ACTIVITIES IN 2021

I. The 46th Annual Spring Meeting of the Korean Society of Pathologists and the 74th Meeting of the Korean Division of the International Academy of Pathology

Date: May 13-14, 2021

Location: Virtual congress (www.keymedi.com)

Slogan: Pathology: Eyes Beyond Human Limit

Scientific content

I. Short Course: Pulmonary pathology for general pathologists

i. Diagnostic approach for poorly differentiated carcinoma (Si Hyung Chang, Soonchunhyang University)

ii. Reporting for resection specimen (Ji Yoon Jung, Kyungpook National University)

iii. PD-L1 interpretation for immunotherapy (Sun Hee Jang, Inje University)

iv. IHC and CDx for targeted therapy (Hyo Sup Shim, Yonsei University)

v. Benign tumors, pre-invasive lesions, and cancer-mimickers (Dong Hoon Shin, Pusan National University)

II. Keynote Lectures

A. Emerging role of deep transfer learning in digital pathology (Yoo Chae Jung, KAIST)

B. QuPath: making computation pathology accessible to all with open software (Peter Bankhead, University of Edinburgh)

C. Uterine mesenchymal tumors that mimic leiomyomas (Joseph Rabban, University of

California, San Francisco)

III. Symposiums

A. KSP-KIGTE Joint Education Symposium

i. The quality evaluation system and basic guidelines (Wanseop Kim, Konkuk University)

ii. Laboratory general (Hye Seung Lee, Seoul National University)

iii. Molecular genetics (Jae Kyung Won, Seoul National University)

iv. NGS (Jeongmo Bae, Seoul National University)

v. Cytogenetics (Taejung Kim, Catholic University)

B. Symposium: My interesting case: brief report and review

i. Invasive stratified mucin-producing carcinoma: a distinct entity of HPV-associated endocervical adenocarcinoma (Eunhyang Park, Yonsei University)

ii. A case of segmental membranous nephropathy (Minsun Jung, Yonsei University)

iii. Leukemic infiltration of AML in an HCC survivor: diagnosed by autopsy (Moon Young Kim, Sungkyunkwan University)

iv. An interesting case: sarcoma with BCOR genetic alterations (Binnari Kim, Ulsan University)

v. Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney diseases: an autopsy of a 2-day-old neonate (Soojin Park, Sungkyunkwan University)

C. Symposium: The current status of digital pathology and its future

i. Panel 1: Samsung Medical Center

ii. Panel 2: Seoul National University Hospital

iii. Panel 3: Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital

iv. Panel 4: Severance Hospital

v. Panel 5: Asan Medical Center

D. Symposium: The current status of companion diagnostics and its future

i. An introduction to CDx (Yeoun Eun Sung, Catholic University)

ii. The current status of CDx in Korea (Konkuk Lee, National Cancer Center)

iii. Rules and regulations of CDx (Young Wook Ahn, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)

iv. Pathology tests as CDx? (Jeongmo Bae, Seoul National University)

v. Implementing CDx in Korea (Yuna Choi, Sungkyunkwan University)

II. The 73rd Annual Spring Meeting of the Korean Society of Pathologists and the 75th Meeting of the Korean Division of the International Academy of Pathology

Date: October 27-29, 2021

Location: Virtual congress (www.keymedi.com)

Slogan: Pathology: Eyes Beyond Human Limit

Scientific content

I. Short Courses:

A. New WHO classification of the CNS tumors

i. Introduction to new WHO classification of the CNS tumors (Sung Hye Park, Seoul National University)

ii. New WHO classification of adult glioma (Soojeong Nam, Ulsan University)

iii. New WHO classification of pediatric glioma (Jae Kyung Won, Seoul National University)

iv. Update on meningiomas (Youn Soo Lee, Catholic University)

B. Recent update in dermatopathology

i. Inflammatory dermatosis: diagnostic clues (Cheol Lee, Seoul National University)

ii. Melanocytic lesion of acral skin: acral nevus and melanoma (Yoonjin Kwak, Seoul National University)

iii. Diagnostic challenges on small biopsies of atypical squamous epithelial lesions (So Deok Lim, Konkuk University)

iv. Spitz tumor (Soon Auck Hong, Chung Ang University)

v. Digital pathology in dermatopathology (Kee-Taek Jang, Sungkyunkwan University)

II. Keynote Lectures

A. Grasp your own research based on practice! (Nam Hoon Cho, Yonsei University)

B. A pathology odyssey: female genital tract (Kyu Rae Kim, Ulsan University)

C. A guide to digital pathology implementation – current trends and barriers to adoption (David

McClintock, University of Michigan)

D. A pathology odyssey: lung cancer (Jin Haeng Chung, Seoul National University)

III. Symposia

A. The current status and future of digital pathology

B. Quality assurance education session

IV. Basic Education Session: Biopsy interpretation of breast disease

i. Intraductal proliferative lesions (So Yeon Park, Seoul National University)

ii. Invasive carcinoma and its mimickers (Soo Yeon Cho, Sungkyunkwan University)

iii. Papillary lesions (Jee Yeon Kim, Pusan National University)

iv. Fibroepithelial lesions (Han Suk Ryu, Seoul National University)

v. Oral and poster presentations