LMP driving convergence of care on USCAP world stage

With over 25 LMP staff contributing to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s (USCAP) Annual Meeting, TeamUHN was well represented as was LMP’s vision for world class precision diagnostics.

A big congratulations to all who taught and presented! In total, the Academy received more than 3,000 abstracts for this year’s meeting and with only top tier research destined for platform and poster sessions – LMP has a lot to be proud of.

In total LMP was represented through:

• 4 Oral Presentations – (Drs. Runjan Chetty, Hyang Mi Ko, Sangeetha N Kalimuthu, Joerg Schwock and Ilan Weinreb)
• 25 Poster Presentations – (Drs. Oyedele Adeyi, Prashant Bavi, Scott Boerner, José-Mario Capo-Chichi, Runjan Chetty, Blaise Clarke, Sandra Fischer, Hyang Mi Ko, Ozgur Mete, Anna Marie Mulligan, Sara Pakbaz, Prodipto Pal, Bayardo Perez-Ordonez, Joerg Schwock, Stefano Serra, Adam Smith, Blerta Starova, Tracy Stockley, Ming Tsao, Rajkumar Vajpeyi, Theodorus Van Der Kwast, Cuihong Wei, Ilan Weinreb, Daniel Xia and Laura Ranich)
• 7 courses/seminars/society meetings – (Drs. Carol Cheung, Blaise Clarke, Andrew Evans, and Ozgur Mete)
• 2 positions on USCAP Societies – (Dr. Carmen Avila-Casado, Secretary, Renal Pathology Society and Dr. Theodorus Van der Kwast, President, International Society of Urological Pathology)

USCAP’s Annual Meeting is one of the largest stages for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the world, and our footprint on the week’s events speaks volumes to the clinical care, research and education being driven at UHN. Congratulations again to all those involved!

Please take a look at all of LMP’s contributions below, and for abstract summaries of poster and oral platform presentations, search by speakers HERE.

LMP’s complete USCAP 2019 contributions:

Oyedele Adeyi, MD

• Poster presentation
  • Hepatic Syphilis: A Rare Diagnosis with Varied Patterns of Histologic Injury

Prashant Bavi, MD, MBBS

• Poster presentation
  • Screening of NTRK fusions in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas by immunohistochemistry and comparison with NGS

Scott Boerner, MD, FRCPC

• Poster presentation
  • Characterizing ERBB2 Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: University Health Network Experience

José-Mario Capo-Chichi, PhD

• Poster presentations
  • Hierarchal Clustering of Immune Checkpoint Gene Expression in Uveal Melanoma from the Cancer Genome Atlas Reveals Distinct Expression Classes that are Associated to Lymphocytic Infiltration, Prognostic Factors, and Progression-Free Survival
  • Histo-Genomic Review of Digital Diagnostic Slides from the Cancer Genome Reveals Differentially Expressed Cellular Pigmentation Genes that are Correlated to Uveal Melanoma Pigmentation Intensity and its Association to Poor Prognosis Factors and Progression-Free Survival
  • Microvascular Loops and Networks in Uveal Melanoma are Associated to Poor Outcomes Irrespective of Classical Poor Prognosis Factors, and Identification of Differentieally Expressed Angiogenesis Genes: Histo-Genomic Analysis of the Cancer Genome Atlas Dataset
  • Comparability of Databased Pathological Content, Pathology Report, and Diagnostic Whole Slide from the Cancer Genome Atlas: Experience from the Uveal Melanoma Cohort

Runjan Chetty, MBBCh, DPhil (Oxon)

• Platform presentations
  • Morphology Predicts Known Molecular Subtypes And Survival In Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
  • Oh My… Struggles And Disagreements In Staging Treatment-Naïve Colorectal Carcinomas
• Poster presentations
  • Prognostic significance of stem/progenitor cell markers in biliary tract carcinoma: Association of two markers with better patient survival
  • A Survey of Challenges and Issues in staging Rectal Carcinoma post Neoadjuvant Therapy

Carol Cheung, MD, PhD, JD

• Exhibitor seminar
  • QA Considerations for Ros1 Testing

Blaise Clarke, MBBCh

• Evening specialty conference – Gynecologic Pathology
  • Recent Advances in the Pathology of Uterine Mesenchymal Neoplasms: How to Incorporate this New Information Into Your Practice
• Poster presentation
  • Endometrial stem/progenitor cell (ES/PC) markers in endometrial stromal sarcoma: Implications on histogenesis and prognosis

Andrew Evans, MD, PhD

• Companion society meetings
  • International Society of Urological Pathology: The Importance of Pathologic Evaluation in Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer

Sandra Fischer, MD

• Poster presentation
  • Screening of NTRK fusions in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas by immunohistochemistry and comparison with NGS

Hyang Mi Ko, MD, PhD

• Platform presentation
  • Cytomorphology And Morphometry Of Gastric-Type Endocervical Adenocarcinoma In Liquid-Based Preparations
• Poster presentations
  • Characterizing ERBB2 Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: University Health Network Experience
  • PD-L1 lineage-specific quantification in pleural effusions of lung adenocarcinoma by flow cytometry

