Program

The 77th Annual Fall Meeting of the Korean Society of Pathologists

Invited Speakers

  • Keynote lecture
  • Joint Symposium with Japanese Society of Pathology
  • Joint Symposium with KOPANA
  • Endocrine, Head & Neck Pathology Symposium
  • Hematopathology Symposium
  • Gynecologic Pathology Symposium
  • Digital Pathology Symposium
  • Quality Control Education
  • Luncheon Symposium

Keynote lecture 1

    • Next-Generation Immunohistochemistry for the Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors
    Jason Hornick Brigham & Women's Hospital, USA
    CV Lecture Summary

Keynote lecture 2

    • Updated concepts in soft tissue and bone tumors
    Yoshinao Oda Kyushu University, Japan
    CV Lecture Summary

Joint Symposium with Japanese Society of Pathology (Session 1)

    • Biomarker Testing for Gastric Cancer in Japan: Current Status and Challenges
    Tetsuo Ushiku The University of Tokyo, Japan
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Emerging Biomarkers in Gastric Cancer: CLDN18 and FGFR2b
    Young Soo Park University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary

Joint Symposium with Japanese Society of Pathology (Session 2)

    • Fusion-Driven Cancers: Translating ALK and NUT Insights into Clinical Impact
    Yoon-La Choi Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary
    • TTF-1 & HNF4α in Lung Cancer: Adeno, Neuroendocrine, and Beyond
    Daisuke Matsubara The University of Tsukuba, Japan
    CV Lecture Summary

Joint Symposium with KOPANA

    • Serrated Colorectal Lesions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    Won-Tak Choi UCSF (University of California at San Francisco), USA
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Vulvar Pathology—The Old and the New
    Yuna Kang UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), USA
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Review of pediatric tumors for surgical pathologists
    Soo Jin Cho UCSF (University of California at San Francisco), USA
    CV Lecture Summary

Endocrine, Head & Neck Pathology Symposium

    • Salivary WHO 2022_Benign entities / Thyroid WHO 2022_Malignant entities
    Nicole A. Cipriani University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences, USA
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Salivary WHO 2022_Malignant entities / Thyroid WHO 2022_Benign entities and UMP
    Esther Diana Rossi Policlinico Universitario Fondazione Agostino Gemelli, Italy
    CV Lecture Summary

Hematopathology Symposium

    • Harmonizing the current WHO and ICC Classification Schemes in Lymphoma and Leukemia
    Ken H. Young Duke University Medical Center, USA
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Uncovering Novel Targets in ENKTL Through EBV miRNA Expression Profiling
    Siok Bian Ng National University of Singapore, Singapore
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Unveiling the Uniqueness of Primary Intestinal Lymphomas in Korean Patients: DLBCL and MEITL
    Junhun Cho Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary

Gynecologic Pathology Symposium

    • Cervical cancer - historical view and current concepts update
    Yoshiki Mikami Kumamoto University Hospital, Japan
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Taiwan's Cervical Cancer Control: A Multidisciplinary Approach to New Screening Policy, Implementation, and Pathological Evaluation
    Chien-Chin Chen Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Taiwan
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Cervical Cancer Screening: Global Strategies in the HPV Era
    Ahwon Lee The Catholic University of Korea, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary

Digital Pathology Symposium

    • Navigating Digital Pathology Adoption Across Borders: Implementation, Regulation, and Innovation
    Naoko Tsuyama Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Japan
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Strengthening Digital Pathology Through Infrastructure and Global Collaboration: The Role of AP-LIS and DIPIEX
    Ilknur Turkmen Memorial Healthcare Group, Türkiye
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Deep Learning-Based Segmentation of Lung Adenocarcinoma Histopathology Whole Slide Images
    David Joon Ho National Cancer Center, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary
    • AI-Augmented Pathology in Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Cancers: Current Applications and Future Directions
    Seokhwi Kim Ajou University, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary

Quality Control Education

    • 2026 Quality Control Program Audit Principles
    Sung Hak Lee Catholic University of Korea, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary
    • 2026 Changes to the Red Book
    Na Young Han Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary
    • 2026 Proficiency Testing
    Kiyong Na Kyung Hee University, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary
    • 2026 Certification Principles and Plan of Referral Laboratory
    Youn Soo Lee Catholic University of Korea, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary

Luncheon Symposium 1

    • The Critical Role of Clonality in Lymphoma Diagnosis: Introducing the VENTANA Kappa and Lambda Dual ISH Assay
    Sarah E. Gibson Mayo Clinic Arizona, USA
    CV Lecture Summary
    • Putting it into Practice: Case Studies Highlighting the Clinical Utility of Ultrasensitive ISH
    JunHun Cho Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary

Luncheon Symposium 2

    • TAP the new PD-L1 scoring method
    Young Soo Park University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary
    • The Role of 28-8 pharmDx in the Dynamic Diagnostic Landscape of Gastric Cancer
    Sung Hak Lee The Catholic University of Korea, Korea
    CV Lecture Summary