On April 13-15, the 2018 PUMCH China-US Pathology Summit was held in Beijing, which was co-hosted by PUMCH and Mayo Clinic in cooperation with China International Medical Foundation (CIMF). Renowned pathologists from both countries gathered to give reports and discuss hot issues. Nearly a thousand pathologists from across China attended the event.

Image reading: a technical competition

On the afternoon of April 13, a five-hour image reading was held at the Lecture Hall of our hospital. Young doctors from our Department of Pathology shared 12 classic cases and discussed with the 200 students present. The gathering was also broadcast live and more than 5,000 people took part online.  

Special reports: an academic feast

The Summit featured 13 special reports, covering such fields as urology, breast, gynaecology, endocrinology and head and neck.

Reports from Mayo Clinic included: Updates to the WHO Classification of Germ Cell Tumors and Differential Diagnosis of Small Gland and Large Gland Lesions in Prostate by Professor Rafael Jimenez, Tumors of Jaws and Craniofacial Bones by Professor Michael Rivera, Fine Needle Aspiration of the Liver by Professor Huang Yajue, Noninvasive Lesions of Urinary Bladder: Common Diagnostic Dilemmas and

Morphoiogical Variants of Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma: What Do They Look Like and What Do They Mean? by Professor Zhai Qihui, and Difficult Diagnoses in Parathyroid Pathology by Professor Lori Erickson, a member of the WHO melanoma project team. Reports from PUMCH included: Several Interested Issues on the Tumors in Head and Neck Regions by Professor Chen Jie, Update in Pathology Diagnosis of Pituitary Tumor by Professor Liang Zhiyong, Advance in the Diagnosis of Plasma Cell Diseases with Bone Marrow Biopsies by Professor Lu Zhaohui, Problems, Progress and Practice in Diagnostic Gynecological Pathology by Professor Guo Lina, and Diagnosis of Apocrine Lesions of Breast by Associate Professor Wu Huanwen.