Overview

Placental pathology is a unique area of perinatal pathology whose understanding requires knowledge of normal development, physiology and histopathology as well as foetal and maternal medicine. Request of placental examination has grown exponentially in the recent years, and this has not been paired with histopathologist trained in reporting them.

This course will provide an up-date on placental physiology, current classification, and new insights into the knowledge of placental conditions. 

The course “Up-date on placenta: physiology and new concepts” is designed to paediatric/perinatal and general histopathology trainees as well as consultants. The course  will also be of benefit to obstetricians, both consultants and in training.

Programme

Day 1 - Thursday, 17 June 2021

  • 09:25 Registration
  • 09:30 Welcome & Course contents, Professor Marta Cohen & Dr Mudher Al-Adnani
  • 09:35 Placental physiology, Professor Rohan Lewis
  • 10:10 Amsterdam Criteria, Dr Peter Nikkels
  • 10.45 Q&A 
  • 11:00 Coffee break     
  • 11:15 Macroscopic examination of the placenta, Dr Andreas Marnerides
  • 11:45 Maternal vascular Malperfusion, Dr Tamas Marton & Dr Beata Hargitai
  • 12:15 Cord pathology, Dr Peter Nikkels
  • 12:45 Q&A 
  • 13:00 Lunch
  • 13:30 Inflammatory and immune related conditions of the placenta, Dr Mudher Al-Adnani
  • 14:05 Development of the placenta Professor Ona Faye-Petersen
  • 14:40 Cervicovaginal microbial-metabolite patterns associated with preterm birth, Dr Emmanuel Amabebe
  • 15:15 Q&A
  • 15:25 Coffee break  
  • 15:35 (Foeto) placental hydrops Professor Ona Faye-Petersen               
  • 16:10 Placenta and SARS-Cov-2 Infection, Dr Sophie Stenton
  • 16:45 Q&A
  • 16:55 Close meeting


Day 2 - Friday, 18 June 2021

  • 08:55 Registration
  • 09:00 Welcome
  • 09:05 Gestational trophoblastic disease, Dr Neil Sebire
  • 09:40 Twin placental pathology, Dr Peter Nikkels
  • 10:15 Q&A
  • 10:25 Coffee break 
  • 10:40 Fetal vascular malperfusion, Dr Peter Nikkels
  • 11:15 Stillbirth and the placenta, Professor Marta Cohen
  • 11:50 Q&A
  • 12:05 Farewell and departure

Registration Fees

Online Bookings

RCPath Members: £247.50
Non-members: £316.00
Concessions: £132.00 Includes trainees, BMS, non-consultant Clinical Scientists, retired & nurses

Please note that an administrative charge of £10.00 will be made on all cancellations and the total registration fee is forfeited if cancelled one working week before the event.

Zoom

This meeting will be held via Zoom. Details of the meeting with accompanied guidance will be sent to attendees before the meeting. We strongly suggest you download Zoom to your computer/laptop to make the most of the meeting, however if this is not possible just simply click on the link provided. To find out more about Zoom and how it works please visit the website

Please note: If you experience any problems when connecting to your Zoom meeting, such as lagging or freezing, then this may indicate that there is an issue with your internet connection, or the device you are using. We suggest that you try to move to an area with a more stable connection and then re-join the meeting. We unfortunately will not be able to provide you with a refund or transfer you onto another event if you happen to encounter these problems on the day. 

Speakers

UPDATE ON PLACENTA: PHYSIOLOGY AND NEW CONCEPTS - VIRTUAL MEETING

  • Professor Marta C Cohen

    Professor Marta C Cohen, MD, FRCPath, DMJ (Pathol), Dip Med Ed is Honorary Professor at the Department of Oncology and Metabolism (University of Sheffield), Head of the Histopathology Department and Clinical Director of Pharmacy, Diagnostics and Genetics at Sheffield Children’s Hospital in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

    An internationally recognised expert in the field of paediatric and perinatal pathology, Professor Cohen has authored more than 140  papers in peer reviewed journals and is the co-editor of several books. She is devoted to post-graduate medical education, and is the Giordano Fellowship Director for Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology Scheme of the European Society of Pathology (2015-);   past Director of the Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology Post Graduate Advanced Course of the International Paediatric Pathology Association (2014-2018) and current  Academic Lead for the Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC) on Prenatal, Perinatal and Paediatric Pathology at the Royal College of Pathologists (2018-2021).

  • Dr Mudher Al-Adnani

    I have been a consultant in Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology for 13 years (5 years at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and 8 years at St Thomas’ Hospital). Currently, I am the Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology service lead. My areas of interest are Paediatric/Perinatal autopsies, placental pathology and paediatric GI pathology.

  • Dr Emmanuel Amabebe

    I am a physiologist interested in understanding the mechanistic pathways of infection and inflammation associated preterm birth. I study female genital tract microbiota, dysbiosis, infection and inflammatory responses that trigger the pathway to preterm birth using cervicovaginal fluid and placental tissues. We have identified some cervicovaginal bacterial species, metabolites and cytokines that are associated with preterm birth with clinically useful predictive value. My research is currently focused on the correlation of the mechanistic risk factors of infection/inflammation associated preterm birth across divers racio-ethnic groups in low-middle income countries versus developed countries. I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, UK, working on an NIHR Global Health Research project on Preterm Birth Prevention and Management (PRIME).

