PSC Annual Business Meeting 2014

Welcome

Zubair Baloch MD

President Reports

PSC involvement in various committees.Cytotechnology Education and

Technology Consortium (ASC, ASCP, CAP, ASCT, IAC) – PSC represented by David Chhieng

ASC & PSC Utilization of Molecular Tests in Cytology Specimens Task Force – lead by Michael Roh, MD & Amy Clayton, MD

ASC & PSC representation at the Fellowship Directors Ad Hoc Committee – Association of Pathology Chairs

President Reports

PSC Sponsored Companion Session with ASC (Eva Wojcik) Slide seminar at ASCP 2014 - Surprises and Conundrums During the Daily Practice of Cytopathology ": A Slide Seminar (accepted)

Standards of Practice Guidelines Committee

Zubair Baloch, M.D. (Chair)Lester J. Layfield, MDJohn S. Abele, M.D.Miguel A. Sanchez, M.D.Rana Hoda, MDMartha Bishop Pitman, MDMaureen Zarkowski, M.D.

Treasurer’s Report

Britt-Marie Ljung MD

Income Sheet

INCOME Donation from Dr. Tao $1000 Donation from Dr. Oertel

$1,000 Donation from Dr. Abati$1,000 Donation from Abbott $1,000 Donation from Dr. Suba$1,045 Membership dues

$24,520

Total Income $30,565

EXPENSES Wiley $17539.55 2013 PSC Board luncheon $651.90 2013 P,SC AV equipment $658.60 2013 PSC cocktail reception

$5808.05 Resident research award $750 Tao Award $1000 Oertel Award $1000 Lifetime Achievement Award $1000

Visual Flair Design (website) $840 FOCUS newsletter fees $1284 Cytopathology Foundation $1500 PSC Cervical Cancer Delphi $1045 Others $632.68

Total Expenses $33,307.10Net Income: $(3,374.78)

Balance SheetCash Balance (as of 12/31/12) $20,437.30

2012 Incomes $30,565.00

2012 Expenses $33,307.10

2012 Net Incomes $(3,374.78)

Liabilities None

End of year balance (12/31/13)$17,062.52

Secretary’s Report

David Chhieng MD

Election of officers

2 Vacant position for 2014-20151 Secretary1 Member at

large

Nominating Committee Lester J. Layfield, M.D.

(chair) Andrea Abati, M.D Kim R. Geisinger, M.D Anjali Saqi, M.D. Ricardo Lastra, M.D.

The Nominating Committee received and placed in nomination three names

for secretary and four names for member at large. Following discussions with the nominees, only one candidate

remained for each position.

Election of officers

63 (~one third of all voting members) votes were received

Each candidate received >95% of votes approval

The results are: Secretary

Momin Siddiqui Members-at-large

Claire Michael

Candidates standing for election Secretary:

Mommin Siddiqui

Board member at large: Claire Michael

Executive Board 2014-2015

PresidentZubair Baloch

President-ElectTarik Elsheikh

TreasurerBritt-Marie Ljung

SecretaryMomin Siddiqui

Past PresidentLester Layfield

Members-at-large

Bill Faquin

Phillipe Viel

Matthew Zarka

Fernando Schmitt

Beatrix Cochand-Priollet

Laura Tabatabai

Claire Michael

Membership Committee

Momin T. Siddiqui M.D. (Chair)Angelique W. Levi M.D.Tamar Giorgadze M.D.Esther D. Rossi M.D.Beatrix Cochand-Priollet M.D.Michael Yang M.D.

Membership 2013

Total Members 2013 - 160 Members

USA (130), Canada (8), Australia (5), Puerto Rico (3), Belgium (2), Italy (2), China (1), France (1), Finland (1), India (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Portugal (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1)

Membership 2012 – 204 Members

Membership 2011 – 135 Members

Membership 2010 – 256 Members

Membership 2009 – 235 Members

Membership Committee Charges 1. Flyer distributed at the

IAC, ASC, ASCP and

CAP 2013 Meetings

2. Email list compilation

3. Communication with membership regarding PSC initiatives and announcements

4. Membership updates for renewal of membership

5. Journal subscription

Award Committee

Lester J. Layfield, M.D. (Chair) Oscar Lin, MDMaureen F. Zakowski, M.D.Philippe Vielh, M.D., Ph.D.Fernando Schmitt, MDAndrea Abati, M.D.Dan Kurtycz, M.D.

