Pathology Informatics Summit 2025
Monday, May 19, 2025, Pre-Conference WorkshopsPI Bootcamp Workshop
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9:00 - 9:10 AM | Introduction |
9:10 - 9:55 AM | Data Visualization Interactive Session I |
9:55 - 10:45 AM | Data Visualization Interactive Session II |
10:45 - 11:00 AM | Refreshment Break |
11:00 - 11:50 AM | Practical Approach to Large Language Model Implementation |
11:50 - 12:40 PM | Publishing an AI Project (panel with journal editors and reviewers TBA) |
12:40 - 1:15 PM | Lunch |
1:15 - 2:05 PM | Pathology AI Implementation Specialist: A Growing Role |
2:05 - 2:55 PM | Laboratory Data Leadership: Best Practices |
2:55 - 3:15 PM | Refreshment Break |
3:15 - 4:05 PM | Teaching Pathology Informatics |
4:05 - 4:50 PM | A Day in the Life of a Laboratory Informatics Medical Director (panel with medical directors TBA) |
4:50 - 5:00 PM | Conclusion |
5:15 - 6:15 PM | Meetup Monday - TBA Elizabeth Ann Room - Refreshments provided |
6:30 - 8:00 PM | Fellowship Fair Elizabeth Ann Room - Refreshments provided |
9:00 - 9:05 AM | Introduction - Metin Gurcan, PhD |
9:05 - 9:55 AM | Artificial Intelligence and Computational Imaging: Opportunities for Precision Medicine - Pallavi Tiwari, PhD |
9:55 - 10:45 AM | Integrating Spatial Omics and Computer Vision for AI-Driven Pathology Analysis - Yuankai Huo, PhD |
10:45 - 11:00 AM | Refreshment Break |
11:00 - 11:50 AM | Multimodal Generative AI for Precision Health - Hoifung Poon, PhD |
11:50 - 12:40 PM | Practical Medical Image Annotation and Analysis - Jerome Cheng, MD |
12:40 - 1:15 PM | Lunch |
1:15 - 2:05 PM | HIMA/API Best Dissertation Award Winner: Deep Learning Methods for Fibrotic Tissue Microenvironment Analysis - Bin Li, PhD |
2:05 - 2:55 PM | AI-Based Multimodal Data Fusion for Outcome Prediction in Oncology - Jana Lipkova, PhD |
2:55 - 3:15 PM | Refreshment Break |
3:15 - 4:05 PM | Real-World Deployment of Federated Learning in Healthcare (Big Data Analysis Without Sharing Patient Data) - Spyridon Bakas, PhD |
4:05 - 5:00 PM | Panel Discussion |
Short Abstract Presentations
*Running concurrently
8:00 - 9:00 AM | Moderator: TBD Rooms: Auditorium 1 |
Moderator: TBD Room: Auditorium 2 |
Moderator: TBD Room: Elizabeth Ann |
Track 1 Computational Pathology-AP Rooms: Auditorium 1 Moderator: TBD |
Track 2 |
Track 3 |
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9:10 - 9:45 AM |
From Review to Practice: Implementing Histopathologic Image Retrieval with Vector Databases |
Computational Frontiers for Personalized Laboratory Test Interpretation Brody Foy, DPhil |
Common Pitfalls in Data Analysis that Lead to False Discovery in Pathology Research |
9:45 - 9:55 AM | Ten-minute break to switch lectures | ||
9:55- 10:30 AM |
Pathology QC Solution: Tissue and Multi-Class Artifact Segmentation for Efficient H&E Slide Quality Control |
Improved Prenatal Screening for Open Neural Tube Defects by Removing Race and Modernizing the Tooling |
Big Data for a Public Health Emergency: A Novel Solution for Harmonizing Diverse Real-World Data Sources |
10:30 - 11:25 AM | Break, Browse Exhibits, and Poster Session |
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11:25 - 12:00 PM | Introducing VIPR 2.0: An Advanced Image Segmentation and Classification Tool that Actually Works as it Should Ulysses Balis, MD |
Development of a Transfusion Data Warehouse for Reporting, Visualization, and Predictive Analytics Khalda Ibrahim, MD |
Orchestrating WSI De-identification: Balancing Privacy, Scalability, Cost, and Innovation Peter Gerskovich, MD, MHA |
12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch | ||
12:00 - 12:55 PM | MENTORING ROUND TABLE Room: Salon V |
1:00 - 1:05 PM | Opening Welcome to PI Summit 2024 Ulysses G. J. Balis |
1:05 - 1:40 PM | How Michigan Medicine Successfully Rolled out Digital Pathology for Primary Diagnosis Charles Parkos, MD |
1:40 - 2:15 PM | Innovation into Practice: Building a Regional and National Digital Pathology Platform in the UK Bethany Williams, MBBS, BSc, PhD |
2:15- 2:50 PM | Henry Ford Health System’s Enduring Legacy of Quality Systems and How it Transformed the Specialties of Anatomic Pathology and Lab Medicine Richard Zarbo, MD |
2:50 - 3:30 PM | Break/Browse Exhibits and Poster Sessions |
3:30 - 4:05 PM | Applications of Machine Learning in the Predictive Diagnostics of Laboratory Medicine Jenna Wiens, PhD |