  • Professor Ona Faye-Petersen

    Dr. Ona Faye-Petersen is Professor Emerita of Pathology and Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA and American Board of Pathology certified in Anatomic, Clinical, and Pediatric Pathology. For nearly the past 30 years she has served as UAB’s perinatal pathologist and collaborated in numerous funded multidisciplinary research investigations of adverse pregnancy outcomes. She is a recognized international expert, educator, and leader in the field serving as President of the Society of Pediatric Pathology, establishing and directing several offerings of the SPP Perinatal Pathology Course, and serving as an IPPA Council member and lecturer for many IPPA and IAP/USCAP courses. She has authored ~200 articles & abstracts, several book chapters, and is lead author of a second book, Placental Pathology for Obstetricians (estimated release March 2022.) Dr. Faye-Petersen has received numerous teaching and service awards, including all campus Outstanding UAB Woman Faculty, SPP’s Presidents’ Awards, and very recently an Endowed Chair in Pathology was established in her honor at UAB.

  • Dr Beata Hargitai

    Dr B Hargitai is a Consultant in Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology at the Cellular Pathology Department of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

    She specialized in Histopathology in 1998 and worked at the 1st Institute of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest. Following two years of clinical research fellowship in placenta pathology at the University of Bristol from 2000-2002 she completed her PhD in Budapest.

    From 2007 till this day, she works as a consultant perinatal pathologist at the West-Midland Perinatal Centre in Birmingham, and is responsible for the regional placenta service, with special interest in placenta pathology of fetal growth anomalies, and cerebral palsy.

    She collaborates in various placenta research projects with the Semmelweis University, Hungarian Academy of Science and the University of Birmingham. She contributed to 55 peer reviewed publications and to several book chapters, including Pathology of the placenta. A practical guide. Ed. T.Y. Kong, E.E. Mooney, P.G.J. Nikkels, T.K. Morgan, S.J. Gordijn. 2019, Body Measurements; Pathological Assessment of Fetal Growth; Diagnostic Criteria of Fetal Growth Abnormalities; and Interpretation of Postmortem Size and Weight Measurements in Jelena Martinovic: Practical Manual of Fetal Pathology, Springer 2021, and co-authored perinatal and neonatal autopsy guidelines for the Royal College of Pathologists.

    As an enthusiastic member of the IPPA and PPS, participates and organizes conferences and courses and serves the PPS as Honorary Treasurer since 2016. 

  • Professor Rohan Lewis

    Rohan Lewis is a Professor in Placental and Integrative Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. Before moving to Southampton, he completed a PhD at the University of Auckland and postdoctoral work at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on understanding how the placenta supports a healthy fetus's growth and how placental dysfunction may impact health across the life course. His research group work physiological investigations, mathematical modelling and three-dimensional imaging to build an integrated picture fo placental function. 

  • Dr Andreas Marnerides

    Dr Andreas Marnerides, MD, PhD, DMJ (path) is a Consultant Paediatric and Perinatal Pathologist practising at St Thomas’ Hospital in London since 2013. He is also trained in Forensic Pathology.

  • Dr Tamas Marton

    Dr Tamas Marton is a Consultant in Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology at the Cellular Pathology Department of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

    He graduated from Semmelweis University, Budapest and specialised in Histopathology and subsequently in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He completed his PhD in 2002.

    He has been a consultant perinatal pathologist at the West-Midland Perinatal Centre in Birmingham since 2002, currently he is the clinical lead.

    He is member of the MBRRACE topic expert group and the National SUDIC Steering group.

    He has been a co-author in 77 peer reviewed publications and 10 book chapters, mostly in the field of perinatal pathology. He is the author of the RCPath guidelines for Fetal autopsies, Third trimester Stillbirth and Neonatal autopsies.

    From 1995 his main interest has been perinatal pathology, including fetal growth restriction, fetal anomalies, neonatal and infant death, complex cardiac anomalies and post cardiac surgery death.

    He particularly enjoys deciphering clinico-pathological correlations and understanding morphological findings in the light of the clinical history.

    He is a collaborator in a number of ethically approved research projects.

  • Dr Peter Nikkels

    Peter G.J. Nikkels, consultant for paediatric and perinatal pathology of the University Midical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital and Prinses Maxima National Paediatric Oncology Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

    Started Pathology training in Groningen, the Netherlands form 1987 until 1992. Was consultant perinatal and paediatric pathology in Groningen from 1992-1996 and from 1996 until now in Utrecht.

    Special interest in perinatal mortality, placenta pathology and skeletal dysplasia’s recognizable at birth. 214 pubmed cited publications including 50 concerning placenta pathology (monochorionic twins, umbilical cord pathology, pre-eclampsia and diabetes), 21 concerning skeletal dysplasia’s and 25 concerning perinatal brain pathology. Co-editor of Pathology of the placenta. A practical guide. Ed. T.Y. Kong, E.E. Mooney, P.G.J. Nikkels, T.K. Morgan, S.J. Gordijn. 2019.

  • Professor Neil Sebire

    Professor Neil Sebire is Professor of paediatric and developmental pathology at Great Ormond Street Hospital / UCL, London, and to lead trophoblastic disease pathologist at the trophoblastic disease unit Charing Cross hospital London. The authored the most recent AFIP atlas of tumour pathology on tumours of the uterine corpus and gestational trophoblastic disease, and the sections in the WHO classification of tumours regarding hydatidiform mole.

  • Dr Sophie Stenton

    Dr Stenton MBChB, BMedSCi, FRCPath, is a consultant in Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at The University of Sheffield. Dr Stenton’s areas of interest include gestational trophoblast disease, the paediatric post-mortem and childhood sarcoma.