The Wayne State University School of Medicine's Department of Pathology presents its fifth annual full-day post-graduate course on "Contemporary Issues in Diagnostic Pathology" on Oct. 3.

The program, which will take place at the Ritz-Carlton in Dearborn, has been designed for pathologists, clinicians, pathology residents and fellows, said Rouba Ali-Fehmi, M.D., associate professor of the Department of Pathology.

"This one-of-a-kind continuing medical education activity features nationally and internationally recognized medical professional guest speakers who will provide an understanding of problematic and current issues in gastrointestinal tumor pathology with emphasis on molecular, morphologic diagnostic features and clinicopathologic correlation," said Dr. Ali-Fehmi, course director. "Our previous courses had attendance from medical professionals around the United States and Canada, and have been reviewed as a most outstanding one-day intensive course in medical pathology."

Speakers will include Mary P. Bronner, M.D., associate professor of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology, and section head of Morphologic Molecular Pathology for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Jining Feng, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology for Wayne State University, the Detroit Medical Center and the Karmanos Cancer Center; David Lucas, M.D., professor and director of Immunohistochemistry Surgical Pathology and Soft Tissue Tumor Pathology for the University of Michigan; Hala R. Makhlouf, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Pathology, the Division of Hepatic Pathology, and the Department of Hepatic and Gastrointestinal Pathology for the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology; Robert Daniel Odze, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., associate professor and chief of Gastrointestinal Pathology Service at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Robert Petras, M.D., F.C.A.P., F.C.A.G., national director of Gastrointestinal Pathology Services and director of the Ameripath Institute of Gastrointestinal Pathology and Digestive Disease; Faisal Qureshi, M.D., associate professor of Surgical Pathology and Perinatal Pathology for Wayne State University, the Detroit Medical Center and the Karmanos Cancer Center; and Richard J. Zarbo, M.D., D.M.D., senior vice president, and Kathleen D. Ward, chairwoman of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for the Henry Ford Health System.

Topics include "Barrett's Esophagus and Neoplasia: Pathologists' Dilemma, Physicians' Nightmare," "Diagnostic Pathology and Molecular Genetics of Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Practical Guide for the Practicing Pathologist," "Working LEAN in Surgical Pathology," "Microsatellite Instability and Serrated Polyps in Common Practice," "Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Contemporary Issues in Diagnostic Pathology" and "Chronic Hepatitis: A Practical Approach to Biopsy Interpretation, Grading and Staging."

For more information and to register, visit http://www.wsupathology.org or contact Lydia Cuper at lcuper@dmc.org or (313) 745-2520.