Dear Members and Fellow Pancreatobiliary Pathology enthusiasts,

Spring is in the air – which means USCAP season is here again. USCAP 2026 will be held in San Antonio, Texas, and PBPS is looking forward to a terrific meeting with all of you.

The PBPS warmly invites you to our Annual Companion Meeting on Sunday, March 22 at 10:30 AM in Room 301B at the Henry B. González Convention Center.

We’ve prepared an outstanding program, “The Future of Everyday Diagnostics in Pancreatobiliary Pathology”, moderated by Drs. Huaibin Ko and Massimo Milione and featuring four exceptional speakers:

• Macroscopic Examination of Pancreatic Specimens: Pros and Cons of the Different Methodologies
  Olca Basturk, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Immunohistochemistry and Digital Pathology for Pancreatobiliary Diseases
  Xuchen Zhang, MD – Yale University School of Medicine
• Molecular Studies and Cyst Fluid Analysis in Pancreatobiliary Pathology
  Michael Noë, MD – Amsterdam UMC (representing the European Society of Pathology)
• Pancreatobiliary Precursor Lesions: Now and in the Future
  Laura D. Wood, MD – Johns Hopkins University

For program updates, highlights and pre-session speaker Q&A, please follow us on:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pbpath?igsh=aXF3aTd0aXE1MDBr
• X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pbpath

Our Annual Business Meeting will follow promptly after the scientific session. I hope you’ll join us as your engagement and input truly shape the direction and momentum of PBPS.

Additional USCAP Highlights

As we’ve done for the past two years, PBPS will host a joint reception with the Gastrointestinal Pathology Society (GIPS) and Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society (HPHS) on Sunday, March 22, 5:30–7:30 PM, in the Alamo Ballroom Salon C at the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk, 889 East Market Street, San Antonio, TX 78205.

New this year, we will have a PBPS poster walk on Tuesday March 24^th during the afternoon poster session where Executive and Education Committee members will visit with all Pancreatobiliary-related poster presenters to hear more about their exciting research. We hope to make this an annual event.

You are also invited to the Evening Specialty Conference on Pancreatobiliary Pathology on Tuesday, March 24, 7:00–8:30 PM, Room 302B, moderated by Dr. Aatur Singhi, and featuring “Updates to the WHO Classification of Pancreatobiliary Tumors: Key Changes for Clinical Practice”. Speakers include Drs. Stefano La Rosa, Chanjuan Shi, Laura Tang, and David Klimstra.

A personal note as I rotate off as President

This meeting marks the end of my term as PBPS President. It has truly been my privilege to serve this Society. Thank you to our members for your engagement and support, to our committees for all the work you do behind the scenes all year long, and to our Executive Committee for the steady leadership that keeps PBPS strong. PBPS thrives because of its collegial, generous membership, and it’s been a privilege to serve and help strengthen that foundation.

I’m also excited to support Dr. Huamin Wang as he steps into the Presidency. He is an exceptional leader, and I’m looking forward to continuing to work with him and the Executive Committee as PBPS grows and evolves.

If you have not yet done so, I hope that you’ll continue your commitment to PBPS by renewing your membership here: https://pbpath.org/membership-account/

As always, thank you for your participation, and I’ll see you in San Antonio.

Sincerely,

Michelle Reid, MD, MS
Outgoing President
Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society

Dear PBPS Members,

Tomorrow, November 20, is World Pancreas Cancer Day – a day when the world comes together to raise awareness about a cancer that remains one of the most lethal.  Let us pause to acknowledge the patients, families, and friends whose lives have been impacted by this disease and remember those who have passed away. Behind every case we sign out is a person, a story, and a loss felt by many. This is why our work matters. 

The research, guidelines, and collaborations our community produces are moving the needle toward earlier diagnosis, better classification, and more effective treatment.

I encourage you to wear purple tomorrow to raise awareness and to use the day to recommit to pancreas cancer research and our shared goal of improving outcomes and, ultimately, finding a cure.

Sincerely,

Michelle D. Reid, MD, MS
President, Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society 

We are pleased to announce the successful completion of our interactive microscopy course, held in collaboration with USCAP at the USCAP Interactive Center in Palm Springs, CA, from May 19–21, 2025.

Participants from around the world joined us for three days of expert-led sessions, virtual microscopy workshops, and case-based discussions focused on pancreaticobiliary pathology. The course covered surgical and cytopathology, as well as principles of gross and frozen section evaluation.

