Pathology faculty and residents present at USCAP annual meeting

From left, Jawaria Rahman, M.D., pathology resident; Scott Doyle, Ph.D., Rahman's mentor and associate professor of pathology at the University at Buffalo; Margaret Brandwein-Weber, M.D., Rahman's mentor and pathology chair at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Guillermo A. Herrera, M.D., chair of pathology at the Whiddon COM; and Elba Turbat-Herrera, M.D., professor of pathology at the Whiddon COM, convene in front of Rahman's poster at the USCAP annual meeting.

Guillermo Herrera, M.D., professor and chair of pathology at the Whiddon College of Medicine, recently presented to an international audience at the 113th annual meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) in Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting was attended by more than 5,500 attendees.

His lecture was titled “Fibril-forming Organelles in Mesangial Cells in the Kidney: The Machinery that Produces Fibrils in Amyloidosis.” The presentation highlighted a new finding in renal biopsies and summarized Herrera's research dealing with the pathogenesis of AL-amyloidogenesis. AL amyloidosis is the abnormal accumulation of light chain proteins in the body. This amyloid buildup in organs such as the heart, kidneys or liver can cause them not to function properly.

Other pathology faculty members on the research team included Elba Turbat-Herrera, M.D.; Jiamin Teng, M.D.; and Luis del Pozo-Yauner, M.D., Ph.D. The presentation was attended by numerous renal pathologists, nephrologists and trainees. 

Other presentations at the USCAP meeting included three posters from Whiddon College of Medicine faculty and residents: 

• “Increased SMAD4 Genomic Alterations and Downregulated Protein Expression Driving Aggressiveness among Young Colorectal Cancer Patients”
  Authors from USA: Lingling Xian, M.D., Ph.D., pathology resident; Wei Xin, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology
• “Higher Incidence of SMAD4 Genomic Alterations in Young Colorectal Adenocarcinoma Patients with KRAS Mutation and Implications of Aggressive Phenotype”
  Authors from USA: Lingling Xian, M.D., Ph.D., pathology resident; Wei Xin, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology
• “Creating and Validating an AI Pipeline to Recognize Tall Cell Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma”
  Author from USA: Jawaria Rahman, M.D., pathology resident 

The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology is dedicated to creating a better pathologist. It accomplishes this through its mission to provide the ultimate in continuing medical education and translational research to improve practices and patient outcomes globally. Learn more about USCAP.