Dear Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society Members,
We are gearing up for another annual USCAP meeting! Our Companion Society session will be held on Sunday, March 12th from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM in Great Hall A of the New Orleans Convention Center. The PBPS Annual Business Meeting will immediately follow.
This year’s companion meeting will have two components:
Part I will be dedicated to presentations on Interpretation of Small Biopsies and Frozen Sections of the Pancreatobiliary Tract. The chosen topics represent expert evaluations of the full spectrum of small biopsies one may see in practice, from the cytopathologist’s perspective (Dr. Martha Pitman – WHO International Classification System for the Reporting of Pancreatobiliary Cytology Specimens) to their histomorphologic characteristics (Dr. Alyssa Krasinskas – Bile Duct and Ampulla; Dr. Claudio Luchini – Pancreas), and frozen section evaluation (Dr. Wendy Frankel).
Part II will be dedicated to an interactive discussion moderated by Drs. Vikram Deshpande and Grace Kim. For this part, we will utilize the PBPath Society Twitter account to post questions in advance (Please keep an eye on our Twitter account https://twitter.com/pbpath for more information on that).
Thanks to the members of the Executive and Education Committees who are dedicated to the growth of our Society and have worked hard to increase our outreach and be impactful, there is more good news:
The PBPath Society, in collaboration with the Chinese American Pathologist Association (CAPA), will participate in the 13th annual Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology meeting in Malaysia in June, 2023. Ampullary carcinoma (Dr. Volkan Adsay) cholangiocarcinoma (Dr. Seung Mo Hong) and intraductal papillary neoplasms of the bile duct (Dr. Yoh Zen) will be discussed.
Additionally, Drs. Alyssa Krasinskas and Barbara Centeno will present our society’s official short course titled “The ABCs to XYZs of Pancreatic Surgical and Cytopathology” at the next annual CAP meeting in October, 2023.
Lastly, if you have not already done so, we would also like to take this opportunity to remind you to renew your membership. We look forward to seeing you all in New Orleans, LA!
Sincerely,
Olca Basturk, President
Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society