Pathology Update 2019 is the annual scientific educational meeting for the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and the only conference of its kind in Australasia; bringing together pathology professionals from all eight pathology disciplines and world-renowned pathology experts.

This year the event included 11 internationally renowned pathologists in their fields who presented to their colleagues on a variety of topics.

One of the highlights was in the sphere of genetic pathology, with a focus on cancer genomics, a very exciting area of pathology right now. Professor Obi Griffith presented at the Innovations Plenary on ‘Surveying the genomic landscape of tumours and tumour models – the next frontier.’

In a similar vein, Dr Lillian Siu presented the Eva Raik plenary talk on ‘Precision Cancer Medicine – cup half full or cup half empty’.

Not to be outdone, Haematology highlights included four excellent lectures delivered by world-renowned Haematopathologist, Dr Elaine Jaffe, on the classification of lymphoma and potential differential diagnoses in the assessment of potential lymphoproliferative disorders. Dr Jaffe was award RCPA Honorary Fellowship at the Annual Awards and Admission Ceremony.

More generally, Pathology Update covered topical lifestyle sessions on topics from mindfulness, sleep, fad diets, stand-up/sitting down, and managing stress sessions.

Pathology Update 2019’s Charity of Choice was also revealed at the event, going to the Snowdome Foundation.

Snowdome has a mission to improve outcomes for Australian men, women and children living with blood cancers. A total of $7K was raised at the event and you can still donate at https://www.snowdome.org.au/donate/

Dr Debra Graves also celebrated 20 years at the helm of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, serving as the Inaugural Chief Executive Officer.

All in all the event was a fantastic event for all those attending, helping keep the sector abreast of the latest developments across the field.

All Pathology Update 2019 Post Conference information is available at https://www.rcpa.edu.au/Events/Pathology-Update/Post-Conference

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Pathology Update 2019 will operate under the theme of ‘The power of personalised pathology’ where delegates and guests of the event are invited for a weekend of learning, networking, and fun.

While the event officially starts on Friday the 22^nd and runs through to Sunday the 24^th, February 2019.

Pathology Update is the only scientific multi-disciplinary meeting in Australasia and is open to pathologists, scientists, trainees and healthcare workers to attend. The scientific program offers something for everyone and brings all delegates together daily for an interesting masterclass and plenary session.

The official program kicks off on Friday morning at 9am and runs through to 3pm on Sunday, where an impressive array of esteemed national and eleven international speakers will address attendees on a variety of disciplines, ranging from genetics to immunopathology to anatomical pathology to microbiology to forensics.

The topics to be presented include HPV clinical problems & epidemiology, the clinical utility of circulating tumour DNA in haematological malignancies, and the role of the reference laboratory in outbreak investigations to name but a few.

With subject matter experts and leaders in their field, it’s a fantastic opportunity to learn more as well as to network.

Opportunities to socialise with colleagues and peers, start with the Welcome Cocktail Party on Friday evening, to be followed on Saturday evening by the College Fellows and Award Winners event where new entrants will be admitted. And just to cover the spread, there will also be rose and sparkling closing drinks on Sunday from 3-4pm.

And for those involved with Pathology Awareness Australia (PAA) and the know pathology know healthcare (KPKH) initiative, there will be a PAA ambassador’s breakfast on Saturday the 23^rd from 7.00-8.30am 23 February where plans for raising the profile of pathogy in Australia in 2019 will be discussed. All enquiries may be sent to Shinasa Enayeth.

To find out more about the Pathology Update 2019 event and to register, please visit the dedicated site here. For more details please contact the RCPA via the contact details here.

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