Preliminary Scientific Programme

TIMA / HALL	HALL 1 (Conference Hall)
	Exfoliative Cytopathology Course
08.00 - 08.10	INTRODUCTION and WELCOME
	Prof. Dr. İlkser Akpolat Turkish Society of Cytopathology and Congress President
08.10 - 10.00	CERVICAL CYTOPATHOLOGY Moderators: Dr. Canan Sadullahoğlu, Dr. Adile Ferda Dağlı
08.10 - 08.30	The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology and Specimen Adequacy Yasemin Özlük, MD
08.30 - 08.50	Non-Neoplastic Lesions Gülçin Güler Şimşek, MD
08.50 - 09.20	Atypical Squamous Cells Of Undetermined Significance (ASC-US) and Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (LSIL) Dilaver Demirel, MD
09.20 - 09.50	Atypical Squamous Cells, HSIL Cannot Be Excluded (ASC-H), High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (HSIL) and Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) Davut Şahin, MD
09.50 - 10.00	Discussion, Q&A
10.00 - 10.30	Coffee Break
10.30 - 13.10	NON-GYNECOLOGICAL EXFOLIATIVE CYTOPATHOLOGY Moderators: Dr. Aysun Uğuz, Dr. Yasemin Özlük
10.30 - 11.00	Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cytopathology Olcay Kurtulan, MD
11.00 - 11.30	Diagnostic Approach to Effusions and Secondary Epithelial Malignancies Dilek Ece, MD
11.30 - 12.00	Cytopathology of Lymphoid Lesions in Effusions Dilek Ece, MD
12.00 - 12.30	Malignant Mesothelioma in Effusions Koray Ceyhan, MD
12.30 - 12.35	Discussion, Q&A
12.35 - 13.05	Urinary Cytopathology İrem Onur, MD
13.05 - 13.10	Discussion, Q&A

TIMA / HALL	HALL 1 (Conference Hall)	HALL 2
13.30 - 15.30	THYROID CYTOPATHOLOGY Moderators: Dr. Gamze Mocan, Dr. Pınar Fırat
13.30 - 14.30	KEYNOTE LECTURE 2023 The 2023 Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology, (TBSRTC) Syed Z. Ali, MD, FRCPath, FIAC	ORAL PRESENTATION-1 Moderators: Özlem Aydın, MD, Adile Ferda Dağlı, MD (14:30-15:30)
14.30 - 15.30	The 2023 Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology with cases- Slide Seminar İrem Onur, MD, Koray Ceyhan, MD
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 - 17.50	CERVICAL CANCER CYTOPATHOLOGY Moderators: Dr. İlkser Akpolat, Dr. Ferda Özkan
16.00 - 16.40	HPV and Cervical Cytology Dina R. Mody, MD
16.40 - 17.10	Türkiye's Experience in Cervical Screening Murat Türkyılmaz, MD
17.10 -17.50	Cervical Glandular Lesions Dina R. Mody, MD
17.55 - 18.35	ATYPIA in CYTOPATHOLOGY Moderators: Dr. Binnur Önal, Dr. Aysun Uğuz
	"Atypia" - The Bane of the Cytopathologist's Existence Güliz Barkan, MD
18.40 - 22.00	Opening Ceremony and Memorial Service for Dr. Yener S. Erozan
	Opening Speeches Nadi Bakırcı, MD Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Dean of Faculty of Medicine Kürşat Yıldız, MD Federation of Turkish Pathology Societies President İlkser Akpolat, MD Turkish Society of Cytopathology and Congress President
	Speakers: Syed Z. Ali, MD, FRCPath, FIAC, Ibrahim Ramzy, MD, FRCPC, Güliz Barkan, MD, FIAC, FCAP, Gamze Mocan, MD, Dilek Yılmazbayhan, MD

