Department of Pathology Residency Program

Conferences

Join us for our weekly, monthly and annual program conferences. Our department also attends daily tumor boards.

Weekly

Anatomic Pathology (AP) Conference: A faculty led didactic with topics repeating every two-three years and covering major surgical pathology topics of all major organ systems. Surgical Pathology Unknown Slide Conference (“Lumps and Bumps”): Faculty led unknown slide conference.
Clinical Pathology (CP) Conference: A faculty led didactic with topics repeating every three years and covering hematopathology, informatics, transfusion medicine, microbiology, chemistry, and molecular pathology.
Coagulation Conference: Faculty led multidisciplinary discussion of laboratory hemostasis topics or recent interesting cases.
First Year Resident Conference: Faculty and fellow led slide review covering common and important surgical pathology topics held at the multi headed scope.
Hematopathology Interesting Case Conference: Resident and fellow led review of interesting hematopathology related cases from UNMH and the hematopathology consult service.
Microbiology Plate Rounds: Resident and faculty led interdepartmental conference covering infectious disease cases at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center (VAMC), with review of plates or slides for selected cases.
Neuropathology Gross Conference: Faculty, fellow, and resident led examination of brains from challenging autopsy cases.
Neuropathology Slide Review: Faculty led review of histology from autopsy cases with neuropathologic findings.
New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) Consensus Conference: Faculty led review of challenging cases at the Office of the Medical Investigator. This conference is also attended by faculty and trainees from the New Mexico Poison Control Center for toxicology consultations.
Pathology Seminar Series: Department-wide conference covering new innovations in basic science and clinical pathology.

Monthly

Journal Club: Faculty and resident led review of an AP or CP topic in the current literature.
Neuropathology Conference: Neuropathology faculty led didactic or unknown slide conference.
Cytology Conference: Faculty or fellow led didactic or unknown slide conference.

Annual Series

Lab Management Lecture Series: Didactic series of lectures given by faculty and management from TriCore Reference Laboratories, UNMH, and Presbyterian on the basics of laboratory management.

Tumor Boards

DAY	CONFERENCE	TIME	FACULTY
Monday	Genitourinary Tumor Board	2:00 - 3:00 (2^nd & 4^thMondays)	Surgical Pathology Faculty
Tuesday	Sarcoma Tumor Board	8:00 - 9:00	Surgical Pathology & Orthopedic Oncology Faculty
	Pediatric Tumor Board	3:00 - 4:00 (1^st & 3^rd Tuesdays)	Surgical Pathology Faculty & Fellows
	Adult Tumor Board	4:00 - 5:00	Surgical Pathology Faculty
Wednesday	Gyn Colposcopy Conference	7:30 - 8:00	Cytopathology Fellow & Rotating Senior Residents
	Dermatology	8:00 - 9:00 (3^rd Wednesday)	Dermatopathology Faculty
	Breast Tumor Board	4:30 - 5:30	Surgical Pathology Faculty
Thursday	Gyn Oncology Tumor Board	8:00 - 9:00	Surgical Pathology Faculty
Thursday	GI Conference	4:00 - 5:00 (2^nd & 4^th Thursday)	Surgical Pathology & GI Faculty & Fellows
Friday	Neuro-oncology Tumor Board	7:00 - 8:00	Neuropathology Faculty
Friday	ENT Tumor Board	8:00 - 9:00 (3^rd Friday)	Surgical Pathology Faculty

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