Surgical Pathology Education Day (SPD)
Schedule - Saturday, January 21st, 2023
Speakers and schedule as of January 3, 2023. Subject to change. All times in EST.
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8:15 am: Registration and breakfast
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9:00 am – 9:40 am: Dealing with Errors in the Pathology Laboratory
Dr. Stephen Smith, Head and Neck Pathologist, University Health Network
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9:40 am – 10:20 am: Pitfalls in Gross Examination: Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy Specimens
Dr. Ozgur Mete, MD, FRCPC, Endocrine Pathologist, University Health Network
Shannon Law, MS, PA(ASCP)cm, CCCPA, Pathologists' Assistant, University Health Network
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10:20 am – 10:40 am: Break/Sponsor time
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10:40 am – 11:20 am: Dermatopathology
Dr. Zaid Saeed Kamil, MD, FRCPC, Dermatopathologist, Univeristy Hleath Network, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Emmanuelle Chung, BSc, MLT, PA(CCCPA), Pathologists' Assistant, University Health Network
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11:20 am – 12:00 pm: Digital Pathology
Jim Tsiourgiannis, Director Medical Imaging and Laboratory Services, Mackenzie Health
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12:00 pm – 12:10 pm: Sponsor time
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12:10 pm – 1:10 pm: Lunch
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1:10 pm – 1:50 pm: Radiation Safety Considerations for Radioactive Specimens in Pathology
Matthew Bernacci, Health Physicist, Radiation Safety, University Health Network
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End of Virtual Ticket
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2:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Workshop #1
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm: Workshop #2
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm: Workshop #3
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Workshop #4
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4:40 pm - 5:00 pm: Wrap-up
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Each registrant will be assigned to a group with a defined schedule for the workshops.
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Workshops:
A. Cardiac Pathology - Dr. Michael Seidman, Cardiac Pathologist, University Health Network and Michelle Wu, Pathologists' Assistant, University Health Network
B. Case Study - Youheng (Henry) Xie, MD, BSc, 4th Year Anatomical Pathology (trainee) and Adrian Ng, MHSc, BMSc, Pathologists' Assistant, University Health Network
C. Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Pathology - Konstantin Krutikov, PhD, PA (CCCPA), Pathologists' Assistant, The Hospital for Sick Children and Keeley Burnside, Pathologists' Assistant, The Hospital for Sick Children
D. Gross Specimen Review - Amy Calovini, MClSc, PA(ASCP)cm, (CCCPA), Pathologists' Assistant, Mount Sinai Hospital and Akeida Elliott-Benjamin, MClSc, Pathologists' Assistant, Mount Sinai Hospital