12 pm 1 event
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Path Grand Rounds
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
ASGE 2015 guidelines on the use of GI endoscopy in evaluation and surveillance of GI lesions
Camtu Truong, MD, Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Washington
Location: UWMC, NE110 Conference Room
Summary: The Standards of Practice Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has released 2015 guidelines on the use of GI endoscopy in common clinical situations. It is important that pathologists be familiar with the current practice standards/recommendations on evaluation and surveillance of GI lesions.
4 pm 1 event
Nick Crispe, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Washington
Location: Health Sciences Building, Room T-739
Summary: Liver inflammation is a complicated event in which an initiating cause, such as autoimmunity or a virus infection, causes cellular injury, and the injury itself may be amplified by innate immune responses to endogenous DAMPS (Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns).