X MOLECULAR
CYTOPATHOLOGY
Congress Center “Federico II” Napoli – Italy
5th / 6th DECEMBER 2022
MEETING DIRECTOR:
Giancarlo Troncone
MEETING CO-CHAIRs:
Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri
Maria D. Lozano
MEETING SECRETARIAT:
Concerto Srl
Dead line: 4th December 2021 (at 00:00 CET time)
With the Patronage of:
Selected Highlights from “The IX Molecular Cytopathology Meeting”
It is with great pride and honour for me to invite you to the X Edition of the Molecular Cytopathology Congress.
This International Congress, started as a focus on a diagnostic niche in the cytopathology field, has growth along with the introduction of an increasingly number of molecular tests for predictive and diagnostic purpose.
Moreover, the introduction of these new molecular techniques has challenged our daily routine practice that has shifted from a microscopic-only approach to a multidisciplinary one, in which the molecular biologist has become a valuable partner in the diagnostic work-up.
The X Edition of Molecular Cytopathology Congress will provide a perspective on the evolution of molecular pathology in the field of cytopathology with updates on cytological and molecular classifications.
Due to the Covid pandemic, this year meeting will include live and on-line sessions from experts around the world.
THE MEETING DIRECTOR:
Prof. Giancarlo Troncone
PROGRAM
Program according to CET (Central European Time)
Pacific Time (PT): Los Angeles -9 hrs
Central Time (CT): Chicago -7 hrs
Eastern Time (ET): New York -6 hrs
5th DECEMBER 2022
WELCOME
9:00 AM
Welcome Message
Matteo Lorito, University of Naples Federico II Rector
Maria Triassi, Dean of the University of Naples Federico II Medical School
Filippo Fraggetta, President of the Italian Society of Pathology and Cytopathology (SIAPEC)
Giancarlo Troncone, Head of the Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Lucio Palombini, Emeritus Professor of Pathology, University of Naples Federico II
SESSION I: The Future of Cytopathology
Chairs: G Troncone, S. Roy-Chowdhuri, MD Lozano
Ritu Nayar
New Paradigms in Education and Cytopathology
Fernando Schmitt
Molecular cytopathology : an overview
Albino Eccher
Digital Cytopathology
Coffee break
Elena Vigliar
The interventional cytopathologist
Vivian Weiss
Organoids and Fine Needle Aspiration
Umberto Malapelle
Liquid biopsy
Lunch
Session II: Emerging Biomarkers
Chairs P. Vielh, F Schmitt
Jason Hornick
Assessing protein correlates of molecular genetic alterations: “Next-generation” Immunohistochemistry
Giovanni Tallini
RET testing: fusions and point mutations
Spasenija Savic Prince
Next generation technologies for gene fusion detection
Coffee break
Massimo Barberis
BRCA testing on cytology for Ovarian Cancer
Sabine Merkelbach-Bruse
MET: mutation, exon skipping and amplification
Rupp Niels
NGS for gene fusion detection in salivary glands
6th DECEMBER 2022
Session III: Thyroid
Chair: Domenico Salvatore, Pio Zeppa
Syed Ali
Overview on the Revised Bethesda classification
Esther Diana Rossi,
FNA pitfalls of thyroid cystic lesions
Vivian Weiss/ Sule Canberk
Molecular testing in thyroid pediatric patients: American perpsectives
Molecular testing in thyroid pediatric patients: European perspectives
Coffee break
Fabio Pagni
Proteomisc in Thyroid Cytopathology
Paul Vanderlaan
AUS/FLUS: can we do better?
Claudio Bellevicine
Laboratory-developed molecular tests for thyroid FNAs
Session VI: Lung
Chair: Spasenija Savic Prince, Sabine Merkelbach-Bruse
Silvia Novello
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: the paradigm of precision oncology
Rocco Trisolini
Management of Cytopathological samples: perspective from Interventional Pneumologist
Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri
The evolution of Molecular Pathology In NSCLC
Maria D Lozano
Immunotherapy and lung cytology
Caterina De Luca
A room for single gene test in NSCLC: Integration of full closed RT – PCR approach in NGS workflow
Paul Hofman
How to implement Liquid Biopsy in Europe
GENERAL INFO
Meeting “in presence”:
Venue: Congress Centre “Federico II” Via Partenope, 36 – Naples, ITALY
Meeting “on-line”:
Virtual meeting on Zoom platform.
It is strongly recommended to download and install zoom in advance. The installer is available at https://zoom.us/download.
Registered participants to attend the virtual meeting will receive an e-mail containing Zoom link and password.
Official language:
English – NO simultaneous translation
Recording:
The full meeting will be recorded and made available for later viewing for six months after the end of the meeting, only to attendees.
ECM credits:
The event will grant 14 ECM credits only for those attending “in presence”.
