Liver Biopsy in the Assessment of Medical Liver Disease - Thursday 4th April 2019

5 CPD Credits

Day 1 is designed for senior trainees in histopathology and hepatology, and for consultant histopathologists and gastroenterologists who are regularly involved in liver biopsy assessment (without necessarily working in a Liver Unit).

09.00     Registration and Coffee

09.50     Welcome and Introduction – Professor Stefan Hübscher, Birmingham

Clinical Indications and General Approaches to Liver Biopsy Interpretation

10.00     Patterns of abnormal LFTs and their differential diagnosis – Professor Matthew Cramp, Plymouth

10.25     Indications for liver biopsy in investigating common medical liver diseases – what information is required from a liver biopsy report? – Dr Steve Ryder, Nottingham

10.50     Coffee

11.20     How to handle liver biopsy specimens – specimen fixation, processing and staining methods - Dr Alberto Quaglia, Kings College Hospital, London

11.45     Basic patterns of liver damage – what information can a liver biopsy provide and what clinical information does the pathologist need? – Professor Rob Goldin, Imperial College, London

12.10     Lunch

Clinico-Pathological Assessment of Common Medical Liver Diseases

13.10     Fatty liver disease – Dr Judy Wyatt & Dr Ian Rowe, Leeds

13.55     Chronic biliary disease – Dr Susan Davies & Dr William Gelson

14.40     Tea

15.10     Chronic hepatitis – viral and autoimmune – Dr Chris Bellamy & Dr Andrew Bathgate, Edinburgh

15.55     Acute hepatitis, including acute liver failure – Professor Stefan Hübscher & Dr Palak Trivedi

16.40     Panel Discussion, Questions and Answers. Concluding remarks and close

Histopathology Workshop - Liver Pathology Friday 5th April 2019

5 CPD Credits

Day 2 is for histopathologists – senior trainees and consultants working outside specialist liver centres, and trainees in stage C or D who have an interest in liver pathology.

9.00 to 10.00       Registration and Coffee.

Viewing of scanned cases as a refresher prior to the meeting.  The course teachers will be available to discuss cases.

09.50     Welcome and Introduction – Dr Judy Wyatt, Leeds

10.00     Slide Seminar:  Prof Stefan Hubscher, Birmingham - Focal Liver Lesions (10 cases)

11.30     Coffee and slide viewing

12.00     Slide Seminar: Dr Sue Davies, Cambridge - medical liver biopsies, cases 1-7

12.45     Lunch

13.30     Slide Seminar: Dr Sue Davies, Cambridge - medical liver biopsies, cases 8-13

14.15     Tea and slide viewing

14.45     Slides Seminar: Dr Judy Wyatt, Leeds - medical liver biopsies.

16.15     Concluding remarks and close

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the session individuals should:

• Have pre-viewed a range of liver cases, as virtual slides pre-meeting, and also available using iPads during the meeting.
• Be confident in recognising common patterns of medical liver disease in liver biopsies
• Understand the role of different special stains in medical liver biopsies
• Have gained an understanding of the pathological assessment of focal liver lesions

The UK Liver Pathology group was founded in 2016 to promote excellence in liver histopathology services in the UK and Ireland, across all levels of specialisation, through professional collaboration in education, quality assurance and research.

We aim to provide a range of training and CPD materials and events, suitable for trainees and consultants in specialist and generalist settings. 

This course is being run for the fifth time; it was first held as a BDIAP histopathology workshop in March 2014. 

Due to the variation in provision of liver services, there is limited exposure to liver histopathology in some training programmes. This course would be particularly useful for trainees who are looking for a concise all-round practical learning opportunity in liver pathology.

Two new things for this year

• Based on feedback, we have now linked it more formally with the preceding 'Liver Biopsy in the Assessment of Medical Liver Disease' course, and moved to the same venue at the Royal College of Pathologists. 
• We will be using iPads for slide viewing - the London Deanery has found that iPads are effective in this type of workshop meeting, providing an effective and convenient alternative to glass slides and microscopes. 

Delegate feedback will be important in our assessment of this approach.

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Both days are hosted by the Royal College of Pathologists; this will be one of the first meetings in their new building at 6 Alie Street, London E1 8QT.