Pathology Update 2023: Friday 24 February 2023: Scientific & Social Program

Faculty of Science General Pathology

9.00am - 10.00am Medical & Science Students’ Welcome Breakfast Supporting Faculty Trainees in their learning Meet the Chief Examiner
Dr Debra Graves, A/Prof Kais Kasem, Dr Felicity Barnes, Dr Samantha Rowbotham, Ms Teresa Stuart Dr Tony Badrick Dr Alexander Darling

Time Anatomical Chemical *CFM *Forensic Genetic Haematology Immunopathology Microbiology

9:00am - 10:00am Meet the Chief Examiners
Dr David Moffat
Prof Alfred Lam
A/Prof Beena Kumar
10.00am - 10.30am
10.30am - 12.00pm Anatomical
Meet the Chief Examiners
continued
Dr Irene Low
Dr David Moffat
Dr Kim Tran
A/Prof Esther Myint
12.00pm - 1.00pm
1.00pm - 1.05pm
1.05pm - 2.00pm
2.05pm - 3.30pm The elephant in the room: moles and GTD
Dr Matt Quick
Supporting gynae pathology: volunteering at home and
abroad
Dr Karen Talia & Dr Rachael van der Griend
3.30pm - 4.00pm
4.00pm - 5.00pm
Anatomical
Leading the Way in
Research
Diabetes mellitus, obesity,
and the placenta: defender
or offender
Prof Jane Dahlstrom
Pathologists’ contributions
to the identification of
women with cancer
susceptibility due to a
germline PTEN mutation
Prof Gelareh Farshid
Collaborative professional
partnerships for
gastrointestinal pathology
research in Australasia
Dr Forough Foroughi
EWSR1-SMAD3 fibroblastic
tumour: emerging
cutaneous soft tissue
neoplasm
Dr Omar Habeeb
Contribution of the
pathologist to mesothelioma
diagnosis
A/Prof Sonja Klebe
Faculty of Science Plenary Faculty of Science Plenary How digital pathology, AI and precision medicine will change the role of tissue pathology scientists A/Prof Elizabeth Salisbury
Meet the Chief Examiner
Dr Paul Glendenning
Case Presentations
A curious case in clinical
chemistry
Dr Caroline Bachmeier
A tale of mysterious ascites
Dr Khin Sam
A case of discrepant B12
results
Dr Rachel Dennis
Effect of antihypertensive
medications on the ARR
Dr Myron Lee
Jungle Juice causing
pseudohyperchloremia
Ms Julie Sherfan
An unusual thyroid challenge
Dr Michael Theophilos
Implementation of mass
spectrometry for clinical
testing: where to begin
Dr William Clarke
Newborn screening
for congenital adrenal
hyperplasia
Dr Mark de Hora
Innovations Plenary The social pathologist: wisely using social media for network building, education, and academic advancement Prof Bobbi Pritt
Condom evidence in
sexual assaults
Dr Kari Pitts
An external quality
assurance pilot in clinical
forensic medicine
Ms Julia Pagliuso
Morning Tea amongst the Industry Exhibition & Roche E-Posters
Can clinical forensic
medicine practitioners
accurately categorise
correlation, causation
and cr*p?
Dr Jennifer Anne Smith
Sexual assault in sport:
game over!
Dr Angela Williams
The strengths and
limitations of peer-review
in the practice of clinical
forensic medicine
Dr Jennifer Anne Smith
Lunch amongst the Industry Exhibition & Roche E-Posters
Welcome to Country delivered by a Wurundjeri Elder
A fitness for interview
case study: cognitive
bias and advocacy on a
Saturday night
Dr Janine Rowse
Diminished response to
sensory stimuli during
sleep and the relevance
to sexual assault
Dr Rosemary Isaacs
Improving the forensic
genital examination for
trans and gender diverse
complainants of sexual
assault
Dr Matilda-Jane Oke
Afternoon Tea amongst the Industry Exhibition & Roche E-Posters
Meet the Chief Examiner
Dr Karen Heath
Case Presentations
