Monthly Multi-Institutional Hematopathology Interesting Case Conference

 

Schedule for 2025 MHICC

Date Presenting Institution
February 26 FCCC
March 19 Mount Sinai
April 23 MSKCC
May 28 Cleveland Clinic
June 25 Weill Cornell Medical College
August 27 University of Toronto
September 24 University of Pennsylvania
October 22 NYU
November 19 Mass General Brigham
December 17 Emory University

The Multi-Institutional Hematopathology Interesting Case Conference (MHICC) is a monthly virtual CME meeting to provide a platform for oncologists, pathologists, and trainees from leading institutions across North America to collaboratively discuss complex and educational hematopathology cases. This interactive and case-based discussion forum offers a unique opportunity to engage with experts, review complex cases, and strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration in hematopathology.

Participating Institutions

Upcoming Session

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Time: 5:00PM (EST)
Presenting Institution:Mass General Brigham

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Cases:

Case 1: A 38-year-old male patient presents with back pain, bilateral lower extremity neurologic symptoms, and acute urinary retention, and is found to have a thoracic tumor with cord compression, hyperleukocytosis (187.65 K/uL), anemia, and thrombocytopenia. Stains: peripheral blood smear, H&E, PAX5, CD3, CD10, c-MYC.

Case 2: A 57-year-old woman with incidentally discovered infiltrative mediastinal mass (8.9 cm), lung nodules, and pleural thickening. Stains: H&E, CD3-TRBC1 dual stain, CD4, CD56, Ki67.

Case 3: 82-year-old woman with 6 months of fever of unknown origin, weight loss, and fatigue and now admitted with symptomatic anemia (Hgb 6.5 g/dL) and elevated inflammatory markers (CRP 165 mg/L). Slides provided: H&E, BM aspirate.

Case 4: 35-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presenting with a hypermetabolic skin lesion on her scalp, measuring 3.1 x 1.9 cm in size. Stains: H&E, CD3, CD20, CD10, MUM1.

Click here to view previous MHICC Cases and Presentations

Educational Objectives:
By participating in this monthly conference, attendees will be able to:

  1. Discuss key concepts related to hematopathology including flow cytometry, broadly-defined molecular, cytogenetic and clinical findings as well as therapeutic implications.
  2. Identify and analyze challenging hematologic neoplasms, applying updated diagnostic criteria and emerging recommendations to improve patient outcome.
  3. Integrate novel diagnostic modalities and recent advancements in hematopathology to enhance diagnostic accuracy and facilitate more precise clinical decision-making.

Target Audience:
The MHICC is designed for a diverse audience of healthcare professionals with an interest in hematopathology and related fields. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Pathologists, as well as Medical and Radiation Oncologists
  • Fellows, Residents, and Trainees in Pathology, Hematopathology, Molecular Pathology, Hematologic Oncology, and Radiation Oncology

Participating Institutions and Organizing Committee Members:
Cleveland Clinic - Megan Nakashima, MD and Anna B. Owczarczyk, MD, PhD
Emory University - Brooj Abro, MD and David L. Jaye, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center - Nicholas Mackrides, MD; Mariusz Wasik, MD; Reza Nejati, MD; Rashmi Khanal, MD and Anthony Stack, DO 
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Shafinaz Hussein, MD
Mass General Brigham - Sam Sadigh, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Pallavi Kanwar, MD and Alexander Chan, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Katherine Calvo, MD, PhD
NYU Grossman School of Medicine - Nicholas Ward, MD
University of Pennsylvania - Siddharth Bhattacharyya, MD
University of Toronto - Ali Sakhdari, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine - Sanjay Patel, MD

For more information, please contact Reza Nejati, MD, Chair of the Organizing Committee, at Reza.Nejati@fccc.edu.

CME Information and Credit Instructions 

To Access your CME Certificate:
After the meeting, you’ll receive an email prompting you to complete a brief evaluation. Once submitted, your credit certificate will be available for download—please remember to save it for your records.

Accreditation Statement:
Temple Health is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:
Temple Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.

If you have any questions regarding CME credits, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Lucía Tono at Lucia.Tono-Ramirez@tuhs.temple.edu.

Click here to view previous MHICC Cases and Presentations


Published

February 24, 2025

Expires

February 24, 2026