Letter from the President

Dear Pancreatobiliary Pathology Enthusiasts,

It was wonderful seeing many of you in Boston, where we celebrated our society’s 10th anniversary! A heartfelt thank you to our members, committees, committee chairs, executive board, and co-hosts—the Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society and the Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society—who celebrated this milestone with us on March 23rd.

Highlights from USCAP 2025

We had another fantastic companion society meeting on March 23rd. Much appreciation to our outstanding speakers—Drs. Abbas Agaimy (European Society of Pathology [ESP]), Diana Agostini-Vulaj, Burcin Pehlivanoglu (ESP), and Seung-Mo Hong—who led an engaging session on “Emerging Entities and Concepts in the Pancreatobiliary Tract”, moderated by Drs. David Lewin and Eva Diamantis-Karamitopoulou (ESP). Thank you to all who participated, both in person, on demand and through our @PBPath Twitter feed!

We again recognized an exceptional trainee-led abstract selected from 14submissions. After careful review and voting by our Education Committee, the 2025 Best Abstract Award (and a $500 gift certificate) was presented to Dr. Eric Young for his work titled:

“Pathologic Evaluation of a Clinically Well-Characterized Series of Well-Differentiated Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Surgically Resected from 889 Patients with 7824 Person-Years of Follow-up Supports the Sub-Division of Grade 2 Neoplasms Based on Ki-67 Labeling.”

Upcoming Educational Event – May 2025

May 19 – 21, 2025 – USCAP Interactive Center, Palm Springs, CA
Joint PBPS-USCAP 3-day Interactive Microscopy Course
Title: Pancreatobiliary Pathology from A to Z: A PBPS Crash Course
Faculty: Drs. Olca Basturk (Director), Grace Kim, Michelle Reid, Huamin Wang & Yoh Zen

Topics include:

  • Grossing & frozen section challenges
  • FNA, small biopsy & resection specimen evaluation and reporting
  • New terminology, grading & classification guidelines for pancreatobiliary neoplasms

Ideal for: Surgical pathologists, cytopathologists, and pathology trainees
PBPS members receive the USCAP member discount
Click here to register

Save the Dates – Educational Events for Fall 2025

September 6-10, 2025 – Vienna, Austria
Joint PBPS-ESP session at the 37th annual European Congress of Pathology meeting
Title: Cystic Lesions of the Pancreatobiliary Tract
Speakers: Drs. Monika Vyas & Michelle Reid
Moderator: Dr. Huamin Wang

September 13–16, 2025 – Orlando, Florida
CAP 2025 annual meeting
Title: Diagnostic Pearls and Pitfalls in the Ampulla and Gallbladder
Speakers: Drs. Juan Carlos Roa & Yue Xue

November 5–7, 2025 – Bangkok, Thailand
Joint PBPS-IAP session at the 14th Asia Pacific-IAP meeting
Title: Pancreatic Cytopathology and Histopathology
Speakers: Drs. Barbara Centeno & Claudio Luchini

Stay Involved

PBPS is committed to advancing our field through collaboration, education, and research. If you’re an associate member—or are considering joining—now is a great time to become a regular member and enjoy full benefits while shaping our society’s future.

Warm regards,

Michelle D. Reid, MD, MS
President, PBPS