We received enthusiastic feedback, with many praising the practical content, intuitive format, and high-quality case material.

Our sincere thanks to the faculty, technical team, and attendees for making this a resounding success. We look forward to future educational initiatives in digital pathology.

Dear Pancreatobiliary Pathology Enthusiasts,

It was wonderful seeing many of you in Boston, where we celebrated our society’s 10th anniversary! A heartfelt thank you to our members, committees, committee chairs, executive board, and co-hosts—the Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society and the Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society—who celebrated this milestone with us on March 23rd.

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Highlights from USCAP 2025

We had another fantastic companion society meeting on March 23rd. Much appreciation to our outstanding speakers—Drs. Abbas Agaimy (European Society of Pathology [ESP]), Diana Agostini-Vulaj, Burcin Pehlivanoglu (ESP), and Seung-Mo Hong—who led an engaging session on “Emerging Entities and Concepts in the Pancreatobiliary Tract”, moderated by Drs. David Lewin and Eva Diamantis-Karamitopoulou (ESP). Thank you to all who participated, both in person, on demand and through our @PBPath Twitter feed!

We again recognized an exceptional trainee-led abstract selected from 14submissions. After careful review and voting by our Education Committee, the 2025 Best Abstract Award (and a $500 gift certificate) was presented to Dr. Eric Young for his work titled:

“Pathologic Evaluation of a Clinically Well-Characterized Series of Well-Differentiated Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Surgically Resected from 889 Patients with 7824 Person-Years of Follow-up Supports the Sub-Division of Grade 2 Neoplasms Based on Ki-67 Labeling.”

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Upcoming Educational Event – May 2025

May 19 – 21, 2025 – USCAP Interactive Center, Palm Springs, CA
Joint PBPS-USCAP 3-day Interactive Microscopy Course
Title: Pancreatobiliary Pathology from A to Z: A PBPS Crash Course
Faculty: Drs. Olca Basturk (Director), Grace Kim, Michelle Reid, Huamin Wang & Yoh Zen

Topics include:

• Grossing & frozen section challenges
• FNA, small biopsy & resection specimen evaluation and reporting
• New terminology, grading & classification guidelines for pancreatobiliary neoplasms

Ideal for: Surgical pathologists, cytopathologists, and pathology trainees
PBPS members receive the USCAP member discount
Click here to register

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Save the Dates – Educational Events for Fall 2025

September 6-10, 2025 – Vienna, Austria
Joint PBPS-ESP session at the 37th annual European Congress of Pathology meeting
Title: Cystic Lesions of the Pancreatobiliary Tract
Speakers: Drs. Monika Vyas & Michelle Reid
Moderator: Dr. Huamin Wang

September 13–16, 2025 – Orlando, Florida
CAP 2025 annual meeting
Title: Diagnostic Pearls and Pitfalls in the Ampulla and Gallbladder
Speakers: Drs. Juan Carlos Roa & Yue Xue

November 5–7, 2025 – Bangkok, Thailand
Joint PBPS-IAP session at the 14th Asia Pacific-IAP meeting
Title: Pancreatic Cytopathology and Histopathology
Speakers: Drs. Barbara Centeno & Claudio Luchini

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Stay Involved

PBPS is committed to advancing our field through collaboration, education, and research. If you’re an associate member—or are considering joining—now is a great time to become a regular member and enjoy full benefits while shaping our society’s future.

Warm regards,

Michelle D. Reid, MD, MS
President, PBPS

Spring is in the air which means the annual USCAP meeting is just around the corner! USCAP 2025 will be held in Boston and this year I am especially excited to announce that the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society (PBPS) will be celebrating its 10^th anniversary. We will have our celebration during the joint PBPS-GIPS-HPHS reception on Sunday, March 23rd, 5:30-7:30 PM, in the Marquee Room at The Omni Hotel at the Seaport.

Although PBPS became an official society in 2015 and a USCAP companion society in 2018, pancreatobiliary enthusiasts have been meeting to share their knowledge and enthusiasm for pancreatobiliary pathology for over 20 years and had their very first “Pancreas Club” luncheon at the annual USCAP meeting in 2007. Over the years the annual luncheons grew in attendance and scope which eventually led to the founding of the PBPS. Please come and celebrate this special milestone with us on Sunday at 5:30PM.