TIMA / HALL	HALL 1 (Conference Hall)	HALL 2 (Hall D103)
08.00 - 09.40	SALIVARY GLAND CYTOPATHOLOGY Oturum Başkanları: Dr. Canan Ersöz, Dr. Pınar Uyar Göçün
08.00 - 08.40	Salivary Gland Cytopathology-Diagnostic Issues and Terminology Update Syed Z. Ali, MD, FRCPath, FIAC
08.40 - 09.40	The Second Edition of The Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology with Cases- Slide Seminar Aysun Uğuz, MD, Özlem Aydın, MD	SIGN OUT SESSION: DIGITAL CASES with EXPERT Moderator: Dr. Şenay Erdoğan Durmış, Dr. Jamal Musayev EUS-Guided Small Biopsy and FNA of the Pancreas Michael J. Thrall, MD
09.40 - 10.10	Coffee Break
10.10 - 12.10	The Management of Cytological Samples and Preanalytical Phases for Prognostic and Predictive Tests - Course Moderators: Dr. Yasemin Özlük, Dr. Suna Erkılıç	ORAL PRESENTATION-2 Moderators: Canan Sadullahoğlu, MD, Nusret Erdoğan, MD (10:10-11:10)
10.10 -10.40	Proper Handling of Cytologic Samples, From the On-site Evaluation to the Laboratory Çisel Aydın Meriçöz, MD
10.40 - 11.10	Evaluation of PDL-1 in Cell Blocks Fatma Tokat, MD
11.10 -12.10	Lung and Mediastinal Lesions, From On-site Evaluation to Advanced Tests - Slide Pınar Fırat, MD, Çisel Aydın Meriçöz, MD	SIGN OUT SESSION: DIGITAL CASES with EXPERT Moderator: Dr. Pınar Uyar Göçün, Dr. Koray Ceyhan TBSRCT Application to Difficult Thyroid Cases - Virtual Slide Seminar Syed Z. Ali, MD, FRCPath, FIAC
12.10 -12.40	SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM Moderators: Dr. Şenay Erdoğan Durmuş, Dr. Çisel Aydın Meriçöz	ORAL PRESENTATION - 3 Moderators: Dr. Binnur Önal, Dr. Leyla Cinel (12:10-12:40)
	Extended Genotyping Dr. Sivarajan Vignesh Pattinam
12.40 - 13.40	Lunch
13.40 - 14.10	SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM Moderators:	ORAL PRESENTATION - 4 Moderators: Dr. Yasemin Özlük, Dr. Gülçin Güler Şimşek (13:20-14:20)
	The New German Cotesting System in Cervical Cancer Screening First Data and Initial Experience Dr. Arjola Xhaja
14.15 - 14.55	URINARY CYTOPATHOLOGY Moderators: Dr. İlkser Akpolat, Dr. Haldun Umudum
	The Paris System for Urinary Cytology Reporting, Second Edition Güliz Barkan, MD, FIAC, FCAP
15.00 - 16.20	DIGITAL CYTOPATHOLOGY Moderators: Dr. Nusret Erdoğan, Dr. Özlem Aydın
15.00 - 15.40	Experiences, Challenges and the Future of Digital Cytology Michael J. Thrall, MD
15.40 - 16.00	Our Institutional Experience on Digital Cytology and Pathology Fatma Tokat, MD, Cavit Kerem Kayhan, MD	ORAL PRESENTATION - 5 Moderators: Dr. Pınar Fırat, Dr. Suna Erkılıç (15.40 - 16.40)
16.00 - 16.20	Digital Cytopathology in the Daily Life of the Pathologist Davut Şahin, MD
16.20 - 16.50	Coffee Break
16.50 - 18.20	SOFT TISSUE CYTOPATHOLOGY Oturum Başkanları: Dr. Dilaver Demirel, Dr. Ferda Özkan
16.50 - 17.20	Approach to Cytopathology and Small Biopsy of Soft Tissue Tumors Dina R. Mody, MD
17.20 - 18.20	Soft Tissue Lesions Cytopathology Slide Seminar with Cases Dr. Şenay Erdoğan Durmuş, Dr. Burcu Özcan	(17.20-18.20) INTERACTIVE SESSION Moderators: Dr. Ali Veral, Dr. Olcay Kurtulan Pathology Residency Training in the USA - How to Enter the Residency and be Successful Güliz Barkan, MD, FIAC, FCAP

