Gynecologic and Gastrointestinal Pathology: Pitfalls and Pearls in Frozen Section Diagnosis

Practicing pathologists will improve their knowledge regarding the strengths and limitations of the gynecologic frozen section. Basic clinical decision making points are also discussed throughout the lecture in order to help the pathologist better guide the surgeon during the intraoperative consultation.

Lecture Presenter
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Joanna Savage, MD
Joanna Savage, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine
Medical Director, Anatomic Pathology, ARUP Laboratories

Dr. Savage is an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She received her MD from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology, as well as a surgical pathology fellowship, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She subsequently went on to complete a two-year fellowship/junior faculty position in gynecologic pathology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Savage is board certified by the American Board of Pathology and is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Clinical Pathology. She is a member of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists, the International Society of Urological Pathology, the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, the College of American Pathologists, and the American Society of Clinical Pathology. Her primary research interests include oncologic gynecologic pathology.

Objectives

After this presentation, participants will be able to:

Discuss goals of frozen section analysis in gynecologic pathology
Discuss common diagnostic difficulties and sources of error in frozen section analysis of ovarian neoplasms
Discuss diagnostic difficulties and sources of error in frozen section analysis of endometrial lesions