Monday
The Use of Rapid Immunoassay Drug Screens at Autopsy: Triage or Trouble?
Hannah Coltrain, MS, PA(ASCP)CM
*KEYNOTE* The Story of Rapid Digital Pathology Transformation of Surgical Pathology at NYU Langone
Syed T. Hoda, MD
*KEYNOTE* Benign Bone Pathology
Syed T. Hoda, MD
*KEYNOTE* Malignant Bone Pathology
Syed T. Hoda, MD
Tuesday
Digital Pathology Without the Drama
Todd Vanden Branden & Kelsie Anderson, MHS, PA(ASCP)CM, MLSCM
A Pathologists’ Assistant’s Role in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Dr. Kristine McCluskey
Digital Clues After Death: A Case-Based Approach to the Use of Personal Devices in Death Investigation and Manner of Death Determination
Alysha Rushton, MS, PA(ASCP), D-ABMDI
The Gross Handling of Nephrectomy Specimens: Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Melissa L. Stanton, MD
The Gross Handling of Prostatectomy Specimens: Tips, Tricks, and How to Avoid Common Pitfalls
Melissa L. Stanton, MD
Wednesday
A Breath of Fresh Air – How to Approach Lung Specimens with Ease
Yasmeen Butt, MD
Molecular Classifications of Endometrial Carcinomas: How and When to do it?
Longwen Chen, MD, PhD
Burnout in the Pathology Lab: Are We Missing the Diagnosis?
Shipra Garg, MD
The Pathologists’ Assistant Advantage: Turning Workflow Expertise into Industry Innovation
Roseann Vitale, MS, PA(ASCP)
Thursday
Developing a Medical Device: Concept to Research and Clinical Care
Rocky Ackroyd
From Bench to Biomarkers: Practical Clinical, Pathologic, and Molecular Insights into Mesenchymal Neoplasms Across Age Groups
Eduardo Zambrano, MD, MSc
From Paper to Practice: Building the Future of Electronic Grossing Protocols
Heather Gaburo, MHS, PA(ASCP)CM
Tips and Tricks for Improving Gross Specimen Photography
Nathan Pallace
Posters
Group 1
Navigating the Unconventional Liver Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Resection: A Case Study
Micropapillary Variant Urothelial Carcinoma with Underlying Kartagener Syndrome and PALB2 Mutation
Placenta – The Pathologies of Two Patients
Evaluating the Use of Green Embalming in Anatomical Education for Pathologists’ Assistant Students
Will Virtual Autopsy Replace Pathologists?
Group 2
Angiosarcoma Mural Nodule within Mucinous Carcinoma Ovarian Mass
Mandibular Aneurysmal Bone Cyst: A Case Study
A Comparison for Fixatives and Media: From a Pathologists’ Assistant’s Perspective
Beyond the Skin: Advanced Oral Mucosal Melanoma with Mandibular Invasion
Sacral Chordoma with Thoracic Metastases: A Case Study
Chondrosarcoma of the Larynx: A Case Study
Septation in Seminoma: Hidden in Pre-Op US, Revealed at the Bench
Group 3
When the Work Weighs Heavy: Moral Distress in Pathologists’ Assistants
Aortic Dissection: A Post-Mortem Case Study
Pathologists’ Assistants as Educators
Endosalpingiosis: Incidental or Important?
Intraoperative Frozen Section for Adnexal Tumors: An Unreliable Diagnostic Tool
Group 4
A Rare Case Study of an Adult Retroperitoneal Extra-Renal Wilms Tumor
Carcinosarcoma: A Rare and Deadly Cancer: Case Study
CIC-Rearranged Sarcoma of the Thumb: A Rare Case in a Young Adult Male
Treatment Effect and Hemorrhage in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
A Decade in the Making: Progressive Fibrous Dysplasia of the Rib
Group 5
Beating Heart, Aggressive Sarc: case-study of an atrial angiosarcoma
Obesity-Induced Cutaneous Angiosarcoma: Considerations for Grossing and Staging Protocols
Choriocarcinoma Arising Within Complete Invasive Mole
Artificial Intelligence Integration into the Pathologists’ Assistant Workflow
Group 6
A Case Study: Mucinous Urachal Adenocarcinoma
A High-Grade Spindle Cell Sarcoma with Novel SPIDR::TERT Fusion
Uterine Leiomyosarcomas: Potentially Deceiving Tumors with Major Consequences
A Case of Pediatric Sudden Death with Insidious Bacterial Myocarditis
A Pillar PathA Case: Adenocarcinoma in a Right Colon
2026 Fall Conference – 51st Annual Conference
Sunday, September 13, 2026 – Thursday, September 17, 2026
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
340 N 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004