Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 5th Annual Workshop on Confocal Microscopy for Cutaneous Diagnostics 2022
Format: 6 videos + 1 pdf, size: 4.5 GB
Course Audience: clinical and non clinical practitioners, dermatologists, dermatologic surgeons, pathologists, and researchers
Overview:
Date & Location
Saturday, December 17, 2022, 7:30 AM – Sunday, December 18, 2022, 1:00 PM, Zuckerman Research Center 417 E 68th St, NYC, NY
Specialties
Specialties – Dermatology, General and Family Practice, General Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Interventional Radiology, Laboratory Medicine, Medical Oncology, Oncology and Hematology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Surgical Oncology
Overview
After the immense success of our last four year courses, we are excited to be back with our 5th Annual Workshop on Confocal Microscopy for Cutaneous Diagnostics.
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy (RCM) is a non-invasive device that images skin lesions at high resolution in vivo similar to traditional pathology. This course is tailored for both novices and experts clinicians practicing RCM in clinics. Based on feedback from last years course, we continue with a half-day course on ex vivo confocal microscopy (EVCM). EVCM can rapidly image freshly excised tissue (without tissue processing and cutting) and is being explored as an alternative to frozen sectioning for a variety of tissues including tumor margin assessment during Mohs surgery. In addition to course content, we are excited to offer learners a pre-recorded basic dermoscopy course given by world renowned dermoscopist, Dr. Ashfaq Marghoob.
For this live course, we have assembled an expert, national and international, confocal faculty. We will have multiple, fun Kahoot! quizzes to test your knowledge and simulate your appetite for learning. During break sessions, the attendees will have opportunity to interact with the faculty.
At the end of the course, the attendees will develop familiarity with the basics of in vivo and ex vivo confocal microscopy, learn to differentiate routinely encountered benign cutaneous neoplasm from malignant neoplasm, and integrate RCM in their routine clinical workflow.
Day 1 | RCM (In Vivo) Topics
- Basics: fundamentals of RCM, terminology and RCM features for neoplastic lesions
- Live demo on in vivo reflectance confocal microscopes and on ex vivo reflectance confocal microscopes
- Practical aspect of integrating RCM in clinical and dermatological surgery (case-based discussion, billing codes, signing-out reports, and small break-out group case discussion with the experts)
Day 2 | Ex Vivo Confocal Microscopy (EVCM) Topics
- Introduction and role of EVCM
- EVCM features of normal skin structures, skin neoplasms (melanocytic and non-melanocytic), and inflammatory lesions
Pre-recorded Videos
- Tips for image acquisition using confocal devices: handheld-RCM (HH-RCM), Wide-Probe RCM (WP-RCM) and ex vivo confocal microscope (EVCM)
- LM margin mapping with handheld-RCM (HH-RCM) device and video mosaicking
- 3-hour Basic Dermoscopy Course with Ashfaq Marghoob, MD
Who Should Attend
The target audience for this program includes clinical and non clinical practitioners, dermatologists, dermatologic surgeons, pathologists, and researchers.
Objectives
- Describe the basic principles of reflectance confocal microscopy
- Explain the terminology for reflectance confocal microscopy
- Integrate reflectance confocal microscopy in routine clinical practice
- Practice and interpret reflectance confocal microscopy at the bedside
- Recognize the features of skin lesions on EVCM
- Integrate EVCM in their practice
- Explain the role of EVCM
Confocal2022Brochure (PDF Format)
Dermoscopy Step I Primer (Video MP4 Format)
Dermoscopy Step II Primer (Video MP4 Format)
Ex Vivo Confocal Microscope Image Acquisition Demo (Video MP4 Format)
Image Acquisition Tips to Get Started with Arm-mounted Confocal Devices (Video MP4 Format)
Image Acquisition Tips to Get Started with Handheld Confocal Devices (Video MP4 Format)
Lentigo Maligna Margin Mapping and Video Mosaicking Using Confocal Devices (Video MP4 Format)