January Workshops

To register and access for the 2026 workshops, click here.
Registration includes access both to the live workshop and the recording. Each workshop offers 2 CME.

Each workshop will be offered as a live, virtual presentation inclusive of live Q&A. The live portion will be recorded and made available to registrants for one year after the live workshop date. Each workshop will occur from 12:00pm – 2:00pm EST on the following dates:

​Patterns of Colonic Mucosal Injury in Chronic Diarrhea: A Diagnostic Approach to Pediatric IBD and Mimics
January 9th, 2026

  • Iram Siddiqui, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC​ (The Hospital for Sick Children​)

This case-based review course will provide an approach to the diagnosis of pediatric IBD, its conventional subtypes, the evolving patterns of monogenic and very-early-onset IBD and a wide variety of IBD mimics. This course will highlight histologic features to assign the most appropriate diagnosis and provide further guidance to the gastroenterologists. 

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease and Neoplasia: Bridging Histopathology and Genetics 
January 16th, 2026

  • Bradley Quade, MD, PhD​ (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School​)​​
  • Lawrence Hsu Lin, MD, PhD​ (Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

Pathologists working with obstetrical and gynecologic specimens often encounter a spectrum of trophoblastic proliferations. This workshop will provide the knowledge needed to distinguish entities ranging from hydatidiform moles to placental site and epithelioid trophoblastic tumors. Distinction of these entities from mimics and pathological variants like aneusomy, and twin or chimeric/mosaic moles can be facilitated by understanding trophoblast cell biology in normal human development and the impact of genetic errors, especially those in fertilization. Participants will refine their diagnostic approach to complex trophoblastic lesions and make more informed decisions when selecting ancillary testing.​ 

Placental Pathology Reporting – Improving and Standardizing Quality and Clinical Utility​
January 23rd, 2026

  • Sanjita Ravishankar, MD​ (​​University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine​)

  • ​​Eumenia Castro, MD, PhD​ (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, ​University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics​)

The course will utilize a combination of traditional didactic lecture presentation and case-based presentations to summarize the current state of placental pathology reporting, current diagnostic criteria, and the new standardized reporting template. The importance and ability of the template to be customized to meet individual institutional preferences will also be emphasized.​ 

Surgical Pathology of Pediatric Pancreatic Diseases
January 31st, 2026

  • ​​Charlotte Kim, MD​ (Texas Children’s Hospital​)
  • Heather Keir, MBChB​ (Texas Children’s Hospital​)

​‘A Hotbed for Pathology: Selected Basal Plate Disorders’ will address the diagnostic complexity and clinical relevance of basal plate pathology in delivered placentas, focusing on basal plate myometrial fibers, maternal arteriopathies, and acute placental abruption. 

​The session will open with an overview of PAS, an increasingly common disorder linked to rising cesarean delivery rates and uterine scarring. Characterized by abnormal placental adherence and invasion due to defective decidualization, PAS carries a high risk of maternal morbidity. Accurate diagnosis and standardized reporting are essential, and recent consensus guidelines emphasize uniform terminology and multidisciplinary communication to improve outcomes. Participants will review key histopathologic features and discuss the role of basal plate myometrial fibers (BPMF) in identifying risk for PAS in subsequent pregnancies. 

​Attention will then turn to maternal vascular malperfusion (MVM), primarily decidual arteriopathy, which is strongly associated with preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, and stillbirth. The workshop will conclude with a discussion of acute placental abruption, highlighting its pathophysiology, diagnostic limitations, and clinicopathologic correlation.  

​Using case-based digital microscopy and structured reporting examples, participants will apply consensus diagnostic criteria and reporting templates to improve diagnostic accuracy, consistency, and clinical relevance in placental pathology practice. 

 2025 January Workshops

Registration for the Society for Pediatric Pathology’s 2025 January Workshops is available through January 2026. Please visit this link to register and access.

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