Registration:
Meeting fee: IN PRESENCE* € 120,00 (VAT included)
Meeting fee: ON-LINE** € 60,00 (VAT included)
Meeting fee reduced for residents (ON-LINE only): **
(proof of residency required) € 30,00 (VAT included)
* Registration fee includes: access to the scientific sessions, conference bag, buffet lunches and refreshments (where envisaged), certificate of attendance, ECM certificate (Italian participants – in case of credits achievement).
**Registration fee includes: meeting on line, certificate of attendance. No ECM credits for the on-line meeting.
Your registration will be confirmed on receipt of the full payment.
Payment should be made on line by credit card (VISA, Mastercard/Eurocard, American Express) or bank transfer.
Dead line: 4th December 2021 (at 00:00 CET time)
Cancellation policy:
Cancellations should be received in writing to the Organizing Secretariat.
Cancellations received before 30th October 2021 (at 00:00 CET time) – full refund less 10% to cover administration costs.
No refund for cancellation received after 30th October 2021 (at 00:00 CET time) or no show.
Refunds, net of any bank charges, will be processed after the end of the Meeting.
In the unlikely case that the Congress cannot be held in whole or in part due to any event beyond the Organisers’ control or force majeure (such as riot, fire, explosion, accident, flood, earthquake, sabotage, strikes, acts of law or regulation by Italian or foreign Authorities, epidemic outbreak, sanitary emergency, etc) the Congress Organisers cannot be held liable for any damage, cost, or loss incurred, such as registration fee, transportation and accommodation costs, or any other direct or indirect loss or consequential damage.
Dead line: 4th December 2021 (at 00:00 CET time)
FACULTY
Syed Z. Ali
MD, FRCPath, FIAC
Baltimore, MD – USA
Professor of Pathology and Radiology
Director of Cytopathology
The Johns Hopkins Hospital -Baltimore, MD
Massimo C.P. Barberis
MD
Milano, Italy
Director
Clinical Unit of Histopathology and Molecular Diagnostics
European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milano
Claudio Bellevicine
MD, PhD
Naples – Italy
Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology,
Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Christine Bergeron
MD, PhD
France
President of the French Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Vaginal Pathology (SFCPCV)
Past President of the European Federation of Colposcopy (EFC)
Past President of the French Society of Clinical Cytology (SFCC)
Massimo Bongiovanni
MD, MIAC
Lausanne, Switzerland
Pathologist and Cytopathologist
Director of Cytopathology at Synlab Pathology
Lukas Bubendorf
MD, Surgical Pathologist and Cytopathologist
Basel – Switzerland
Head of Cytopathology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel
Guido Fadda
MD, PHD
Messina – ITALY
Full Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Histology and Cytology (since 2020) at the University of Messina
William C. Faquin
MD, PhD
Boston, Massachusetts – USA
Professor of Pathology
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Director of Head and Neck Pathology
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Andrew Henry Fischer
MD, PhD
Worcester, MA – USA
Professor of Pathology
Professor of Radiology
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Paul Hofman
MD, PhD
Nice – France
Professor of Pathology, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology
Côte d’Azur University, Nice
Maria D. Lozano
MD, PhD, MIAC
Pamplona – Spain
Professor of Pathology, Director Department Of Pathology
Clinica University of Navarra
Umberto Malapelle
PhD
Naples – Italy
Chief Supervisor of Predictive Molecular Pathology Lab, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Zahra Maleki
MD, FCAP, MIAC
Baltimore, MD – USA
Associate Professor of Pathology – Department of Pathology, Division of Cytopathology Johns Hopkins Hospital
Giovanni Negri
MD, PhD, MIAC
Bolzano – Italy
Pathology Unit Central Hospital Bolzano
Liron Pantanowitz
MD MHA
Ann Arbor, MI – USA
Director of Anatomic Pathology
Professor of Pathology – Department of Pathology & Clinical Labs University of Michigan
Esther D. Rossi
MD, PhD
Rome, Italy
Aggregate professor of Anatomic Pathology
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli. IRCCS
Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri
MD, PhD
Houston ,Texas – USA
Associate Professor Department of Pathology, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Spasenija Savic Prince
MD – Pathology (FMH) Cytopathology
Basel – Switzerland
Senior pathologist, Institute for Medical Genetics and Pathology University Hospital Basel
Fernando C. Schmitt
MD, PhD, FIAC
Porto – Portugal
Professor of Pathology at Medical Faculty of Porto University
Coordinator of RISE – Health Research Network
Head Molecular Pathology Unit, IPATIMUP
Member of Standing Committee WHO Cytopathology Reporting Systems
General Secretary of the International Academy of Pathology
Giancarlo Troncone
MD, PhD
Naples – Italy
Full Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Philippe Vielh
MD, PhD, FIAC
Paris – France
Medipath and American Hospital of Paris
Elena Vigliar
MD, PhD
Naples – Italy
Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II
Danijela Vrdoljak-Mozetič
MD, PhD, MIAC
Rijeka – Croatia
EFCS Secretary General
President of Croatian Society for Clinical Cytology (Croatian Medical Association)
Department of Pathology and Cytology, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka
Dead line: 4th December 2021 (at 00:00 CET time)