Fatal shark attacks
Dr Jennifer McCourt
Epidemiological signals of
giant cell myocarditis
Dr Jagbir Grewal
SIDS classification: issues
and an update
Dr Luzern Tan
Assessment of traumatic
axonal injury
Dr Daniel du Plessis
Problem areas in post-
mortem imaging of the brain
Dr Chris O’Donnell
Neuropathology of
hypoglycaemic brain injury
Dr Daniel du Plessis
Meet the Chief Examiner
Prof Edwin Kirk
Case Presentations
The impact of an unknown
phenotype on variant
classification for reproductive
carrier screening
Dr Lauren Akesson
Ultra-rapid genomic testing,
a game changer in facilitating
disease modifying treatment
in a critically ill newborn
Dr Shanti Balasubramaniam
Detecting inborn errors of
metabolism by targeted
metabolomics: A Victorian
experience
Dr Joy Lee
Understanding complex
begins with knowing the
simple
Dr Priya Roy
QAP
Quality of genetic testing
reports in solid tumours
Dr Jason Tseung
Improving MGMT
methylation testing in glioma
– the benefit of EQA data
Dr Sze Chai
Implementing WGS-based
rare inherited disease
diagnostics in the Stockholm
healthcare region
Dr Anna Lindstrand
Ultra-rapid rare disease
diagnosis on a national scale
Prof Zornitza Stark
The Summer Internship in
Indigenous Genomics (SING)
program
Dr Emma Kowal
Meet the Chief Examiner
A/Prof Anoop Enjeti
Case Presentations
Coeliac to HLH
Ms Mandy Hubbard
ddPCR in detection and
quantification of FLT3-TKD
mutations in AML
Dr Eric Wenlong Li
Use of trio whole exome
sequence in an adolescent
with unexplained
splenomegaly: a case report
of CBL syndrome
Dr George Mason
Cryptic switch - FGFR1
rearranged biphenotypic
acute leukaemia
Dr Sean McKeague
Use of anti-JOV1 antibody
to detect clonal T cell
populations in a real world
setting
Dr Ben Reardon
Day-21 bone marrow biopsy
in AML treated with FLT3
inhibitors
Dr Aditya Tedjaseputra
BCR-ABL1 negative
myeloproliferative neoplasms
- changes since the WHO
2016 classification
Dr Attilio Orazi
Case studies in acute
leukemia
Dr Sindhu Cherian
Meet the Chief Examiner Meet the Chief Examiner
Dr Melanie Wong Dr Juliette Holland
Case Presentations Case Presentations
Immunophenotyping as a Direct whole-genome
diagnostic aid in primary sequencing to identify
immunodeficiency antiviral resistance in CMV
Dr Elizabeth Forbes Dr Max Kernich
A multiomic approach MLST typing of
to autoimmunity in the Acinetobacter baumannii in
immunology laboratory a hospital outbreak
Dr Adrian Lee Dr Alfred Lee
An immunodeficiency tale: A case of Tropheryma
same mutation, different whipplei infective
phenotype endocarditis diagnosed by
Dr Alex Quach 16S rRNA sequencing
Dr Georgia McCluskey
Clinical significance of
Anti-NMDAR accompanying Fantastic flukes and where
other neuronal antibodies to find them
- contrasting 3 separate Dr Varsha Sivalingam
cases COVID serology in cancer
Dr Sarah Thang patients
Imprinted repertoire Dr Siyu Peng
restriction in Evaluation of a MALDI-TOF
immunodeficiency cephalosporinase assay for
Dr Alexander Troelnikov blood culture isolates
Look below the line Dr Chloe Story
Dr Steven Xie
Can we predict liver Emergent non-Covid virus
transplant tolerance? issues
A/Prof David Bowen Update on influenza
Update on anti-GAD epidemiology and vaccines
antibodies A/Prof Sheena Sullivan
A/Prof Pravin Hissaria Update on monkey pox
Characterisation of novel Dr Jen Kok
anti-neuronal antibodies
Update on Japanese
Ms Kerri Prain encephalitis
Dr Jamie McMahon

