2025 Pathology Update: Practice Updates and Review of Diagnostic Pitfalls in Breast Pathology
From the Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
For all Pathologists, Pathologists' Assistants, Residents/Fellows.
This year's Pathology Update will focus on Practice Updates and Review of Diagnostic Pitfalls in Breast Pathology. Join us as we explore the full spectrum of breast lesions – from benign, in-situ and malignant lesions in surgical and cytologic specimens — and address common diagnostic challenges with practical, evidence-based solutions. We will also review updates to breast cancer biomarker testing.
Learning Objectives
The two-day digital conference will enable attendees to:
- Describe the diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of a wide variety of benign, in-situ and malignant breast lesions in surgical pathology and cytologic specimens.
- Identify diagnostic pitfalls and apply relevant ancillary investigation (immunohistochemistry, molecular) to resolve differential diagnoses in breast pathology.
- Discuss the updates to breast cancer biomarker testing.
Program Directors
Lina Chen, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Fellowship Site Coordinator - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Staff Pathologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Director of Education, Ontario Association of Pathologists
Elan Hahn, MD FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Head and Neck and Molecular Pathologist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Sandy Lou, MD FRCPC DRCPSC
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Staff Cytopathologist, University Health Network
Marosh Manduch, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Pathologist, Unity Health Toronto
Agenda
Speakers will include below - see the full agenda on the conference website:
- Ashley Cimino-Mathews: Triple Negative Breast Carcinomas and the Tumor Immune Microenvironment
- Rachel Han: Breast Cancer Biomarkers: An Update
- Sandy Lou: Breast FNA
- Ellen Yang: Her2 ultra low breast CA
- Miralem Mrkonjic: Challenging cases in breast
- Anita Bane: Hereditary Cancer Syndromes and Breast Cancer
- Fang-I Lu: DCIS challenge cases or updates in CAP checklist including post-neoadjuvant therapy
- Sonal Varma: Evolution of grading in breast CA
- Anna-Marie Mulligan: Core biopsies
- Kiran Jakata: Fibroepithelial lesions
- Emily Goebel: Diagnostic approach to spindle cell lesions of the breast
Where and when
November 6 and 7, 2025, online