USCAP 2026 Diagnostic Pathology Update

Original release date: August 20, 2026
This program convenes distinguished faculty to deliver cutting-edge insights across various pathology subspecialties, emphasizing pragmatic approaches for daily practice.
Target Audience
Practicing academic and community pathologists, and pathologists-in-training

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, learners will be able to:

Update diagnostic criteria for particular lesions occurring at various body sites
Understand classification updates based on new information from the molecular and genomic worlds
Adapt new information to practice changes that improve and optimize patient care and outcomes

+ Topics:

Pleural Mesothelioma – Is It Always Straightforward? – Cesar Moran, MD

Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Grading: 2026 Update – Jesse McKenney, MD

Biomarker Driven Breast Cancer Decisions: What a Pathologist Needs to Know – Kimberly Allison, MD

Mediastinal Mass – The Challenges in Interpretation (ARS) – Cesar Moran, MD

Low-risk Oncocytic Renal Neoplasia (ARS) – Jesse McKenney, MD

A Practical Approach to Uterine Smooth Muscle Tumors: How to Tell the Difference Between a Horse, a Zebra and a Zeedonk – Marisa Nucci, MD

WHO Wants to Know the Latest? Tumours of the Breast 6th Edition Updates – Kimberly Allison, MD

Papillary Proliferations and Pitfalls: Test Yourself! (ARS) – Kimberly Allison, MD

Thymoma – The Yesterday of Today – Cesar Moran, MD

Intraductal Proliferations of the Breast: How’s Your Diagnostic Agreement? (ARS) – Kimberly Allison, MD

Flat Urothelial Lesions with Atypia: Difficult for Everyone! – Jesse McKenney, MD

Melanocytomas, Spitz Tumors and More – Steven D. Billings, MD

Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis: Classification with Emphasis on Morphology – Jesse McKenney, MD

From Biopsy to Resection: The Surprises (ARS) – Cesar Moran, MD

Renal Neoplasms with Papillary Architecture (ARS) – Jesse McKenney, MD

Histotyping of Endometrial Carcinoma: Is Morphology and Immunohistochemistry Sufficient? (ARS) – Marisa Nucci, MD

Challenging Uncommon Primary Tumors of the Lung – Cesar Moran, MD

Skeleton Key: Introduction to Bone Tumors – Meera Hameed, MD

Breast Cancer Risk Lesions and Precursors: Current Concepts and Conundrums – Kimberly Allison, MD

Of Plagues and Potions: Updates in GI Tract Drug Injury and Infectious Diseases – Maria Westerhoff, MD

30 Minutes of Diagnostically Challenging Adnexal Tumors (ARS) – Steven D. Billings, MD

Old Bones, New Tricks: Bone Tumor Pathology in Molecular Era – Meera Hameed, MD

Labyrinth in Prague: A Maze of Systemic Disease Cases Involving the Tubular GI Tract (ARS) – Maria Westerhoff, MD

Challenges in Head and Neck Squamous Lesions: Beyond bread and butter – Lisa Rooper, MD

Giant Cell Rich Lesions of Bone and Soft Tissue (ARS) – Meera Hameed, MD

Soft Tissue Tumors as Primaries in Bone: Pearls and Pitfalls – Meera Hameed, MD

Epithelioid Soft Tissue Tumors: Diagnostic Challenges (ARS) – Meera Hameed, MD

Updates in Salivary Gland Pathology: How to make a drool-worthy diagnosis – Lisa Rooper, MD

Vexing Vascular Tumors – Steven D. Billings, MD

Critical Issues in Thyroid Pathology: Diagnoses that can’t be missed (ARS) – Lisa Rooper, MD

A Pragmatic Approach to Diagnosing Medical Liver Biopsies, No Longer a “Kafka-Esque Experience” – Maria Westerhoff, MD

“Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?” Distinguishing HCC From Other Tumors While in Bohemia – Maria Westerhoff, MD

Keeping Your Nose Clean in Sinonasal Pathology – Lisa Rooper, MD

IPNB? ICPN? Alphabet Soup from Baba Yaga’s Cauldron-Select Biliary and Gallbladder Neoplastic Cases (ARS) – Maria Westerhoff, MD

A Practical Approach to Head and Neck Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (ARS) – Lisa Rooper, MD

A Sneak Peek into What’s New in the Upcoming 6th Edition of the WHO Classification of Female Genital Tract Tumours – Marisa Nucci, MD