The PBPS executive committee also invites you to attend our annual Companion Society meeting which will be held on Sunday, March 23rd at 10:30 AM EST in the BCEC Ballroom (Level 3). We have prepared a great agenda for you, under the thematic umbrella “Emerging Entities and Concepts in the Pancreatobiliary Tract” which will feature 4 amazing speakers and talks:

• SWI/SNF complex and SMARC-Deficient Neoplasms (Dr. Abbas Agaimy, Friedrich‐Alexander‐University, representing the European Pathology Society).
• Mesenchymal Neoplasms(Dr. Diana Agostini-Vulaj, University of Rochester).
• Intracholecystic tubular non-mucinous neoplasm (Dr. Burcin Pehlivanoglu, Dokuz Eylul University).
• Pancreatobiliary Maljunction-Associated Cancers (Dr. Seung-Mo Hong, Asan Medical Center).

The annual business meeting follows promptly thereafter. Please follow our newly launched Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/pbpath?igsh=aXF3aTd0aXE1MDBr and/or Twitter (X) https://twitter.com/pbpath for program updates prior to the session. 

Additionally, during USCAP, you are invited to attend the Evening Specialty Conference on Pancreatobiliary Pathology on Monday March 24th, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, in BCEC Room 210 A. I will be moderating the session entitled: A Case That Stumped Me and What I Learned from It. Speakers include Drs. Deyali Chatterjee, Jiaqi Shi, Carlie Sigel, and Aatur Singhi.

As a reminder, this spring we also have a new educational offering, a 3-day interactive microscopy course, in collaboration with USCAP, that will be held at the USCAP Interactive Center in Palm Springs, CA, starting on May 19th, 2025. This course is directed by Dr. Olca Basturk and will feature other world renowned experts (Drs. Grace E. Kim, Michelle Reid, Huamin Wang and Yoh Zen) who will cover a variety of topics including small biopsies, cytologic and resection specimens from the pancreatobiliary tract, highlighting challenges in grossing, frozen section evaluation, fine needle aspiration and small biopsy assessment, as well as terminology, grading, and classification guidelines for pancreatic, biliary and ampullary tumors. This course will be of particular interest to surgical pathologists, cytopathologists, and anatomic pathology trainees as they prepare for board examinations and job placement. Since slots are limited, early registration is encouraged. Even if you are not an USCAP member, as a PBPS member you will receive the same course discount as a (practicing pathologist) USCAP member. Click the link below to register and learn more. https://my.uscap.org/app/program/d5poeu0/index.cfm

Lastly, if you have not yet renewed your membership, we encourage you to do so at your earliest convenience on our website at https://pbpath.org/membership-account/.

As always, we appreciate your participation and look forward to seeing you in Boston!

Sincerely,

Michelle Reid, MD, MS
President, Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society

 

The PBPS Education Committee is seeking new committee members to join our team, for a term of 3 years. In particular, there are 3 open positions for the Education Committee and 1 for the Journal Watch subcommittee.

The Education committee team members will help the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society in planning and organizing the PBPS Companion Society meetings/short courses at major national and international pathology meetings, including but not limited to USCAP, CAP, ECP, and APIAP. Furthermore, they are in charge of the PBPS Best Abstract Award selected for the annual USCAP meeting. They are also involved in important educational initiatives, including a possible participation to the Journal Watch and the Case of the Quarter subcommittee activities.

The Journal Watch subcommittee members provide a bi-monthly summary of new pancreatobiliary pathology articles published in top Pathology journals.

The ideal candidates should have a willingness to learn and a team-player mentality. The Standard Operating Procedure for these positions can be found on our website at https://pbpath.org/about-us/

Interested PBPS members should send their CV to info@pbpath.org by February 15, 2025. Successful committee members must be active members of the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society.

The Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society Executive Committee

Dear members of the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society,

The Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society (PBPS) is now accepting applications for the 2025 PBPS Best Abstract Award. This award will go to a pathology trainee with abstract (poster/platform) in pancreatobiliary pathology presented at the 2025 USCAP Annual Meeting. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the members of PBPS Education Committee for originality, scientific merit, and presentation. The single selected awardee will be notified by email from the PBPS Education Committee Chair. The awardee will receive a certificate of recognition and $500 that will be presented at Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society Companion Meeting at the 2025 USCAP meeting.