4:05 - 4:40 PM | TBD |
4:40 - 4:45 PM | Stand up Break |
4:45 - 5:15 PM | DIAMOND Exhibitor Presentation |
5:15 - 7:30 PM | Opening Reception with Team Trivia Game with Dr. Ronald Jackups, API President, as MC Exhibitor Ballroom |
7:30 - 9:30 PM |
Women's Networking Nightcap - Elizabeth Ann Room |
8:00 - 9:00 AM | Moderator: TBD Rooms: Auditorium 1 |
Moderator: TBD Room: Auditorium 2 |
Moderator: TBD Rooms: Elizabeth Ann |
Track 1: Operations, Lab Workflow, and Business Development Rooms: Auditorium 1 Moderator: TBD |
Track 2: |
Track 3: |
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9:10 - 9:45 AM | Leveraging Business Analytics to Support Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PALM) Operations and Clinical Reporting J. Mark Tuthill, MD |
Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence Implementations as the Next Chapter in Diagnostic Hematopathology Mingyi Chen, MD, PhD |
Audio Informatics: The Science Behind Speaking, Listening, and Perception Edward Klatt, MD |
9:45 - 9:55 AM | Ten-minute break to switch lectures | ||
9:55 - 10:30 AM | Transitioning Critical Value Notification Systems: From Legacy to Epic—A Case Study and Workflow Demonstration Samuel McCash, MD |
Use of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Pathology 2025: Progress, Challenges and Future Directions Anil Parwani, MD, PhD, MBA |
Comprehensive “Open Source” Slide Sets and Term Lists for Pathology Informatics Instruction James Harrison, MD, PhD |
10:30 - 11:25 AM | Break, Browse Exhibits, and Poster Session |
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11:25 - 12:00 PM | AI@AP: Practical Guidelines for Implementing Machine Learning Tools in Your Daily Workflow Kareem Hosny, MD, MPH |
Enabling Interoperability: Seamless Integration of Consultation Cases with LIS Rajendra Singh Anil Parwani, MD, PhD, MBA |
Practical Data Science Training for Pathology Residents Yonah Ziemba, MD |
12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch | Exhibitor Hall | |
12:00 - 1:00 PM | Travel Awardee Luncheon | Salon V |
Track 1 Digital Pathology Workflow & Implementation - Session 2 Rooms: Auditorium 1 Moderator: TBD |
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1:00 - 1:35 PM | Breaking the DICOM Mold: Why Pathology Demands a Better Standard Peter Gershkovich, MD, MHA |
The Revolution and Evolution of Clinical and Anatomic Pathology LIS - 1960's to 2020's Dennis Winsten Raymond Aller, MD |
SegRenal: AI-Driven Segmentation of Frozen Sections in Transplant Kidney Biopsies - A Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models |
1:35 - 1:45 PM | Ten-minute break to switch lectures | ||
1:45 - 2:20 PM | The Long-Term Advantages of Digital Pathology are Only Realized Through True Interoperability LIsa-Jean Clifford |
All Things to All People: The Many Faces of the Laboratory Test Guide Noah Hoffman, MD, PhD |
Identification of Inappropriate 1,25-Dihydroxy Vitamin D Ordering Within a Large, Tertiary Healthcare System Christopher Zarbock, MD |
2:20 - 2:30 PM | Ten-minute break to switch lectures | ||
2:30 - 3:05 PM | Digital Pathology in Partnership with Radiology Using Existing PACS/VNA Enterprise Architecture: The Michigan Experience Ulysses Balis, MD Mustafa Yousif, MD |
Communicating Your Wealth as a Pathology Informaticist John Rogers, MD |
Measuring the Clinical Impact of a Reflex Celiac Disease Testing Algorithm: Improving the Value of Celiac Biopsies |
3:05 - 3:45 PM | Break, Browse Exhibits, and Poster Session | ||
3:45 - 4:15 PM | TOWN HALL Auditorium 1 |
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4:15 - 5:30 PM | API President's Address Auditorium 1 |
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5:30 - 7:00 PM | API President’s reception in the Garden Marquee | ||
7:00 - 9:30 PM | Live Music with "Lost in Processing" in the Garden Marquee |
Moderator: Ulysses Balis
8:00 - 9:00 AM | Breakfast in Atrium |
9:00 - 10:20 AM |
Panel Discussion followed by Q&A: The FDA’s Final Rule on Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) |
10:20 - 10:30 AM | STANDING BREAK |
10:30 - 11:50 AM |
Panel Discussion followed by Q&A: Addressing the Growing Crisis of the Lack of Availability of Broadly Sourced AI Datasets for Training of AI Models |
11:50 - 12:00 PM | Closing remarks and adjournment Ulysses Balis and J. Mark Tuthill |