Dermatopathology Update
- Continuing Education
Explore the many areas of dermatopathology, including topics of special sites.
- Live Online
This course is taught online in real time.
$550
This is the standard price, for a full list of profession pricing see below.
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Continuing Education Credits
Earn up to:
20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
20.00 ANCC contact hours
20.00 NCCPA contact hours
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Overview
This course presents a broad overview of many areas of dermatopathology, including topics of special sites. It is led by Harvard Medical School faculty as well as selected guests with known expertise. With many gaps in patient satisfaction and several unique challenges to physicians in the field of dermatopathology, this course is designed to update both academic and practicing physicians with new advances in cutaneous tumors, including melanocytic tumors, adnexal tumors, cutaneous soft tissue tumors, as well as inflammatory dermatoses. This year we will be discussing topics based on "Challenges for the Current and Future Practice of Dermatopathology.” This program aims to provide aids in diagnosis based on conventional morphologic analysis as well as updates on new techniques, such as immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology. This course features conventional didactic lectures with discussion periods. One half-day of the program will be focused on a case-based session with select faculty. Digital slides and questions pertaining to the cases will be available for early viewing and review. There is an online hand-out that will reinforce what has been learned from the lectures/presentations. Neither the handout nor online posting is certified for credit. They are supplements to the live program only.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss new criteria for pathologic diagnoses, including molecular diagnostic
- Integrate modern staging systems for tumors into clinical practice.
- Evaluate and distinguish cutaneous neoplasms including melanocytic, squamous, and lymphoid from mimics.
- Apply clinical pathologic correlation in evaluating inflammatory dermatoses.
- Understand the current challenges facing practicing dermatopathologists.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Welcome and Introductions
8:00-8:10 am
Challenges in Dermatopathology; An Overview
George F. Murphy
8:10-8:40 am
Break
8:40-8:50 am
Update in the Classification and Terminology of Melanocytic Tumors
Lyn Duncan
8:50-9:20 am
Break
9:20-9:30 am
Work-up of Melanocytic Lesions: From Routine to Challenging
Christine G. Lian
9:30-10:25 am
Break
10:25-10:45 am
Pediatric Dermatopathology: Common and Not So Common Cases
BIRGITTA SCHMIDT
10:45-11:15 am
Break
11:15-11:25 am
A Practical Approach to Evaluating Neoadjuvant Skin Excisions
Ruth Foreman
11:25 am-12:20 pm
Break
12:20-1:20 pm
Melanocytic Mimics of Melanoma: Diagnoses Not To Miss
John Hanna
1:20-1:50 pm
Break
1:50-2:00 pm
Histopathology of Alopecia Made Easy
Lynne Goldberg
2:00-2:55 pm
Break
2:55-3:15 pm
Interesting Case Discussion
Lyn Duncan; Mai Hoang; George F. Murphy; Ashley Ward; Lynne Goldberg; Steven Tahan; Ruth Foreman
3:15-5:15 pm
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Welcome
8:30-8:35 am
Challenges in Inflammatory Skin Diseases
George F. Murphy
8:35-9:35 am
Break
9:35-9:55 am
Updates in Cutaneous Vasculitis
Rosalynn Nazarian
9:55-10:50 am
Break
10:50-11:05 am
Challenges of the Small Skin Biopsy
Julie Reimann
11:05 am-12:00 pm
Break
12:00-1:00 pm
Lessons Learned from Medical Liability: Applications to Daily Practice
Steven Tahan
1:00-1:55 pm
Break
1:55-2:05 pm
Digital Pathology Transition: Lessons Learned and Future directions
Dimitra Pouli
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:20 pm
Quality and Safety Challenges in an Academic Laboratory Setting
Mia DeSimone
3:20-4:15 pm
Break
4:15-4:25 pm
Immunohistochemistry for Dermatopathologists
Ashley Ward
4:25-5:20 pm
Friday, September 26, 2025
Welcome
8:30-8:35 am
Cutaneous Adnexal Tumors: A Case-based Approach
Mai Hoang
8:35-9:30 am
Break
9:30-9:40 am
Update on Cutaneous Adnexal Tumors
Eleanor Russell-Goldman
9:40-10:35 am
Break
10:35-10:50 am
Challenges in Diagnosis, Nomenclature, and Nosology of Soft Tissue Tumors of the Skin
Ivan Chebib
10:50-11:45 am
Break
11:45 am-12:45 pm
Emerging Entities in Cutaneous Soft Tissue Pathology
David Papke
12:45-1:40 pm
Break
1:40-1:50 pm
Laboratory Billing and Reimbursements: New Challenges in the Post-COVID Era
Paul VanderLaan
1:50-2:25 pm
Break
2:25-2:40 pm
Intersection of Dermatopathology and Ophthalmologic Pathology
Anna Stagner
2:40-3:35 pm
Break
3:35-3:50 pm
Panniculitis: Pearls and Pitfalls
Josh Goldsmith
3:50-4:25 pm
Closing Remarks
4:25-4:30 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Lyn Duncan, MD
Course Director
- Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
- Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ruth Foreman, MD, PhD
Course Director
- Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
- Assistant Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Mai Hoang, MD
Course Director
- Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
- Director of Dermatopathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
George F. Murphy, MD
Course Director
- Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
- Program Director of Harvard Mass-General Brigham Dermatopathology Fellowship
- Director of Dermatopathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Co-director, Harvard Stem Cell Institute Skin Program Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Steven Tahan, MD
Course Director
- Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
- Director of Dermatopathology Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Director of Dermatopathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ashley Ward, MD
Course Director
- Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School
- Director of Immunohistochemistry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Staff Dermatopathologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Alvaro Laga Canales, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Dermatopathologist and Infectious Disease Pathology Consultant, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Director, Massachusetts General Brigham Dermatopathology Fellowship Training Program
Ivan Chebib, MD
Director of Cytopathology Laboratory and Fine Needle Aspiration Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Mia S. DeSimone, MD, MPH
Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director of Quality & Safety in Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Lynne Goldberg, MD
Professor Emeritus of Dermatology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
Dermatopathologist, DermDx New England, Sonic Healthcare USA
Josh Goldsmith, DO
Staff Pathologist and Instructor in Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
John Hanna, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Christine G. Lian, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Rosalynn Nazarian, MD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dermatopathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Papke, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dimitra Pouli, MD, PhD, EMBA
Director of Anatomic Pathology Informatics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Dermatopathology Service Attending, Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant in Dermatopathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Julie Reimann, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Eleanor Russell-Goldman, MD, PhD
Associate Pathologist, Dermatopathology
Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Birgitta Schmidt, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Director of Dermatopathology, Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital
Anna Stagner, MD
Frederick A. Jakobiec, Director, Cogan Laboratory of Ophthalmic Pathology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Dermatopathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Paul VanderLaan, MD, PhD
Director of Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, and Thoracic Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
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Course Fees
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You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Prices include CME credit, electronic syllabus and access to recordings for 30 days after the course.
At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
All sessions will be taking place virtually. After registering and completing your payment, you will receive a confirmation e-mail and further details on how to virtually join the course will be provided within 1 week of the course start date.
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Early Registration Deadline:
| Role | Standard Price | Early Registration Price |
|---|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $550.00 | $495.00 |
| Nurse (RN/APRN) | $550.00 | $495.00 |
| PA | $550.00 | $495.00 |
| Psychologist | $550.00 | $495.00 |
| Resident/Fellow | $400.00 | $360.00 |
| Social Worker | $400.00 | $360.00 |
| Allied Health Professional / Other | $550.00 | $495.00 |
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For the purpose of recertification, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the European Union of Medical Specialties website.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.