To qualify for the PBPS Best Abstract Award, the following criteria must be met:

1. Have an accepted abstract, either for a  poster or platform presentation, at the 2025 annual USCAP meeting.
2. Is a trainee (i.e., medical student, resident, or fellow).
3. Submitting trainee is an approved associate member of the PBPS. Visit the membership page of the PBPS website as changes have been made for PBPS associate membership.
4. The submitting trainee must be first or last author on the accepted abstract.
5. Abstract awards are not given to the same recipient two years in a row; therefore the 2024 Abstract Awardee will not be considered for this award. 

Online submission opens at 12:00 pm (US Central time) on Monday December 16, 2024 and closes at 12:00 pm (US Central time) on Friday January 17, 2025.

Please submit your abstract online (https://pbpath.org/abstract-submission/).  If you have questions, contact us at https://pbpath.org/contact-us/

We look forward to receiving your submission.
 
Education Committee
Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society

Dear PBPS members,

Tomorrow is World Pancreatic Cancer Day, a day to remember the ongoing battle faced by patients and their families, and the vital role we as pathologists, researchers, and advocates play in making a difference. I wanted to acknowledge the importance of our collective efforts in the fight against this disease.

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging malignancies to diagnose and treat. However, we continue to make strides in early detection, treatment, and patient outcomes. Our collaborative research efforts and the education of our trainees and colleagues are critical in advancing understanding of this disease.

Tomorrow I encourage you to wear purple, a color that encapsulates the spirit and courage of patients battling the disease and the compassion of those who care for them. On #WorldPancreaticCancerDay let us reflect on the progress we’ve made and renew our commitment to fostering a compassionate society with a shared mission of saving lives.

Sincerely, 

Michelle Reid MD

President

Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society 

The PBPS Website/Membership Committee and Social Media Subcommittee are seeking new committee members to join our team, for a term of 3 years.
 
The website/membership team member will help the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society maintain and expand our membership and send newsletters to our members. Experience with WordPress and/or HTML is a plus, but not required.
 
The social media team members will help publicize Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society events and updates (via X (Twitter) @pbpath and Instagram) while working to increase the visibility of PBPS and our social media following. Strong social media presence is a plus.
 
The ideal candidate should have a willingness to learn and a team-player mentality. The Standard Operating Procedure for these positions can be found on our website at https://pbpath.org/about-us/
 
Interested PBPS members should send their CV and X (Twitter) account handle to info@pbpath.org by December 6, 2024. Successful committee members must be active members of the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society.
 
The Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society Executive Committee

The Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society is pleased to announce our interactive microscopy course in collaboration with USCAP at the USCAP Interactive Center in Palm Springs, CA from May 19-21, 2025.

Course Description:

Embark on an illuminating journey through the intricate world of pancreatobiliary pathology with the comprehensive course – Pancreatobiliary Pathology from A to Z. Developed in collaboration with the esteemed Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society, this intensive course offers an in-depth exploration of the complexities of cytologic and surgical pancreatobiliary specimens. The case-based course will review foundational principles and diagnostic techniques in all aspects of pancreatobiliary pathology, including when in the gross and frozen section rooms. Covering recent changes in terminology, grading, and classification guidelines for numerous pancreatobiliary neoplasms, this course will take your pancreatobiliary pathology knowledge to new heights. This course will be of particular interest to cytopathologists, surgical pathologists, and anatomic pathology trainees.

Learning Objectives:

• Know the cytologic and histo-morphologic spectrum of cystic and solid lesions of the pancreas.
  Understand new terminology, classification, and management guidelines for neoplastic mucinous cysts (IPMN, MCN) and non-mucinous intraductal lesions (IOPN, ITPN).
• Become familiar with newly updated grading methods for neuroendocrine neoplasms; judiciously use immunohistochemistry to recognize and classify NENs (including classical, grade discordant, and ambiguous types)
• Know the morphologic spectrum of neoplastic biliary lesions, including flat [biliary intraepithelial neoplasia (BiI-IN)] and tumoral intraductal papillary neoplasms (IPN-B) and adenocarcinoma and appropriately work up and diagnose carcinoma on limited samples.
• Recognize the morphology of inflammatory changes in the biliary tract specimens.

As a PBPS member you will receive the same course discount as an USCAP member practicing pathologist.

Please click here to see additional information and register.