Ozgur Mete, MD

• Short course session
  • The Spectrum of Neuroendocrine Neoplasia: Challenges and Pitfalls
• Hot Topic session
  • Questions You Always Wanted to Ask About Thyroid and Parathyroid Pathology
• Companion society meetings
  • Endocrine Pathology Society: Challenges in Adrenal Cortical Pathology
• Poster presentation
  • Clinicopathologic features of well-differentiated lung neuroendocrine tumors

Anna Marie Mulligan, MB, BCH, FRCPath

• Poster presentation
  • Mammary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma – a Multi-Institutional Canadian Study

Sangeetha N Kalimuthu, MB BCh

• Platform presentation
  • Morphology Predicts Known Molecular Subtypes And Survival In Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Prodipto Pal, MD, PhD

• Poster presentations
  • Characterizing ERBB2 Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: University Health Network Experience
  • PD-L1 lineage-specific quantification in pleural effusions of lung adenocarcinoma by flow cytometry

Sara Pakbaz, MD

• Poster presentation
  • Clinicopathologic features of well-differentiated lung neuroendocrine tumors

Bayardo Perez-Ordonez, MD

• Poster presentation
  • Inter-Observer Variation in the Histologic Classification of Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma (PAC) and Cribriform Adenocarcinoma of Salivary Gland (CASG)

Laura Ranich, BSc

• Poster presentation
  • Characterizing ERBB2 Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: University Health Network Experience

Joerg Schwock, MD, PhD

• Platform presentation
  • Cytomorphology And Morphometry Of Gastric-Type Endocervical Adenocarcinoma In Liquid-Based Preparations
• Poster presentations
  • Characterizing ERBB2 Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: University Health Network Experience
  • PD-L1 lineage-specific quantification in pleural effusions of lung adenocarcinoma by flow cytometry

Stefano Serra, MD

• Poster presentations
  • Screening of NTRK fusions in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas by immunohistochemistry and comparison with NGS
  • Prognostic significance of stem/progenitor cell markers in biliary tract carcinoma: Association of two markers with better patient survival

Adam Smith, HBSc, MSc, PhD

• Poster presentation
  • Metastasizing Pleomorphic Adenoma: Recurrent PLAG1/HMGA2 Rearrangements and Identification of a Novel HMGA2-TMCT2 Fusion

Blerta Starova, MD, MSc, FRCPC

• Platform presentation
  • Cytomorphology And Morphometry Of Gastric-Type Endocervical Adenocarcinoma In Liquid-Based Preparations

Tracy Stockley, PhD, FCCMG, FACMG

• Poster presentation
  • Characterizing ERBB2 Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: University Health Network Experience

Ming Tsao, MD

• Poster presentations
  • Characterizing ERBB2 Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: University Health Network Experience
  • PD-L1 lineage-specific quantification in pleural effusions of lung adenocarcinoma by flow cytometry

Rajkumar Vajpeyi, MD, MBBS

• Poster presentation
  • Morphology predicts known molecular subtypes and survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Theodorus Van Der Kwast, MD, PhD

• Poster presentations
  • Handling and Reporting of Pelvic Lymphadenectomy Specimens in Prostate and Bladder Cancer: A Web-based Survey by the European Network of Uropathologists (ENUP)
  • The Prognostic Impact of Large Cribriform Carcinoma, of Other Subpatterns 4 and of Intraductal Carcinoma of the Prostate
  • Reporting Practices and Resource Utilization in the Era of Intraductal Carcinoma of the Prostate (IDCP): A Survey of Genitourinary (GU) Subspecialists
  • Gleason Grade Patterns in Nodal Metastasis and Corresponding Prostatectomy Specimens: Impact on Patient Outcome

Cuihong Wei, PhD

• Poster presentation
  • Characterizing ERBB2 Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: University Health Network Experience

Ilan Weinreb, MD, FRCPC

• Platform presentation
  • Microsecretory Adenocarcinoma: A Novel Salivary Gland Tumor Characterized By A Recurrent Mef2c-Ss18 Fusion
• Poster presentations
  • Histologic Spectrum of Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma of the Salivary Gland Harbor Genetic Alterations Affecting PRKD Genes
  • Metastasizing Pleomorphic Adenoma: Recurrent PLAG1/HMGA2 Rearrangements and Identification of a Novel HMGA2-TMCT2 Fusion
  • Inter-Observer Variation in the Histologic Classification of Polymorphous Adenocarcinoma (PAC) and Cribriform Adenocarcinoma of Salivary Gland (CASG)
  • PRRX1-NCOA1 Gene Fusions In A Series Of Fibroblastic Mesenchymal Neoplasms

Daniel Xia, MD

• Poster presentation
  • Initial optimization of a computational pathology algorithm for scoring plasma cell percentages on bone marrow biopsies