5.05pm - 6.00pm DS Nelson & RCPAQAP Trainee Oral Presentations

6.00pm - 8.00pm Welcome Cocktail Party Sponsored by DiaSorin amongst the Industry Exhibition & Roche E- Posters

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8.30am - 9.30am
9.35am - 10.30am
Anatomical
10.30am - 11.00am
11.00am - 12.30pm The wonderful world of schnoz:
update in sinonasal tumour
pathology: Part 1
Dr Justin Bishop
The wonderful world of schnoz:
update in sinonasal tumour
pathology: Part 2
Dr Justin Bishop
12.30pm - 1.30pm
1.30pm - 3.00pm High grade endometrial
carcinoma: 4 common issues
(and how to deal with them)
Dr Matt Quick
Selected loathsome endometrial
biopsies & what to call them
Dr Matt Quick
3.00pm - 3.30pm
3.30pm - 5.00pm Newly defined and recently
refined salivary gland tumours:
Part 1
Dr Justin Bishop
Newly defined and recently
refined salivary gland tumours:
Part 2
Dr Justin Bishop
6.00pm - 9.00pm
Eva Raik Memorial Oration Rapid diagnostic genome sequencing for genetic diseases in inpatients: an emerging new standard-of-care Prof Stephen Kingsmore
Chemical
Chemical & Genetic
Emerging applications for
therapeutic drug monitoring
Dr William Clarke
Implementing pre-emptive
pharmacogenomics in
paediatric oncology clinical
practice
A/Prof Rachel Conyers
The omics pipeline: the
pathway to drug discovery and
personalised/precision medicine
Prof Ed Nice
Optimisation of Rural Clinical
& Haematological Indicators
of Diabetes in pregnancy
(ORCHID) to improve detection
of risk for adverse birth
outcomes: from addressing
glycolysis to implementing
novel tests for detecting
hyperglycaemia in pregnancy
Prof Julia Marley
Dr Emma Jamieson
Ms Erica Spry
Decentralised point-of-care
testing for acute, chronic and
infectious disease – benefits
and challenges
Dr Susan Matthews
Chemical, Forensic & Clinical Forensic Medicine
The fentanyl epidemic in the USA and what this means for Australia and New Zealand
Prof Dimitri Gerostamoulos
Clinical toxicology: is it time to expand our horizons?
Dr William Clarke
Drug concentrations and interactions – therapeutic or toxic?
Prof Dimitri Gerostamoulos
BEA & RCPAQAP Trainee E-Poster Presentations
*Forensic & Clinical Forensic Medicine Genetic
Morning Tea amongst the Industry Exhibition & Roche E-Posters (Roche E- Poster Winners announced)
Forensic & Clinical Forensic Medicine Genetic & Chemical
One punch fatalities Emerging applications for
A/Prof Jennifer Schumann therapeutic drug monitoring
Dr William Clarke
Traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage
Dr Daniel du Plessis Implementing pre-emptive
pharmacogenomics in paediatric
Vaccine-related complications and a medico-legal issue
oncology clinical practice
related to post-COVID delirium/seizures
A/Prof Rachel Conyers
Dr Daniel du Plessis
The omics pipeline: the pathway to
drug discovery and personalised
precision medicine
Prof Ed Nice
Lunch amongst the Industry Exhibition & Roche E-Posters
Forensic & Clinical Forensic Medicine Aggregating genome sequencing
Cerebral venous pathology and paediatric head injury and electronic health record data
Dr Daniel du Plessis to accelerate rare disease drug
development and market uptake
Heads above the parapet: abusive head trauma and the
Dr Stephen Kingsmore
legal system, appealing to reason
Improving the diagnosis and
Dr Joanna Tully
treatment of neuromuscular
The spine in paediatric non-accidental head injury
diseases - new genes and hidden
Dr Daniel du Plessis
changes
Dr Emily Oates
Improving rare and untreatable
cancer treatment in 2023 - the role
of genetic testing
Dr Frank Lin
Afternoon Tea amongst the Industry Exhibition Roche E-Posters (Trainee Prize Winners Announced)
Characterisation of structural
chromosomal variants by short and
long read sequencing of DNA and
RNA
Dr Anna Lindstrand
Molecular tumour biomarkers:
circulating tumour DNA
Dr Clare Gould
WGS trio sequencing at diagnosis
of cancer: adult and paediatric
patients show different genomic
cancer risks
Dr Mark Pinese
Admission of New Fellows & Presentation of Awards Ceremony (6.00-7.00pm) & Soiree (7.00-9.00pm)
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Haematology Immunopathology Microbiology
What’s new in MDS/MPN overlap Tell me more - telomere biology Parasitology 1 Morphological
syndromes and understanding telomere diagnosis
Dr Attilio Orazi defects Faecal parasites
Evaluation of T cells by flow Dr Roshini Abraham Dr Richard Bradbury
cytometry The effects of ageing on the Blood parasites
Dr Sindhu Cherian immune system A/Prof Rogan Lee
A/Prof Delia Nelson
Digital images in parasitology
Ms Janice Stavropolous
Eosinophilic myeloid neoplasms: The yin and yang of inborn errors Parasitology 2 Molecular
an update of immunity - immunodeficiency Commercial molecular assays:
Dr Attilio Orazi and immune dysregulation pros and cons
Minimal/measurable residual Dr Roshini Abraham Prof Bobbi Pritt
disease in acute myeloid leukemia The role of somatic mutations in
In-house molecular assays: pros
Dr Sindhu Cherian immune mediated inflammatory
and cons
diseases
Dr Matthew Watts
A/Prof Owen Siggs
Role of sequencing in parasitology
Dr Anson Koehler
Interesting haematology cases What Mendel could learn from Parasitology 3
Dr Sara Hall the inborn errors of immunity - Interactive cases/quiz
Putting the ‘quality’ in transfusion: harnessing the power of next- Prof Bobbi Pritt
can your QAP results guide your generation genetic testing for
e-diagnosis in parasitic infections
transfusion service? diagnosis of immune disorders!
Dr Harsha Sheorey
Dr Anastazia Keegan Dr Roshini Abraham
Dr Linda Saravanan Tissue typing update - flow
cytometry cross match and the use
of epitope analysis in predicting
solid organ rejection
Dr John Downing
Indirect immunofluorescence
identification and reporting in EQA
Ms Zoe Vayanos
Pathology Update 2023: Sunday 26 February 2023: Scientific & Social Program
Anatomical Chemical *Forensic & Clinical Genetic Haematology Immunopathology Microbiology
Forensic Medicine

