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Pathology Informatics Summit 2025

 

Monday, May 19, 2025, Pre-Conference Workshops

PI Bootcamp Workshop
Room: Auditorium 1

9:00 am - 5:00 pm 

Breakfast will be served from 8 AM to 9 AM in the Atrium (outside of Auditoriums 1/2)
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

 

HIMA Imaging Science
Room: Auditorium 2
9:00 am - 5:00 pm


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

 

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Morning Session

Short Abstract Presentations
*Running concurrently

Breakfast will be served from 7 AM to 8 AM in the Atrium (outside of Auditoriums 1/2)
8:00 - 9:00 AM Moderator: TBD
Rooms: Auditorium 1
Moderator: TBD
Room: Auditorium 2
Moderator: TBD
Room: Elizabeth Ann


Morning Track Lectures
 

  Track 1 
Computational Pathology-AP
Rooms: Auditorium 1
Moderator: TBD

Track 2 
Computational Pathology- CP
Room: Auditorium 2

Moderator: TBD

Track 3
Data Science
Room: Elizabeth Ann

Moderator: TBD

9:10 - 9:45 AM

From Review to Practice: Implementing Histopathologic Image Retrieval with Vector Databases
Dibson Dibe Gondim, MD

Computational Frontiers for Personalized Laboratory Test Interpretation
Brody Foy, DPhil

Common Pitfalls in Data Analysis that Lead to False Discovery in Pathology Research
Yonah Ziemba, MD

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 
Mustafa Yousif, MD
E
lie De Brauwer

Improved Prenatal Screening for Open Neural Tube Defects by Removing Race and Modernizing the Tooling

Daniel Herman, MD, PhD

Big Data for a Public Health Emergency: A Novel Solution for Harmonizing Diverse Real-World Data Sources

James Crawford, MD, PhD

10:30 - 11:25 AM Break, Browse Exhibits, and Poster Session
 
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


Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Afternoon Session

Plenary Sessions
Moderator: Ulysses Balis

Room: Auditorium 1

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

 

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Short Abstract Presentations

*Running concurrently
8:00 - 9:00 AM Moderator: TBD
Rooms: Auditorium 1
Moderator: TBD
Room: Auditorium 2
Moderator: TBD
Rooms: Elizabeth Ann


Morning Track Lectures

  Track 1:
Operations, Lab Workflow, and Business Development
Rooms: Auditorium 1
Moderator: TBD

Track 2:
Digital Pathology Workflow & Implementation -  Session 1
Room: Auditorium 2
Moderator: TBD

Track 3:
Education
Rooms: Elizabeth Ann
Moderator: TBD

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
 
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
A
nil 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

 

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Afternoon Track Lectures

  Track 1 
Digital Pathology Workflow & Implementation - Session 2
Rooms: Auditorium 1
Moderator:  TBD

Track 2
Current Informatics Trends and Historical Perspectives
Room: Auditorium 2

Moderator: TBD

Track 3: 
BECICH-FRIEDMAN DISTINGUISHED ORAL PRESENTATION 
Rooms: Elizabeth Ann

Moderator: TBD

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
Ibrahim Yilmaz, PhD

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
Lee Schroeder, MD

3:05 - 3:45 PM Break, Browse Exhibits, and Poster Session 
3:45 - 4:15 PM TOWN HALL
Auditorium 1
4:15 - 5:30 PM API President's Address
Auditorium 1
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


Thursday, May 22, 2025

API Focus Session: Expert Panel on LDT Regulation Overhaul and Data Challenges in Pathology Informatics
Room: Auditorium 1

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