Biography:

Dr. Rosenberg is a surgical pathologist with expertise in the pathobiology of diseases and neoplasms of the musculoskeletal system.  He began his training in Anatomic Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was Chief Resident, and subsequently a faculty member for 30 years.  During that time period, he held a variety of administrative positions related to the oversight of Anatomic Pathology, the Division of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology, and Quality Assurance.  Concurrently, he was a faculty member of Harvard Medical School and achieved the rank of Professor.  In 2011, he joined the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami where he is Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs for the Department of Pathology, Director of Anatomic Pathology, Director of Quality Assurance, and Director of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology.

His daily work focuses on the surgical pathology of bone and soft tissue pathology – the in-house volume of tumors is large and he also handles a significantly sized and challenging consultation practice.  This experience has provided the materials for him to be able to teach pathologists, orthopedic surgeons, radiologists, and medical and radiation oncologists, and to publish over 400 articles, 70 chapters, and several books focusing on bone tumors and sarcomas of the musculoskeletal system.

Description:

Join Dr. Wendy Frankel as she guides you through challenging cases in an engaging virtual slide session. She will share diagnostic pearls and cautionary tales while reviewing staging and reporting colorectal cancer, polyps and polyposis, and other tumors in the colorectum.

Objectives:

• To understand staging challenges in assessing colorectal cancer
• To be aware of diagnostic pitfalls in polyps and polyposis
• To recognize that not all tumors/lesions in the colorectum are of colorectal origin

Biography:

Dr. Wendy Frankel is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pathology at The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center and is Director of the GI/Liver Pathology Fellowship. She earned her MD from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She spent five years as a resident and research fellow in the Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She went on to complete a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology in the Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego followed by a Surgical Pathology Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Frankel is Past President of USCAP and the Rodger C. Haggitt GI Pathology Society and is a founding member of the Pancreatobiliary Society. She has been a member of the USCAP Education Committee, Board of Directors, Executive Committee and served as Treasurer. In addition, Dr. Frankel has contributed as an abstract reviewer, platform session moderator and taught several Short Courses as well as Long Courses, Practical Pathology Seminars, Interactive Microscopy courses, several Evening Specialty and Society Sessions, and is a past-moderator and presenter at Diagnostic Pathology. She is the GI Pathology Cadre leader for Alliance for Clinical Trials and Oncology. Her research is centered on colorectal cancer with focus on Lynch syndrome, hereditary colorectal cancer, and polyposis. She has published greater than 245 papers, multiple chapters and given numerous national and international lectures. Dr. Frankel has also been involved in multiple grants, serves as editor for four journals, has garnered many teaching awards, and is the President of the OSU College of Medicine Mazzaferri-Ellison Society of Master Clinicians.