Wednesday, September 30, 2026. 1 PM-1:30 PM ET
Roundtable presenters John Longshore, PhD, Head of Scientific Affairs, Global Oncology Diagnostics, AstraZeneca, and Flora Berisha, MS, Executive Director, Global Head of Diagnostic Partnering and Development, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, and Mark D. Ewalt, MD, Associate Medical Director for Laboratory Operations, Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, Molecular Diagnostics Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Isabel Preeshagul, DO, MBS, Thoracic Medical Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The roundtable is made possible by a special educational grant from Pillar Biosciences.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Thursday, October 1, 2026 1 PM-2 PM ET
This presentation will explore the value of in-house CGP, offer insights into the benefits and drawbacks of incorporation, and provide information about important practical factors when considering in-house implementation of CGP.
Webinar presenter Allison M. Cushman-Vokoun, MD, PhD, FCAP, Medical Director, Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Laboratory, Director, Division of Diagnostic Molecular Pathology and Human Genetics, Henry F. Krous Professor of Pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Illumina.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 11 AM-12 PM ET
Hear experts review the biological and clinical significance of the HER2 expression continuum in breast tissue, providing a clearer understanding of how these variations might impact diagnosis, and discuss the emerging importance of documenting HER2-low and HER2-ultralow categories using a validated IHC assay.
Webinar presenters Keith Wharton, MD, PhD, Global Medical Affairs Leader–Pathology, Roche Diagnostics Solutions, and Hannah Y. Wen, MD, PhD, Director, Breast Pathology Fellowship, Associate Team Leader, Breast Pathology Team, Attending Pathologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Roche.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the challenges of detecting NRG1 fusions and how RNA-based testing can support more comprehensive fusion identification in clinical practice.
Webinar presenter Benjamin Weinberg, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Attending Physician
specializing in gastrointestinal medical oncology
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Diaceutics.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
February 2014—For “quants”—people who love all things numeric or algorithmic—information technology is its own reason for being. But for those with responsibility for clinical outcomes and the bottom line in the clinical laboratory, IT is much, much more. Innovative uses of IT are providing myriad new solutions with measurable paybacks in quality improvement and cost reduction.
February 2014—Utility companies can generate electricity in many ways—fossil fuel, nuclear reaction, solar panel, wind turbine. Which power source is preferable depends on the circumstances and the work that needs to be done. Generating optimal laboratory utilization is much the same. Providing an efficient and effective combination of tests for diagnosing hematologic neoplasms requires a different approach from achieving appropriate repeat ordering of chemistry tests in ICU patients. Delivering only the necessary blood components to cardiovascular surgery patients may take different tactics from curbing orders of expensive molecular genetic send-out tests.
February 2014—Recalling a reagent is about more than just removing a product from laboratory shelves. It’s about retracting test results and thus affecting diagnoses and treatment plans. It’s about questioning patient outcomes and revisiting past decisions. “So much of what laboratories do is central to making a diagnosis and determining treatment,” says John Harbour, MD, regional medical director of HealthPartners Laboratories, medical director of the Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital Laboratory, and president of Monument Pathologists Inc., Richmond, Va.
January 2014—A school-based quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine program was introduced in Australia in April 2007 for 12- to 13-year-old girls. This program was also extended to 14- to 17-year-old girls in schools and to 18- to 26-year-old women in the community. The vaccination program has been highly successful, with uptake rates of 86 percent, 82 percent, and 75 percent for doses one, two, and three, respectively. Australia also has an established National Cervical Screening Program. Screening is recommended at age 18, or two years after the onset of sexual activity.
January 2014—With the new year come fresh offerings from coagulation analyzer manufacturers, of which at least two have launched entirely new testing systems. Instrumentation Laboratory’s ACL AcuStar hemostasis system has been “met with great enthusiasm for its speed, accuracy, and comprehensive line of high performance chemiluminescent assays,” says Venita C. Shirley, director of marketing for commercial operations in North America.
January 2014—Meaningful use standards are fostering increasing patient access to medical records, including pathology reports. Yet pathology reports can be challenging even for clinicians, much less for patients, to understand. Nonetheless, it is typically left to the treating non-pathologist clinician to explain the findings to the patient, even when the clinician lacks detailed knowledge of pathologic features.
January 2014—A child born recently at Broward Health Medical Center was definitively diagnosed, without testing, as having a significant genetic abnormality. A medical resident eager to put his education into practice ordered genetic testing for the newborn, two normal siblings, and the child’s parents.
January 2014—A grassroots effort that mobilized pathologists around the country, and subsequent pressure from pathologists’ congressional representatives, beat back plans to limit non-hospital Medicare payments. But other pay changes instituted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have created significant concerns for physicians and laboratories.
January 2014—When it comes to sexually transmitted infections, most clinicians and laboratories are well versed in diagnosing those caused by chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, and syphilis. But a host of lesser-known STIs often go undiagnosed, despite their surprising prevalence. Many of these STIs receive little publicity because they’re not considered reportable by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists—a requirement that depends on a variety of factors, including whether an intervention is available and a public health response is indicated, and whether the disease or condition represents a threat to public health.
January 2014—Can one equal 600? Is it possible for a mutation in a single nucleotide base in the FMR1 gene to be as potent as a run of more than 200 triplet repeats in causing fragile X-like symptoms? That was the question Stephen T. Warren, PhD, FACMG, raised in his keynote lecture at the 2013 meeting of the Association for Molecular Pathology. Two decades ago Dr. Warren and others showed that expansion of CGG triplet runs in the FMR1 gene is responsible for fragile X syndrome, or FXS. At the AMP meeting, Dr. Warren, who received the AMP Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics, presented evidence that a point mutation in an FMR1 gene with a normal CGG repeat number can also cause intellectual disability and developmental delay, just as triplet repeats do, accompanied by other, non-FXS manifestations. In at least one case, a point mutation caused the full fragile X syndrome.
