Department of Pathology

Pathology Forum Highlights

Hong Kong Pathology Forum 2021

Hong Kong Pathology Forum 2021 Topics

Date: January 30, 2021 (Saturday) by Zoom

09:00	Opening *Dr Tony Pat-Sing Ko* Chief Executive, Hospital Authority
09:10	Symposium I: Liver *Hou Pao-Chang Medical Memorial Fund Lecture* Well differentiated hepatocellular tumors - a WHO classification update *Professor Michael Torbenson* Mayo Clinic, USA Understanding the complexity and heterogeneity of hepatocellular carcinoma *Professor Irene Oi-Lin Ng* Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong Global epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma *Professor Richard Man-Fung Yuen* Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
10:50	Tea Break
11:10	State-of-the-Art Lectures An update on intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma iCCA and combined HCC-CC *Professor Michael Torbenson* Mayo Clinic, USA Personalized oncology requires personalized diagnostics – challenges and opportunities for pathologists *Dr Cheng-Han Lee* Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada
12:10	Lunch Break
12:50	Symposium II: Molecular and Genetics & Genomics *James Gibson Lecture* Uterine sarcoma, evolving molecular complexity and therapeutic opportunities *Dr Cheng-Han Lee* Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Canada Genomic analysis coupled with cancer organoid culture technology - building of next generation cancer cell models for therapeutic development *Professor Suet-Yi Leung* Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong A genomic approach to rare disorders *Dr Ivan Fai-Man Lo* Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR Government
14:30	Tea Break
14:50	Symposium III: Artificial Intelligence and Computational Pathology Digital image analysis and applications in pathology *Dr Rex Kwok-Him Au-Yeung* Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong Deep Learning for computational pathology *Dr Hao Chen* Imsight Medical Technology Co. Ltd. Debate “Can AI replace pathologists?” *Dr Kam-Cheong Lee* Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital *Dr King-Chung Lee* Pathology Department, St. Paul’s Hospital
16:05	Closing

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MLT: Code 04201071 (6 points)

Pathologists: 6 points

Community Medicine: 5 points

Physicians: 3 points

Radiologists: 5.5 points

Surgeons: 5.5 points

Non-specialist doctors: 5 points

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Hong Kong Pathology Forum 2019 (7th)

January 25, 2019 (Saturday)

Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Wan Chai, Hong Kong

7th Hong Kong Pathology Forum Topics

Symposium I: Gynaecology

Hou Pao-Chang Medical Memorial Lecture

Endometrial Cancer in the Genomic Era:
Practical Implications for Pathologic Diagnosis and Reporting
Professor Joseph Rabban (Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, USA)

Clear Cell Carcinoma of Female Genital Tract
Professor Annie Cheung (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Gastric-type Glandular Lesions of the Lower Female Genital Tract
Dr Richard Wong (Department of Pathology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong)

Pathology 100th Commemorative Lecture

Pathology Education in Hong Kong: Its Evolution in 100 Years
Professor US Khoo (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

State-of-the-Art Lectures

An Update on Clinically-relevant Molecular Classification of Uterine Sarcomas
Professor Joseph Rabban (Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, USA)

Practical Data Sharing in Clinical Genomics
Dr David Adams (National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Health, USA)

Symposium II: Genetics & Genomics

James Gibson Lecture

The New Age of Clinical Genomics—the Practical and the Promise
Professor David Adams (National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Health, USA)

An Undiagnosed Diseases program in Hong Kong, China
Professor Ching-Wan Lam (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)

Actionable Mutations and Molecular Targets of Non-small Cell Carcinoma of Lung
Professor Ka-fai To (Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Symposium III: Soft Tissue and Bone

Diagnostic Pitfalls in Soft Tissue Tumors
Dr Wah Cheuk (Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong)

Surgeons and Pathologists - Are We Understanding Each Other Correctly?
Dr Ying-lee Lam (Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong)

Radiotherapy and Systemic Therapy for Soft tissue and Bone Tumours
Dr Mai-Yee Luk (Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong)

Hong Kong Pathology Forum 2018 (6th)

February 3, 2018 (Saturday)

Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Topics

Head and Neck

MR SLEEP: Not to be Sneezed at
Dr Lester Thompson (Southern California Permanente Medical Group, USA)

Surgical Salvage of Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma:
Past, Present and Future
Dr Jimmy Yu-Wai Chan (Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong)

Haematolymphoid Neoplasms

The 2016 Revision to the WHO Classification of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Dr Jason Chi-Chiu So (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)

Genomic Classification and Precision Oncology in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Dr Ho-Wan Ip (Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital)

Significance of Genomic Information in the Management of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Professor Anskar Yu-Hung Leung (Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)

Pathology of Sclerosing Cholangitis
Professor Yasuni Nakanuma (Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan )

WHO’s New in Head and Neck Pathology
Dr Lester Thompson (Southern California Permanente Medical Group, USA )

Pancreas

Pathology of IPMN and its Biliary Counterpart
Professor Yasuni Nakanuma (Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan )

Management of Pancreatic Cystic Tumour
Dr Tan-To Cheung (Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong)

Pathology of Neuroendocrine Tumour of the Pancreas
Dr Tony Wai-Hung Shek (Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital )

Hong Kong Pathology Forum 2017 (5th )

10 & 11 February, 2017

Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre

Topics

Liver

Hepatocellular Neoplasms: The Evolving Role of the Histopathologist
Advanced Stage Liver Disease: Histological Aspects of Progression,
Regression and Remodelling
Dr Alberto QUAGLIA (King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom)

Liver Cancer: Beyond Histopathology
Professor Irene Oi-Lin NG (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)

The Updates about Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor in Advanced HCC
Dr Thomas Chung-Cheung YAU (Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)

Trends in Pathology Practice

Recent Advances in Metabolic Screening in Hong Kong - Progress Though Collaboration
Dr Albert Yan-Wo CHAN (Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong)

Genomic Testing in Clinical Haematology
Dr Ho-Wan IP (Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong)

Thyroid

Encapsulated Follicular-patterned Tumors of the Thyoid: Alphabet Soup FA, FC,
FVPTC, NIFTP and UMP. What is in a Name?
Dr John Kwok-Cheung CHAN (Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong)

Recent updates in the Surgical Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Dr Brian Hung-Hin LANG (Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong)

Gastrointestinal Pathology

Updates on the Pathogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Dr Regina Cheuk-Lam LO (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)

Eradication of H. Pylori in Gastric Cancer Prevention
Professor Wai-Keung LEUNG (Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)

Adventures in Barrett Esophagus
Gastric Polyps and Company They Keep
Professor Elizabeth MONTGOMERY (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States)

Germline and Somatic Mutation of RNF43 in the Serrated Neoplasia Pathway
Professor Suet-Yi LEUNG (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)