Sunday March 13, 2016, 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Room CC (Convention center) Ballroom 6B/C
Title: Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Gastrointestinal Diseases: new developments for the surgical pathologist
Moderators: John Hart, M.D. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL & Michael Torbenson , Mayo Clinic
1:35 – 2: 05 PM: “The Role of the Surgical Pathologist in the Diagnosis of Rare Polyposis Syndromes”, Christophe Rosty, M.D., Molecular and Cellular Pathology School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
2:05 – 2: 35 PM: “Hereditary Gastric Cancer Syndromes”, Fatima Carneiro, M.D., Ph.D. Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
2:35 – 3:00 PM: “New Developments in the Genetics of Pancreatic Cancer: Nature’s Heart Beats Strong Amid the Hills”, Ralph H. Hruban, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
3:00 – 3:30PM: BREAK
3:30 – 4:00 PM: “Genetic Alterations in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: implications for diagnosis and management”, Christopher Corless, M.D., Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
4:00 – 5:00 PM: Rodger C. Haggitt Memorial Lecture: The NCI MATCH Initiative and the Role of the GI Pathologist in Oncologic Management; Stanley R. Hamilton, M.D., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
5:00 – 5:30 PM: Business meeting