USCAP Tutorial In Pathology of the GI Tract, Pancreas, and Liver 2023
Course Description
Upon completion of this educational activity, learners will be able to:
- Describe practice approaches to the diagnosis of inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders, with a focus on biopsy interpretation
- Discuss criteria to facilitate distinction between different causes of esophagitis and gastritis
- Evaluate biopsy samples from patients with malabsorptive symptoms
- Classify patterns of colitis and recognize medication-related injuries
- Recognize inflammatory and neoplastic conditions of the anus and appendix
- Discuss biopsy interpretation of the liver
- Discuss diagnostic criteria for pancreatic pathology
TOpics
- Liver Anatomy and Histology – John Hart, MD
- The Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Hepatitis in 2023 – Lawrence J. Burgart, MD
- Case Discussion: Metabolic Liver Disease – John Hart, MD
- Case Discussion: Biliary Diseases and Cholestasis – Lawrence J. Burgart, MD
- Case Discussion: Hepatic Tumors – John Hart, MD
- Medication-Related Liver Injury – Laura Lamps, MD
- Frozen Sections of the Bile Ducts, Pancreas, and Liver – Rhonda K. Yantiss, MD
- Case Discussion: Granulomas in the Liver – Laura Lamps, MD
- Case Discussion: The Appendix – Laura Lamps, MD
- Case Discussion: Lumps, Bumps, and Serrated Polyps – Lawrence J. Burgart, MD
- Barrett Esophagus and Early Gastric Neoplasms – Elizabeth A. Montgomery, MD
- Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease, Pouches, and Dysplasia – Joel K. Greenson, MD
- Case Discussion: Mesenchymal Tumors of the GI Tract – Elizabeth A. Montgomery, MD
- Case Discussion: Patterns of Esophagitis – Rhonda K. Yantiss, MD
- Case Discussion: Gastritis and Gastropathy – Rhonda K. Yantiss, MD
- Case Discussion: Small Bowel Biopsies – Joel K. Greenson, MD
- Case Discussion: Important Lesions of the Anorectum – Elizabeth A. Montgomery, MD
- Case Discussion: A Practical Approach to Colitis – Joel K. Greenson, MD
- Case Discussion: Intraductal and/or Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas – Olca Basturk, MD
- Biliary Tract and Gallbladder Pathology – Olca Basturk, MD
- Colorectal Cancer Staging Issues – Nicole C. Panarelli, MD
- Case Discussion: Solid Tumors of the Pancreas – Olca Basturk, MD
- Case Discussion: Primary Neoplasms and Their Mimics – Nicole C. Panarelli, MD
- Case Discussion: Biomarkers and Important Prognostic Features Present in Tumor Biopsies from the GI Tract – Nicole C. Panarelli, MD