9.30am - 10.30am Innovations Plenary COVID-19 Vaccination- Where are we up to? A/Prof Paul Griffin

10.30am - 11.00am Morning Tea amongst the Industry Exhibition & Roche E-Posters

11.00am - 12.30pm Anatomical & Microbiology Metabolic (dysfunction) associated Forensic & Clinical Forensic Newborn screening by rapid genome Haematology & Immunopathology Microbiology & Anatomical
Parasites in tissue fatty liver disease Medicine sequencing for early treatment of Flow cytometric testing in the era of immunotherapies Parasites in tissue
Prof Bobbi Pritt Prof Jacob George Operation Whakaari, White Island genetic diseases: filling the gap Dr Sindhu Cherian Prof Bobbi Pritt
Laboratory issues with Dr Simon Stables Prof Stephen Kingsmore
Fungi and mycobacteria in tissues Systemic mastocytosis - a (slightly) simplified diagnostic approach Fungi and mycobacteria in tissues
A/Prof John Slavin implementation of liver fibrosis The Lundy murders: the role and Genome sequencing is a sensitive Dr Attilio Orazi A/Prof John Slavin
marker testing reliability of forensic neuropathology first-line test to diagnose individuals
Dr Louise Prentice practice with intellectual disability
New markers for MAFLD Dr Daniel du Plessis Dr Anna Lindstrand
Dr Paul Bonnitcha Transactivation of cell lines for
functional genomic studies
Dr Lachlan Jolly

12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch amongst the Industry Exhibition & Roche E-Posters

1.00pm - 1.30pm Forum for the Fellows Dr Lawrie Bott including a NPAAC Update Dr Bev Rowbotham

1.30pm - 3.00pm Update on appendiceal lesions Australia as one big laboratory - are Forensic & Clinical Forensic Genetic & Immunopathology Transfusion requirements and patient Immunopathology & Genetic QA
Dr Nicole Kramer our results good enough? Medicine DNA repair defects and inborn errors outcomes for Australian Aboriginal DNA repair defects and inborn errors Requirements of internal validation in
A few issues I have with peritoneal A/Prof Graham Jones True and false physical findings of of immunity: why we need to fix what and Torres Strait Islander peoples: of immunity: why we need to fix what molecular testing
pathology Mass spectrometry - what’s next for child abuse is broken are they different? is broken Dr Darren Jardine
Dr Matt Quick clinical applications? Dr Jennifer Anne Smith Dr Roshini Abraham Dr Tina Noutsos Dr Roshini Abraham Reporting of antimicrobial resistance
Dr William Clarke True and false radiological findings of Understanding the immunopathology Non-invasive antenatal determination Understanding the immunopathology in proficiency testing programs
Final recommendations for child abuse of COVID-19 using genomics of fetal blood group in pregnancy of COVID-19 using genomics Dr Menuk Jayawardena
macroprolactin Dr Padma Rao Prof Sammy Bedoui care Prof Sammy Bedoui Performance of parasite QAP in
Ms Lyn Boscato Dr Helen Savoia
Single cell genomics and immune Single cell genomics and immune Australia & NZ
responses to cancer therapies The increasing use of emergency responses to cancer therapies Ms Katherine Ryan
A/Prof Paul Neeson group O red blood cells and its effect A/Prof Paul Neeson
on blood inventories
Prof David Roxby

3.00pm - 4.00pm Closing Afternoon Tea

• Friday 24 – Sunday 26 February 2023: Forensic Pathology & Clinical Forensic Medicine Scientific Programs:
Due to the nature of the scientific content presented these two scientific programs will only be open to Fellows, Trainees, Laboratory Scientists & Medical/Science Students. It is closed to Non-Members & Media.

• The RCPA reserves the right to change the Scientific & Social Program at any point in time.

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