Program Description: 
The Pathology department is a broad-based collection of anatomic pathologists (who diagnose tissue and cells), clinical pathologists (who manage laboratory medicine including blood bank, chemistry, microbiology etc.) and basic/ translational researchers (who study areas of the basis of disease). This monthly series of one-hour presentations by intramural and extramural presenters is designed to update our faculty with alternative sources of information and experience on controversial or newly emerging topics that are likely to change diagnostic pathology practices that cannot be gleaned from reading the literature or standard textbooks in pathology. There are many areas in pathology where a uniformly acceptable standard has not yet been established. Direct interaction with an expert can provide the pathologist with additional insights pertaining to these 3 branches of practice with the hope that much of the audience will gain new knowledge that meaningfully changes their practice.
 
Key Words: Diagnosis, CME, Criteria, Technology, Pathology, Grand Rounds
Target audience: 
  • Physicians
  • Allied Health Professionals
Learning objectives: 
Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:
  • Describe how digital pathology supports clinical diagnostics, enhances pathology education, and enables scalable research using digitized image data. 
  • Compare different digital pathology adoption models, including use case-based, and large-scale digitization transition approaches. 
  • Explain the importance of workflow integration and interoperability as essential components for enabling large0scale digital pathology operations. 
Faculty & credentials: 
Planning Committee:
Kathleen Bone, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
The Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Navonil De Sarkar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
The Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Alexander J. Gallan, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Amanda Hopp, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Robert Nerenz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Kelly Simarski
Education Program Coordinator III
Department of Pathology
The Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Speaker:
Dibson Dibe Gondim, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 
Vice Chair of Computational Pathology and Artificial Intelligence
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
 
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
  • Kathleen Bone, PhD
  • Amanda Hopp, MD
  • Kelly Simarski

The following persons in control of content disclosed the following financial relationships which were reviewed via the MCW conflict of interest mitigation process and addressed.
Name
Company
Role
Alexander J. Gallan, MD
Otsaku
Novartis
Consultant & Speaking orTeaching
Robert Nerenz, PhD
Abbott Laboratories
Porex
Researcher
Consultant

Contact

Name: 
Kelly Simarski

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Session date: 
02/06/2026 - 11:00am to 12:00pm CST
Location: 
The Medical College of Wisconsin/Hybrid or WebEx
9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 226
Milwaukee, WI 53226
United States
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
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