CytopathPod

Welcome to the ASC 69th Annual Scientific Meeting Podcast Episode 1

Zubair Baloch, MD, Program Chair

Dr. Baloch interviewed Dr. Eva Wojcik the winner of the 2021 Papanicolaou Award.

Cytologic Findings in Effusions from Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Speaker - Aastha Chauhan, MD
Presented by the eJournal Committee

An Update on the Smart Phone Applications in Cytopathology

Presenter: Mohiedean Ghofrani, MD, MBA

 

Click here to view the webinar on our ASC YouTube channel.

 

Dr. Ghofrani PowerPoint presentation.

 

 

 

 

 

How to Submit a Case Study.

Moderators - Pamela Gibson, MD, Jinous Saremian, MD, and Poonam Vohra, MD Presented by the Case Study Committee

Click on the following link for more details and to submit a Case Study. https://cytopathology.org/page/CaseStudies 

Click here to watch the recorded webinar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXjPRUc38aQ 

Selling the C.E.L.L. a Redesign Geared Towards the Emergence of Cytotechnologists

Presenter: Sean McNair, MPH, CT(ASCP)

Presented by the Cytology Education Learning Lab (C.E.L.L) Subcommittee of the Cytotechnology Program Review Committee

To watch on YouTube click here.

Let's chat about the Newest Guidelines for ASCCP & ACS

Speakers: Michele Smith MS SCT(ASCP) & Diane Davis Davey, MD

 

ASCCP Screening Guidelines: https://www.asccp.org/screening-guidelines

ASCCP Mobile App: https://www.asccp.org/mobile-app

ACS Cervical Cancer Updates: https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/acs-updates-cervical-cancer-screening-guidelines-to-start-screening-at-age-25.html

 

HPV Primary Platforms:

Roche cobas HPV: https://diagnostics.roche.com/us/en/products/params/cobas-hpv.html

BD Onclarity HPV: https://www.bd.com/en-us/offerings/capabilities/cervical-cancer-screening/onclarity-hpv-assay

 

Co-Testing:

Hologic Cotesting: https://www.hologic.com/about/hologic-highlights/screening-cervical-cancer-pap-and-hpv-testing-combined

Hologic Aptima: https://www.hologic.com/hologic-products/diagnostic-solutions/aptimathinprep-cervical-health

Hologic Cervista: https://www.hologic.com/package-inserts/diagnostic-products/cervista-hpv-hr-assay

BD SurePath: https://www.bd.com/en-us/offerings/capabilities/cervical-cancer-screening/cervical-sample-collection/surepath-liquid-based-pap-test

Articles attached:

Primary HPV Screen Only? Experts warn of risks. Ann Paxon from Cap Today

Cytopathology in focus: Abnormal Cervical Screening Tests: a personal approach. Barb Crothers and Diane Davey from Cap Today

Moving forward the 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines for Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors and beyond: implications and suggestions for laboratories from JASC (2020) 9, 291-303.

Cytotechnology Programs Review Committee - Who are we & what do we do?

Amber D. Donnelly, PhD, MPH, SCT(ASCP), Chair, CRPC

 

Are you a member of the ASC? If not check, out the member benefits and consider joining, https://cytopathology.org/page/Member​​​... #cytopath​​​ #cyto

ASC Book Review: Cytology: Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates. 5th Edition.

Cytology: Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates. 5th Edition.
Interviewer: Leigh Ann Cahill BS, CT(ASCP)CMIAC, Editor, The ASC Bulletin
Author: Edmund S. Cibas, MD

This episode features a sneak peak in the book Cytology: Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates. 5th Edition. 

Cytology: Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates. 5th Edition.
Edmund S. Cibas
Barbara S. Ducatman
ISBN 978-0-323-63636-0
2021 Elsevier Inc.
575 pages

JASC Urine Cytology Special Edition

JASC Urine Cytology Special Edition
Interviewer: Güliz A. Barkan, MD
Panelists: Eva M. Wojcik, MD and Dorothy L. Rosenthal, MD

This episode features Drs. Wojcik and Rosenthal highlighting the special edition of the Journal of American Society of Cytopathology on Urine Cytology.  Drs. Wojcik and Rosenthal also gives the listeners insight on what is new in the 2^nd edition of The Paris System for Urinary Cytology.

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-the-american-society-of-cytopathology/vol/10/issue/1

Meet the Winners of the 2020 ASC Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract Awards

Presented by the Research and Current Concepts Committee
Uma Krishnamurti, MD, PhD, Chair Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, MD, PhD, Vice Chair

Each Series in this 3 Part Series will introduce you to the 2020 award winners. Each interviewer are from the ASC Research and Current Concepts Committee.

Part 1: Interviewers: Michiya Nishino, MD, PhD and He Wang, MD, PhD

Bernard Naylor Excellence in Cytomorphology Award - Paper - Peritheliomatous Pattern: A Diagnostic Clue for Diagnosing Metastatic Melanoma in Cytology – First Author: Swikrity Upadhyay Baskota, MBBS, MD

Cytotechnologist Scientific Presentation Award – Poster 15 – Prevalence of Tumors in Pleural, Pericardial and Peritoneal Serous Effusions: A Five-Year Institutional Study – First Author: Donna Russell, Med, CT(ASCP)HT

Part 2: Interviewer: James McNulty, MS, CT(ASCP)

Warren R. Lang, MD Resident Physician Award – Poster 50 – Anal Cytology and Concurrent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – positive and HIV – negative Men – First Author: Robert Post, DO

Innovative Cytotechnologist Practice Award – Poster 02 – Training in Cytopathology in Times of Social Distancing: A Comparison of Remote vs. Traditional Learning – First Author: Melissa McCrosson, CT(ASCP)cm1

Part 3: Interviewers: Diana Lin, MD and Dianna Ng, MD

Advances in Thyroid Cytology Award – Platform 9 – Immune Profiling of Thyroid Lesions and its Application to Malignancy Prediction – First Author: George Xu, BA

Quality Improvement in Cytology Award – Poster 107 - Quality Data Abstraction Utilizing Bethesda Pap Test reporting: Key Implementation Science indicators for National Gynecologic Cytology Benchmarks – First Author: Amy Spiczka, MS SCT, MB, HTL (ASCP)1

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Dr. Xin He was not available for this recording. He is the winner of the Geno Saccomanno, MD New Frontiers in Cytology Award – Poster 72 - Comparison of Molecular Testing Performed by Liquid Biopsy and Cytology Specimens in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer – First Author: Xin He, MD