Paul Wakely, M.D.Yolanda Oertel Interventional Cytopathologist of the Year Award

Hormoz Ehya, M.D.L.C. Tao Educator of the Year Award

Marluce Bibbo, MD PSC Lifetime Achievement Award

Research Committee

Claire W. Michael, M.D. (Chair)Edmund Cibas, M.D.Phillip Bomeisl, D.O.Jennifer Brainard, M.D.Vinod Shidham, M.D., Ph D.Philippe Veilh, M.D.. PhD.Qing Kay Li, M.D.m Ph.D.Paolo Gattoso, M.D.Jay Wasman, MD

Criteria for Inclusion

Abstracts submitted by residents in training as first author

Resident submits an application to committee chair by fax or email verifying the training status

Review Process

Abstracts were rendered anonymous and scored by committee members (total 8 members participated)

Reviewers abstained from scoring their own abstracts

Awards

First Award:[475] A Minimum Volume of 50 mL Is Necessary to

Ensure That a Pleural Effusion Is Benign: A Retrospective Review of 2,536 Cases

Lisa Rooper, Syed Z Ali, Matthew T Olson. The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Awards

Second Award:

[384] Cytomorphologic Correlates with Molecular Analyses in Thyroid Fine Needle Aspirates with Indeterminate Cytology – An Institutional Experience

Stephen J Bloechl, Krigman Hannah, Khalid Amin. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Scientific Program CommitteeMatthew A. Zarka, M.D. (Chair)Zubair Baloch, MDBritt-Marie Ljung, MDRana Hoda, MDSusan D. Rollins, MDEsther Diana Rossi, MD, PhDNicole A. Massoll, MDFulvio Basolo, MDAndre L. Moreira, M.D., Ph.D.Liron Pantanowitz, MD

Scientific Programs: 2013

USCAP 2013: “Algorithmic Approach to Pancreaticobiliary Cytology: A Step Towards Recommendations and Guidelines”. Day 1 session.William R. Brugge, MDBarbara A. Centeno, MDSyed Z. Ali, MBBS.Ralph H. Hruban, MD

PSC-USCAP Companion Session: Evaluations

• Number of evaluations: 176. 103 attendees claimed a total of 295 CME hours. 29 attendees claimed a total of 81 SAM hours.

Session met my educational objective Total positive responses very good/excellent: 90% (average of all

registrants’ positive responses for this type of session: 94%

Was timely and will influence how I practice 91% positive (av 91%)

Enhanced my current knowledge base 91% positive (av 93%)

Addressed my most pressing questions 85% positive (av 85%)

Addressed competencies identified by my specialty 89% positive (av 91%)

Was free of commercial bias 94% positive (av 96%)

PSC Sponsored ASC Panel Luncheon 2013Personalized Genomic Medicine and

Bioinformatics: Changing Today’s Practice of CytopathologySara E Monaco, MDAnna B. Berry, MDLiron Pantanowitz, MD

PSC Sponsored Session at 2013 ASCP

Training in Cytopathology: Effective Strategies for Teachers and Practical Goals for Trainees”Gordon H. Yu, MDRichard C. Szumel, MD

USCAP PSC Companion Meeting 2014 Reinventing Our Profession: Challenges and Experiences

Britt-Marie Ljung, MD : “Ultrasound Guided FNA by Pathologists in an Academic Setting”

Susan D. Rollins, MD: “Nuts and Bolts of Running a USFNA Clinic in the Community Setting”

Yuri E. Nikiforov, MD, PhD: “Emerging Technologies for Molecular Analysis of FNA Samples: Next Generation Sequencing for Cancer Diagnosis in Thyroid Nodules”

Dara L. Aisner, MD, PhD: “Current and Emerging Molecular Markers in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Applications in Cytopathology”

Liron Pantanowitz, MD: Next Generation Sequencing and Current Biomedical Informatics Challenges”

ASC 2014 Roundtable Discussion Proposal

Approach to Pancreaticobiliary Cytology: A Step Towards Recommendations and GuidelinesMartha B. Pitman, MDLester J. Layfield, MD

Education Committee

Aylin Simsir, MD (Chair)Rana Hoda, MDGordon Yu, MDDarshana Jhala, MDJoan F. Cangiarella, M.D.Guoping Cai, M.D.Armando Filie, M.D.Anna B. Berry, M.D.Andre L. Moreira, M.D., Ph.D.Malini Harigopal, MD

Accomplishments

The committee oversees the “case of the month” section of the PSC website at http://papsociety.org/cotm.html

Total of 4 cases were published on the web site

Contributers and Cases Metastatic small cell carcinoma- transformed from primary

prostatic adenocarcinoma Hangjun Wang, MD

Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Oscar Lin, MD, and Natasha Rekhtman, MDMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Esophageal Granular Cell Tumor Joseph Hatem, MD and Gordon Yu, MD

Hospital of University of Pennsylvania,

Metastatic Goblet Cell Carcinoid of the Ovary Jena Hudson, M.D and Brian T. Collins, M.D.

Washington University in St. Louis

Extramedullary Hematopoesis in Thyroid FNA Jay C. Zeck, M.D.

Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C. Anne Busseniers, M.D.

Metropolitan Fine Needle Aspiration Services, Washington, D.C.