TIMA / HALL	HALL 1 (Conference Hall)	HALL 2 (Hall D103)
08.35 - 09.55	LUNG CYTOPATHOLOGY and EVALUATION of SMALL BIOPSIES OBTAINED BY ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURS Moderators: Dr. Handan Zeren, Dr. Yasemin Özlük
08.35 - 09.15	The WHO Reporting System for Lung Cytopathology: An Overview and Practical Applications Sinchita Roy Chowdhuri, MD, PhD
09.15 - 09.55	Small Core Biopsies Obtained by Endoscopic Procedures (EUS-EBUS) in Cytology Practice: Morphological Evaluation Pearls Michael J. Thrall, MD	(10.00-10.30) Moderators: Dr. Adile Ferda Dağlı, Dr. Gülçin Güler Şimşek Rational Drug Use Haldun Umudum, MD
09.55 - 10.30	Coffee Break
10.30 - 11.10	MOLECULAR CYTOPATHOLOGY Moderators: Dr. Koray Ceyhan, Dr. Özlem Canöz
	Biomarker Testing in Cytological Specimens: Considerations for Specimen Handling and Assay Selection Sinchita Roy Chowdhuri, MD, PhD
11:15 - 12:15	CYTOPATHOLOGY SUBSPECIALTY TRAINING IN TURKEY Moderators: Dr. Ali Veral , Dr. İrem Onur	(11.15 - 12.15) SIGN OUT SESSION: DIGITAL CASES with EXPERT Moderator: Dr. Canan Sadullahoğlu Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas Davut Şahin, MD, Şahende Elagöz, MD
11.15 - 11.35	Cytopathology Subspecialty Training in Turkey Ali Veral, MD
11.35 - 11.55	Subspecialty Fellowship and Beyond: A Young Cytopathologist's Perspective Dilara Özyiğit Büyüktalancı, MD
11.55 - 12.15	*The Core Curriculum for Cytopathology Subspecialty Training in The New Century : How Could We Prepare Our Next Generation Cytopathologists?** Binnur Önal, MD
12.15 - 13.15	Lunch
	PANCREATOBILIARY CYTOPATHOLOGY Moderators: Dr. Şafak Atahan, Dr. Özlem Aydın	(13.15 - 14.15) SIGN OUT SESSION: DIGITAL CASES with EXPERT Moderator: Dr. Emine Bozkurtlar, Dr. Dilek Ece Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Lung and Their Mimics Pınar Fırat, MD, Tuğba Taşkın Türkmenoğlu, MD
13.15 - 13.55	The WHO Reporting System for Pancreatobiliary Cytopathology Pınar Uyar Göçün, MD
13.55 - 14.25	Coffee Break
14.25 - 15.25	Moderators: Dr. Şafak Ersöz, Dr. Filiz Karagöz The WHO Reporting System for Pancreatobiliary Cytopathology with Cases - Slide Seminar Dr. Nesrin Turhan, Dr. Şahende Elagöz	(14.25 - 15.25) SIGN OUT SESSION: DIGITAL CASES with EXPERT Moderator: Dr. Leyla Cinel, Dr. Dilaver Demirel Tips for Cervical Smear Evaluation Şenay Erdoğan Durmuş, MD, Burcu Özcan, MD, Pınar Uyar Göçün, MD
15.25 - 16.25	Closing

IMPORTANT DATES

19 April

Congress Start Date

9 February

Early Registration Date

10 March

Last Abstract Submission Date