Monday, April 11, 2022

Pathology faculty and resident present at USCAP meeting

Sara Avalos, M.D., a fourth-year pathology resident, presents
a poster at the United States and Canadian Academy of
Pathology's annual meeting.
Representatives from the USA Department of Pathology participated in the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology's 111th annual meeting, held in Los Angeles March 19-24.

During the meeting, which convened in-person and online, Guillermo Herrera, M.D., professor and chair of pathology at the USA College of Medicine, lectured on the ultrastructural evaluation of immune-mediated renal injury.

Wei Xin, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology and director of anatomic pathology, presented a poster on the rate of recurrence of colorectal carcinoma. Patients with malignant polyps managed with polypectomy and local excision had a higher rate of late recurrence versus patients whose malignant polyps were managed with segmental colectomy. 

Xin also taught an interactive microscopy course in gastrointestinal pathology. In the session he discussed duodenitis, an intestinal condition caused by inflammation of the duodenum lining.

Carlos Galliani, M.D., professor of pathology and director of pediatric pathology, and others presented a study of inflammatory bowel disease in ethnic groups and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Sara Avalos, M.D., a fourth-year pathology resident, gave a poster presentation on p53 aggregation in breast cancer with conformation-sensitive antibodies. Supporting authors from USA who participated in the research include Cade Smelley, a first-year medical student; Yusef Ozcelik, M.D., a second-year pathology resident; Veronica Ramirez-Alcantra, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher at the Mitchell Cancer Institute; Pamela Moore Campbell, pathology assistant; Eric Wei, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology; Guillermo Herrera, M.D.; Elba Turbat-Herrera, M.D., professor of pathology; and Luis del Pozo-Yauner, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology.