Contemporary Topics in Surgical Pathology XXXVIII: Pulmonary Pathology

Saturday, September 21, 2024, 7:20 AM - 4:35 PM, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West, Nashville, TN


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (7.00 hours), Other Learner Participation Hours (7.00 hours)

Join us in person in Nashville, Tennessee, for the 38th annual Ascension Saint Thomas Pathology Conference with a specialized focus on pulmonary pathology. This comprehensive, in-person conference offers an opportunity to delve into the intricacies of pulmonary pathology and gain expert insights from leaders in the field.

1. Appropriately apply ancillary studies for classifying NENs and separating them from their mimics.
2. Develop a differential diagnosis of histomorphologic correlates for radiologically defined thin-walled intraparenchymal lung cysts.
3. Apply immunohistochemistry to differentiate lymphangioleiomyomatosis from histologic mimics.
4. Apply current WHO diagnostic criteria for intrathoracic NENs while mitigating gaps and limitations.
5. Diagnose histologically typical usual interstitial pneumonia in surgical and transbronchial cryobiopsies of the lung.
6. Distinguish usual interstitial pneumonia from fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
7. Apply histologic criteria and targeted ancillary studies to separate malignant from benign mesothelial proliferations.
8. Develop strategies for introducing the concept of mesothelioma in-situ into practice.
9. Identify the distribution of granulomatous inflammation to help narrow the differential diagnosis in various granulomatous diseases.
10. Describe the quality of necrosis that characterizes each of the following: granulomatous infection, rheumatoid arthritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
11. Apply current WHO criteria to histopathologic diagnosis of thymic epithelial neoplasms with a focus on thymoma.
12. Appropriately apply immunohistochemistry to separate thymoma from thymic carcinoma.

$175.00 - Physician

$125.00 - Other Learner (NP, PA, RN, Other)

$75.00 - Resident/Fellow/Student

$0.00 - Ascension Saint Thomas Non-Physician Associate or AST Resident

Ascension Saint Thomas is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Ascension Saint Thomas designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Allied Health Professionals and other learners will receive a Certificate of Participation following this course.

For any questions, please email [email protected].

Registrants are responsible for making their own reservations. Below is a list of hotels near Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West.

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Hilton Garden Inn Nashville West End Avenue (2.1 miles)
100 Murphy Ct

Fairfield Inn & Suites Nashville Near Vanderbilt (2.5 miles)
109 29th Ave N

Holiday Inn Nashville-Vanderbilt (2.5 miles)
2613 West End Ave

Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel (3.1 miles)
2100 West End Ave

Courtyard Marriott Nashville Green Hills (3.2 miles)
3800 Bedford Ave

Hilton Nashville Green Hills (3.3 miles)
3801 Cleghorn Ave

Thank you to our Course Directors!

Adriana L. Gonzalez-Gerdeman, MD

Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medical Director

Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

Henry D. Edwards, MD

Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medical Director

Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Ascension Saint Thomas is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidence-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all individuals who have the opportunity to control content are required to disclose any financial relationships within the past 24 months with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Ascension Saint Thomas has established mechanisms to mitigate relevant financial relationships. For this activity, the planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Saturday, September 21, 2024