Practical Review of Gastrointestinal Pathology: A Comprehensive CME Activity

This Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity offers a comprehensive review of gastrointestinal pathology, covering a range of topics from basic to advanced techniques, pitfalls to pathologic diagnosis, and case reviews.

Target Audience

This CME activity is designed to educate pathologists, providing them with the latest updates and insights in gastrointestinal pathology.

Educational Objectives

Upon completing this CME teaching activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the spectrum of gluten-related disorders and current optimum testing for celiac disease.
• Describe the updated epidemiology of cancer risk and Barrett esophagus, as well as the current data on the efficacy of endoscopic surveillance.
• Recognize the major diagnostic pitfalls in the diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus and Barrett’s-related dysplasia.
• Discuss the more recently recognized variants of ulcerative colitis, as well as some of the issues related to diagnosing dysplasia in the setting of IBD.
• Identify some of the major diagnostic issues in the most common colorectal polyps, including serrated polyps.
• Discuss the effects of contemporary therapy on the pathology and management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
• Describe the role of the pathologist in helping to manage patients with IBD-related dysplasia and neoplasia.
• Identify the biliary pattern of injury on liver biopsy.
• Recognize distinguishing features of steatosis from steatohepatitis.
• List the appropriate immunohistochemical work-up of primary liver tumors.
• Develop an understanding of the characteristic histologic features that allow clear separation of the acute and chronic hepatitis patterns.
• Develop an understanding of the utility of clinical history and laboratory findings in averting misinterpretation of histologic findings in medical liver biopsies.

Course Overview

This comprehensive CME activity covers a range of topics in gastrointestinal pathology, including:

• Patterns of Esophagitis with Rhonda K. Yantiss, M.D.
• Controversies in the Diagnosis of Barrett’s Esophagus with John R. Goldblum, M.D.
• IBD and its Mimics with Rhonda K. Yantiss, M.D.
• IBD and IBD-Related Dysplasia with John R. Goldblum, M.D.
• Intra-abdominal and Retroperitoneal Spindle Cell Neoplasms: A Practical Approach with Karen Joy Fritchie, M.D.
• The Differential Diagnosis of Celiac Disease with Rhonda K. Yantiss, M.D.
• Nomenclature of Colorectal Polyps: Controversies and Confusion with John R. Goldblum, M.D.
• Biopsy Diagnosis of Inflammatory Diseases of the Colon with Rish K. Pai, M.D., Ph.D.
• Acute and Chronic Hepatitis with John Hart, M.D.
• What To Do When the Liver is Blue: Inflammatory Disorders of the Liver with Meredith Pittman, M.D.
• Hepatocellular Mass Lesions – New Aspects of Old Problems with John Hart, M.D.
• Fatty Liver: Steatosis, Steatohepatitis, and Fat-Containing Lesions with Meredith Pittman, M.D.
• NASH and the Differential Diagnosis of Steatohepatitis with John Hart, M.D.
• What Doctors Should Understand About Liver Transplantation with Meredith Pittman, M.D.

Release Date: March 15th, 2023