The Countdown for ASCP 2023 Begins! Are You Ready?

The ASCP 2023 Annual Meeting is just two days away! Have you created your schedule of sessions you don’t want to miss?   

With more than 120 sessions covering anatomic and clinical pathology, laboratory medicine, laboratory management and more, the ASCP 2023 Annual Meeting’s education program is poised to teach you essentials skills and knowledge applicable to your job and to help boost your career to the next level. Specialized education tracks for laboratory professionals and pathologists taught by renowned leaders; video microscopy tutorials on complex cases; CME and CMLE credits; and more!

These are some of the many reasons why you should attend ASCP 2023, to be held Oct. 18-20, in Long Beach, California. Whether you are a laboratory professional, pathologist, pathology resident or fellow, you will find an education path designed just for you at ASCP 2023.

 New Education Tracks

Highlights will include a dedicated track for laboratory professionals, developed by laboratory professionals. Begun several years ago, this ever popular track includes a laboratory professional session in each time slot during the Annual Meeting. Renowned laboratory professional leaders will present all of the sessions, which are focused on the following four areas: Chemistry, Hematology / Coagulation, Blood Banking / Transfusion Medicine, and Microbiology. In addition, there will be a laboratory management and administration track.

This year, a number of pathology tracks have also been developed, making it easier for pathologists to focus in on their area of practice. New tracks include Surgical Pathology, Hematopathology, Clinical Pathology, and Cytopathology. Also for pathologists are video microscopy tutorials, back by popular demand. Topics will include Molecularly Defined Renal Cell Carcinoma and its Differential Diagnosis; Large Gland Lesions of the Prostate; and Dealing with Difficult Diagnostic Specimens from Patients with Testicular Neoplasms. Sessions in the pathology track will include:

Day 1
• A Practical Approach to Problematic Thoracic Pathology Cases, led by Jeffrey Myers, MD, FASCP, Kristine Konopka, MD, and Tao Huang, BM, PhD, FASCP
• Molecularly-defined Renal Cell Carcinoma and its Differential Diagnosis (a VMT session), presented by Sean Williamson, MD, FASCP, and Mahmut Akgul, MD. 

Day 2
• Diagnostic Challenges in Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Ulcers: Histopathological Approach for Approriate Diagnosis in Biopsy Specimens, by Yue Xue, MD, PhD, and Yang Guang-Yu, MD, PhD
• A Simple and Practical Diagnostic Approach to Froze Sections from the Liver, presented by Vishal Chandan, MD, and Sejal Shah, MD

Day 3
• Videomicroscopy Tutorial (VMT) Dealing with Difficult Diagnostic Specimens from Patients with Testicular Neoplasms, by Thomas Ulbright, MD. 

Workforce lounge

If you are currently seeking career advice, the ASCP Workforce Lounge will provide tools and resources to help. The Workforce Lounge will feature networking opportunities, professional advice from ASCP volunteer mentors curated for pathologists and laboratory professionals, and more.

With all the networking opportunities and outstanding education, and interactive session formats, ASCP 2023 is sure to leave you inspired, energized, and well-equipped with a strong set of new tools and knowledge. You'll find all you need to know about ASCP 2023 at ascp.org/2023