Nov 29, 2024  |  1:00pm - 3:00pm
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Head & Neck Pathology community of interest meeting: November 2024

Continuing Professional Development

On behalf of The Office of Continuous Professional Development at the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, we invite you to join us for The Community of Interest Head & Neck Pathology meeting.

All Pathologists, Pathology Fellows, and clinical scientists with an interest in Head & Neck Pathology are invited and welcome!

The goal is to create a forum where both academic and community pathologists share interesting cases and knowledge in a friendly, informal, and collegial manner.

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Agenda and topic: Oral Epithelial Dysplasia (OED)

  • 1 – 1:15 pm Current Histologic Criteria for OED - Dr. Iona Leong 
  • 1:15 – 2 pm The Role of p53 Testing in Diagnosing OED - Dr. Yen Chen Kevin Ko 
  • 2 - 3 pm Case presentations 

Please complete the survey prior to the meeting

Cases for presentation

We encourage oral pathologists and ENT pathologists to bring diagnostically challenging oral epithelial dysplasia cases (deidentified) for discussion. PowerPoint slides are encouraged for shared archive. Each case presentation should be 5 - 10 minutes long. Please indicate how many cases you plan to bring on the registration form. Case numbers will be assigned at the meeting. 

Download the presentation template (powerpoint)

Invited speakers

Dr. Iona Leong BDS, MSc, FRCD(c)

Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto; Staff oral pathologist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Dr. Yen Chen Kevin Ko MD, DMD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, UBC; Staff Pathologist, BC Cancer

Moderators

Dr. Lingxin Zhang  (drlingxin.zhang@utoronto.ca)

Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto 
Head & Neck Pathologist and Bone & Soft Tissue Pathologist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

Dr. Iona Leong

Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto
Oral pathologist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

How to join

This event is free for all pathologists and pathology fellows. The COI meeting is a recurrent event and will take place on Zoom (virtual).

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Please indicate on the registration form if you are bringing a case.

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CPD points

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.

You may claim up to a maximum 2.0 hours.

Recording and presentation archive

Invited lectures will be recorded and posted on the CPD website. Recording of case presentation is optional. We will reserve time toward the end of the meeting for closed-door presentations. 

The Planning Committee is building a case archive for the COI – Head and Neck Pathology. We encourage the presenters to share their PowerPoint slides with the Committee (drlingxin.zhang@utoronto.ca), which will be archived and made available to active attendees at a later time.