Learning Objectives: Upon finishing this course, the participants will be able to
A. Differentiate the mimickers of celiac disease.
B. Review the strategies and useful tips for grading dysplasia of Barrett’s esophagus.
C. Accurately stage appendiceal neoplasms.
D. Recognize the latest immunotherapies for gastrointestinal tumors.
Target Audience: Pathologists, Physicians, Surgeons and other Allied Health Professionals
Course handouts (password protected, 19M) Use caution to download the file while on mobile network. It may use your wireless data quota). You may go to the beginning of each talk using our pre-made bookmarks in the file through the pdf reader (click the ribbon button on the left panel). For more info about pdf bookmarks, visit Adobe website.
Date: Sunday April 7, 2019.
Registration and lunch are complimentary.
RSVP before March 7, 2019 at https://tinyurl.com/6thpips
Location: Meeting Rooms C, D& E, First Floor Education Building, PHCS (see Venue and Directions).
8:25- 8:30 am Opening Remarks by the Program Directors: Lanjing “L.J.” Zhang, MD, MS, PMC/Rutgers University and Henry Appelman, MD, University of Michigan
8:30-9:00 am Esophogastric exposee by Dr. Henry Appelman, University of Michigan
9:00-9:30 am Diagnostic criteria for colorectal serrated lesions by Jingmei Lin, Indiana University
9:30-10:00 am Interesting-case discussion by Dr. Zhaohai Yang, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
10:00-10:30 am Update on Gastrointestinal immune-oncology by Dr. Mary L. (Nora) Disis, University of Washington
Coffee break 10:30-10:45 am
10:45-11:15 am Challenges in staging colorectal cancer by Jinru Shia, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
11:15-11:45 am Update on dysplasia in IBD: More than meets the eye by Dr. Noam Harpaz, The Mount Sinai Hospital
11:45-12:15 am Intraepithelial lymphocytosis in the GI tract by Dr. Ruliang Xu, White Plains Hospital, Montefiore Health System/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Lunch break 12:15-1:15 pm
1:15-1:45 pm The diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus by Dr. Elizabeth Montgomery, Johns Hopkins University
1:45-2:15 pm Appendiceal neoplasms by Dr. Rhonda Yantiss, Weill Cornell Medicine
2:15-2:45 pm Infectious diseases of the GI tract by Dr. Emma E. Furth, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2:45-5:00 pm Networking session
Princeton HealthCare System is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Princeton HealthCare System designates this live activity for a maximum of five (5.0) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
If you have a disability that may require special assistance, please contact Janis Puleio, CME Coordinator at (609) 853-7450.
Sponsors (alphabetical order)
Aurora Diagnostics
Merck
Neogenomics
New Jersey Institute of Medicine
Princeton Medical Center