Charge #1

Evaluates the effectiveness of the overall PSC CME and CE Programs with scientific program committee. This was not done as there was no communication sent to

our committee about PSC CME and CE Programs

Charge #2

Responsible for reviewing the evaluations from the PSC educational activities and relaying any topics, changes, or improvements for the overall CME Program to scientific program committee. This was not done as no communication was

received about any PSC educational activities

Charge #3

Responsible for soliciting educational content for pathology trainees (residents and fellows) for the PSC newsletter A case report was submitted to the

newsletter and published

Web-Site Committee

Dan Kurtycz, M.D. (Chair)Liron Pantonowitz, MDSara Monaco, MDScott Anderson, MDSepi Mahooti, MDBrian Collins, MD

Site: www.papsociety.org

Committee reviews and maintains site with changing content using VisualFlair® for hosting and coding.

Developed and sunseted Pancreaticobiliary Forum site

Have developed improved forum/survey web tools for the future

Plan to add 60 more reviewed images to PSC Thyroid Atlas

Maintain PSC Facebook Page

Site for news and conference images

For the membership, remember that the site offers:

The Presidential Message

Meeting announcements

Focus Newsletter

Case of the Month

Discounts to select Wiley Titles

Access to listserve

Membership Renewals.

International Scientific Program and Relations CommitteeFernando Schmitt –Chair – (Canada)Andrew Field (Australia)B.Cochand-Priollet (France)Eric J Suba (US)Philippe Vielh (France)Salwa el Haddad (Egypt)Lester J Layfield (US)Zubair Baloch (US)Guido Fadda (Italy)Binnur Onal (Turkey)Ravi Mehrotra (India).

• This committee will focus on developing companion scientific programs with international pathology societies and organizations.

• It will also foster strong relationships with pathology organizations as well as organizations which focus on providing/improving the quality of much needed basic cytology screening services and education.

International Scientific Program and Relations Committee

• This committee will focus on developing companion scientific programs with international pathology societies and organizations.

• It will also foster strong relationships with pathology organizations as well as organizations which focus on providing/improving the quality of much needed basic cytology screening services and education.

International Scientific Program and Relations Committee

• CM02.1 PANCREATOBILIARY CYTOPATHOLOGY: TERMINOLOGY PROPOSAL FOR STANDARDIZED REPORTING

Martha Pitman (USA)

• CM02.2 ANCILLARY TESTION Lester Layfied (USA)

• CM02.3 MANAGEMENT AND FOLLOW-UP AFTER PANCREATIC/BILIARY CYTOLOGY: CONSENSUS OF COMMITTEE V, PAPANICOLAOU SOCIETY PANCREATIC-BILIARY GUIDELINES

Daniel Kurtycz(USA)

CM02 -COMPANION MEETING

PAPANICOLAOU SOCIETY OF CYTOLOGY (PSC): THE PAPANICOLAOU SOCIETY OF CYTOPATHOLOGY GUIDELINES FOR PANCREATIC AND BILARY TRACT

International Scientific Program and Relations Committee

2014

• ANCILLARY TESTING FOR LUNG CANCER Lester Layfield(USA)

• DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN NSCL AND MESOTHELIOMA Claire Michael(USA)

• INTERVARIABILITY OF DIAGNOSING MM IN CYTOLOGICAL SPECIMENS Ambrogio Fassina(Italy)

• CYTOMORPHOLOGY AND IHC AS ADJUNCTS TO MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MM

Carlos Bedrossian (USA)

SATELITTE SYMPOSIUM

ROLE OF CYTOPATHOLOGY IN THE PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PLEURO-PULMONARY NEOPLASIA

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8, 3 to 5 PM

PROPOSAL FOR STANDARDIZED TERMINOLOGY AND NOMENCLATURE FOR PANCREATOBILIARY CYTOLOGY FROM THE PAPANICOLAOU SOCIETY OF CYTOLOGYMartha Pitman (USA)Lester Layfied (USA)

• This committee will focus on developing companion scientific programs with international pathology societies and organizations.

• It will also foster strong relationships with pathology organizations as well as organizations which focus on providing/improving the quality of much needed basic cytology screening services and education.

International Scientific Program and Relations Committee

PSC Book Series Task Force

Kim Geisinger, M.D.David Chhieng, M.D.Martha B. Pitman, M.D.Lester J. Layfield, M.D.

PSC Book Series

Published books:

Cytohistology: Essential and Basic

Concepts - February 2011 Musculoskeletal Cytohistology -

February 2012 Lung and Mediastinum Cytohistology -

April 2012 Breast Cytohistology - September 2013 Head and Neck Cytohistology - February

2014 Lymph Node and Spleen Cytohistology -

March 2014 Cytohistology of Focal Liver Lesions -

March 2014

Unpublished books: Michael et al -

Cytohistology of the Serosal Membranes

Raab et al - Uterine Cytohistology

Centeno et al – Pancreatic Cytohistology

Tambouret et al - Urinary Tract and Kidney Cytohistology

Publication Committee

Vinod B. Shidham, M.D. (Chair and Editor of Focus)Oscar Lin, MDPaul N. Ohori, M.D.Adebowale J. Adeniran, M.D.Aziza Nassar, MDRicardo Lastra, MD

PSC Reception

Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel Room Idigo 2065:00 pm right after the business meeting